fix: add empty transforms to the list of objects for making instances

Runtime/Scripts/BaseMeshSync.cs

@@ -1746,13 +1746,98 @@ private EntityRecord UpdatePointsEntity(PointsData data, MeshSyncPlayerConfig co
         return rec;
     }
 
+    static Transform FindOrCreateByPath(Transform parent, string path, Action<string> parentCreationCallback, bool worldPositionStays = true) {
+        string[] names = path.Split('/');
+        if (names.Length <= 0)
+            return null;
+
+        //if parent is null, search from root 
+        Transform t             = parent;
+        int       tokenStartIdx = 0;
+        if (null == t) {
+            string rootGameObjectName = names[0];
+            t = FilmInternalUtilities.GameObjectUtility.FindFirstRoot(rootGameObjectName);
+            if (null == t) {
+                GameObject go = new GameObject(rootGameObjectName);
+                t = go.GetComponent<Transform>();
+            }
+
+            tokenStartIdx = 1;
+        }
+
+        static Transform FindOrCreateChild(Transform t, string childName, out bool didCreate, bool worldPositionStays = true) {
+            Transform childT = t.Find(childName);
+            if (null != childT) {
+                didCreate = false;
+                return childT;
+            }
+
+            GameObject go = new GameObject(childName);
+            childT = go.transform;
+            childT.SetParent(t, worldPositionStays);
+            didCreate = true;
+            return childT;
+        }
+
+        //loop over hierarchy of names and generate parents that don't exist
+        int          nameLength       = names.Length;
+        List<string> processedParents = new List<string>();
+        for (int i = tokenStartIdx; i < nameLength; ++i) {
+            string nameToken = names[i];
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(nameToken))
+                continue;
+
+            processedParents.Add(nameToken);
+
+            t = FindOrCreateChild(t, nameToken, out var didCreate, worldPositionStays);
+            if (i < nameLength - 1 && didCreate) {
+                var parentPath = String.Join("/", processedParents);
+                if (!parentPath.StartsWith("/")) {
+                    parentPath = $"/{parentPath}";
+                }
+
+                parentCreationCallback?.Invoke(parentPath);
+            }
+
+            if (null == t)
+                return null;
+        }
+
+        return t;
+    }
+
+    void AddClientObject(string path, out EntityRecord rec) {
+        if (m_clientObjects.TryGetValue(path, out rec))
+            if (rec.go == null) {
+                m_clientObjects.Remove(path);
+                rec = null;
+            }
+
+        if (rec == null) {
+            var trans = FindOrCreateByPath(m_rootObject, path,
+                delegate(string parentPath) {
+                    EntityRecord parentRec = null;
+                    AddClientObject(parentPath, out parentRec);
+                    if (parentRec.dataType == EntityType.Unknown)
+                        parentRec.dataType = EntityType.Transform;
+                },
+                false);
+
+            rec = new EntityRecord {
+                go     = trans.gameObject,
+                trans  = trans,
+                recved = true
+            };
+            m_clientObjects.Add(path, rec);
+        }
+    }
+
     private EntityRecord UpdateTransformEntity(TransformData data, MeshSyncPlayerConfig config) {
         string path   = data.path;
         int    hostID = data.hostID;
         if (path.Length == 0)
             return null;
 
-        Transform    trans = null;
         EntityRecord rec   = null;
         if (hostID != Lib.invalidID) {
             if (m_hostObjects.TryGetValue(hostID, out rec))
@@ -1765,21 +1850,7 @@ private EntityRecord UpdateTransformEntity(TransformData data, MeshSyncPlayerCon
                 return null;
         }
         else {
-            if (m_clientObjects.TryGetValue(path, out rec))
-                if (rec.go == null) {
-                    m_clientObjects.Remove(path);
-                    rec = null;
-                }
-
-            if (rec == null) {
-                trans = FilmInternalUtilities.GameObjectUtility.FindOrCreateByPath(m_rootObject, path, false);
-                rec = new EntityRecord {
-                    go     = trans.gameObject,
-                    trans  = trans,
-                    recved = true
-                };
-                m_clientObjects.Add(path, rec);
-            }
+            AddClientObject(path, out rec);
         }
 
         return UpdateTransformEntity(data, config, rec);