# bevy_gltf_components (deprecated in favor of Blenvy)
> bevy_gltf_components has been deprecated in favor of its successor [Blenvy](https://crates.io/crates/blenvy), part of the [Blenvy project](https://github.com/kaosat-dev/Blenvy). No further development or maintenance will be done for Bevy bevy_gltf_components. See [#194](https://github.com/kaosat-dev/Blenvy/issues/194) for background.
This crate allows you to define [Bevy](https://bevyengine.org/) components direclty inside gltf files and instanciate the components on the Bevy side.
## Usage
***important*** : the plugin for processing gltf files runs in ***update*** , so you cannot use the components directly if you spawn your scene from gltf in ***setup*** (the additional components will not show up)
* or use [```bevy_asset_loader```](https://github.com/NiklasEi/bevy_asset_loader) for reliable preloading of files, as this crate does not deal with loading your assets.
* alternatively, use the [```bevy_gltf_blueprints```](https://crates.io/crates/bevy_gltf_blueprints) crate, built on this crate's features,
//too barebones of an example to be meaningfull, please see https://github.com/kaosat-dev/Blender_bevy_components_workflow/bevy_gltf_components/examples/basic for a real example
You **need** to disable legacy mode if you want to use the [```bevy_components```](https://github.com/kaosat-dev/Blender_bevy_components_workflow/tree/main/tools/bevy_components) Blender addon + the [```bevy_registry_export crate```](https://crates.io/crates/bevy_registry_export) !
As it create custom properties that are writen in real **ron** file format
instead of a simplified version (the one in the legacy mode)
> Note: the legacy mode support will be dropped in future versions, and the default behaviour will be NO legacy mode
For example to replace your proxy components (stand-in components when you cannot/ do not want to use real components in the gltf file) with actual ones,
which should happen **AFTER** the components from the gltf files have been injected,
- as of version 0.5 , this crate also includes automatic handling of lights in gltf files, to attempt to match Blender's eevee rendering as close as possible:
* **BlenderLightShadows** (automatically generated by the gltf_auto_export Blender add-on) allows you to toggle light's shadows on/off in Blender and have matching
behaviour in Bevy
* **BlenderBackgroundShader** aka background color is also automatically set on the Bevy side
* **BlenderShadowSettings** sets the cascade_size on the bevy side to match the one configured in Blender
If these components are present in your gltf file, they will be handled automatically by this crate, will be ignored otherwise.
The main branch is compatible with the latest Bevy release, while the branch `bevy_main` tries to track the `main` branch of Bevy (PRs updating the tracked commit are welcome).