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EntityCommandBuffer.ParallelWriter.SetComponent

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Declaration

public void SetComponent(int sortKey, Entity e, T component);

Parameters

Parameter Description
sortKey A unique index for each set of commands added to this EntityCommandBuffer across all parallel jobs writing commands to this buffer. The ChunkIndexInQuery provided by IJobEntity is an appropriate value to use for this parameter. In an IJobChunk pass the 'unfilteredChunkIndex' value from IJobChunk.Execute.
e The entity to set the component value of.
component The component value to set.

Description

Records a command to set a component value on an entity.

At playback, this command throws an error if this entity is destroyed before playback, if the entity doesn't have the component type, if the entity has the Prefab tag, or if T is zero sized.

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