Problem when nesting collections

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I seem to be having a problem when putting a collection in a collection

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The image above is from the collection within the other collection. Notice how the game object ‘terrain’ has a sprite in it
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This image shows the collection that contains the other collection. Notice how the game object no longer has the terrain sprite within it.

When I run the game this sprite does not appear. Does anyone have any idea why this is and how to fix it?

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Have you saved the collection after adding the sprite?

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yep, doesn’t seem to be something to do with saving issues

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Just tried removing the collection then re-adding it and it made no difference

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I now can no longer compile my project and get this error: Errors occurred during the build. Errors running builder 'Content Builder' on project 'Convoy'. Build failed: null com.dynamo.bob.CompileExceptionError Build failed: null com.dynamo.bob.CompileExceptionError Not sure if my client is now broken
UPDATE: Forget the ‘my client may be broken’. I can now no longer open any editor files and when I do I get this error: org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException: at com.dynamo.cr.sceneed.ui.SceneEditor.init(SceneEditor.java:232) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.createSite(EditorManager.java:828) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:647) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:465) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:595) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.setVisible(PartPane.java:315) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.PresentablePart.setVisible(PresentablePart.java:180) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.PresentablePartFolder.select(PresentablePartFolder.java:270) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.LeftToRightTabOrder.select(LeftToRightTabOrder.java:65) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.TabbedStackPresentation.selectPart(TabbedStackPresentation.java:473) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.refreshPresentationSelection(PartStack.java:1245) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.setSelection(PartStack.java:1198) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.showPart(PartStack.java:1597) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.add(PartStack.java:493) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorStack.add(EditorStack.java:103) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.add(PartStack.java:479) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorStack.add(EditorStack.java:112) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorSashContainer.addEditor(EditorSashContainer.java:63) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.addToLayout(EditorAreaHelper.java:225) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.addEditor(EditorAreaHelper.java:213) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.createEditorTab(EditorManager.java:808)

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A collection within another collection will not display any other components than scripts - but they are there all the same. The reason for the sprite not to appear could be related to z-position. Make sure the total z-position (sprite+go of the sprite+collection) is not above or below the viewport limits (1 and -1 in the default render script if I remember correctly)

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Ah, now I feel stupid. Johan is of course correct. Thanks for pointing this out!

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It turned out the problem was also that the ‘main.collection’ file had corrupted and was no longer openable. I thought it was a problem with defold so I ended up deleting defold (except the branch files) then reinstalling only to find that I still couldn’t open main.collection. I ended up just deleting the file and recreating it and it worked fine

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