Whats the problem with instances

[danielkenobi]

I have been serching ando gor those who have problems with Instances here are the instance limitations
Instanced lights have no effect.
Some functions, such as extrude and insert, cannot be used on instances.
You can't apply clusters and deformations to instances, although you can of course use them on the original.
There is always at least one non-instanced transformation node between the instance nodes and the actual geometry nodes.
You cannot create a hierarchy of instances. If you create an instance of an instance node, Maya simply makes a new sibling.
File referencing connects objects by name. If you replace a reference with a different file, instanced objects within both files should have the same name. Otherwise you may encounter errors when retrieving the scene.

Now I know why they didnt light...............

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