Resolved InstanstiateAsync of generic type

Hi all,

I must be overlooking something because otherwise this might be a missing feature for quite a common use case, or so I think.

I have a prefab with a Script component on it.
I have created a custom AssetReference class to reference this prefab:

Code (CSharp):

1. [Serializable]
2.     public class PrefabComponentAssetReference : AssetReferenceT<PrefabComponent>
3.     {
4.         public PrefabComponentAssetReference (string guid) : base(guid)
5.         {
6.         }
7.     }

My goal is to instantiate the prefab using the AssetReference.InstantiateAsync() method and then access the Script component on it like I would with the regular Object.Instantiate method.
However, I noticed that the AsyncOperationHandle that is returned is always of type GameObject, thus requiring me to make a GetComponent call on the Result once it is done. There seems to be no way to have the Result of my expected type.

Am I missing something here or is this simply how it's supposed to be used? I really hope this is not the case.

Thanks!

 

I might be misinformed, but I think that's how you're supposed to use it, get the game object reference and call GetComponent().. Does that really have a performance impact for you? Or why would you prefer a more direct way? Theoretically you could wrap it in a generic method that does GetComponent under the hood of course..

 

I guess for our use case it doesn't matter as most of our loading occurs during a loading screen anyways. I had just expected it to work the same way as Object.Instantiate especially since I cannot recall Unity forcing you to make GetComponent calls in other areas.

Anyways, thank you for your response!