Hey y’all, I’m trying to solve a problem that is driving me up the wall, and I can’t seem to get it sorted.

I have a number of components with variants. I have prototype connections linking the variants. I then make an instance of the component, and I can stick it into a larger prototype. When I play the prototype and interact with the instance, it changes state. With me so far, yeah? Pretty normal stuff.

However. However. I have one component with variants, with these prototype connections, which is behaving badly.

When I make an instance of this component, e.g. by dragging from the Assets panel… it will show a prototype connection back to the master component! This is only occurring with this one component, and I cannot figure out why on Earth it’s happening. Really pulling my hair out. I should have walked away but am being stubborn. -_-

Below you can see the instance on the right. You can also see this errant prototyping connection back to the master component for some reason. And if I use this instance in a larger prototype, it simply doesn’t work.

I bet this has a really simple answer but for the life of me I can’t figure it out. Much ❤️ for any assistance!