Adding components within inline query affects references to current components about arch HOT 2 CLOSED

Thanks for your post! However, the behavior you describe is "intentional". The structural modification of an entity copies it into a new archetype. Its slot is taken by another entity. Since you use ref to access its components in exactly this slot, the values also change because they are overwritten.

This is the disadvantage of the inline query. However, the source generator or custom enumeration or the standard queries can be used to override this behavior.

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Thanks for the clarification.

My simple fix was to add components only at the end of each Update call and not use the referenced components after that.

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