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xsi5: editing instances in xsi

Posted: June 21, 2006
AmberPrince
In 3ds max when I make an instance copy of an object, if I modify it I also modify the original object.
How can I do the same thing in xsi?
I've tried to duplicate as instances and I can't edit the instances at all.
Are they freezed or something?
Posted: June 21, 2006
Max3D
In xsi you can't edit an instance of an object because it's just a null that represents the position of the copied object.
Posted: June 21, 2006
AmberPrince
Strange
Why would they do something like this?
Posted: June 21, 2006
Max3D
Because it's very light, resource wise.
And it's possible to make thousands of instances of complicated objects without actually hanging your machine.