diff --git a/src/instanced-mesh.js b/src/instanced-mesh.js
index 5ba6b96..a894793 100644
--- a/src/instanced-mesh.js
+++ b/src/instanced-mesh.js
@@ -184,13 +184,16 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('instanced-mesh', {
this.componentOriginalColors = [];
this.meshNodes.forEach((node, index) => {
- var instancedMesh = new THREE.InstancedMesh(node.geometry,
- node.material,
- this.data.capacity);
+ const instancedMesh = new THREE.InstancedMesh(node.geometry,
+ node.material,
+ this.data.capacity);
+ // mesh doesn't have any members yet
+ instancedMesh.count = 0
// For each instanced mesh required, we store off both the instanced mesh
// itself. and the transform matrix for the component of the model that
// it represents.
+
this.instancedMeshes.push(instancedMesh)
this.componentMatrices.push(node.matrixWorld)
this.componentMaterialIndices.push(node.materialIndex)
diff --git a/tests/empty-instanced-mesh.html b/tests/empty-instanced-mesh.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f13ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/empty-instanced-mesh.html
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
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Empty instanced mesh.
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No objects should be visible, amd draw calls should be zero.