Ident as Net-Variable

[steeffeen]

Hey there,

I'm wondering why Idents can't be declared as net-variable since quite some time, is there a major problem which would prevent this or may it be possible in the future?
Because it would help a lot if it would be possible to pass Idents to clients

example:

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declare netwrite Ident Net_ImportantPlayerId for UI;

Regards,
Steff

[TGYoshi]

Idents are instance references and thus can not be serialized properly. It's probably the reason why not and it's quite logical.

[steeffeen]

hm, i don't really get the "Instance references" thing, isn't Ident a simple type used as key in many array? if it's a reference, how do i get the according instance from the Ident then?

thanks for the response anyways

[TGYoshi]

Idents seem to be some internal dirty thing.
Idents are, however, dynamic on their own, which could also be the reason why it's not transferable.

[steeffeen]

Idents seem to be some internal dirty thing.

i will probably go with that

[Kaphene]

is there not a way to convert an Ident to a text or string type variable and then pass that to net?

like

declare Text[] PlayersIdents;
foreach(Player in Players)
{
PlayersIdents.add(Player.Id);
}

and then do whatever you want with PlayersIdents?


I know it's not that simple exactly, but isn't there some way to convert?

[steeffeen]

is there not a way to convert an Ident to a text or string type variable and then pass that to net?

well, yes

it would rather be like:

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declare Text[] PlayersIdents;
foreach(Player in Players)
{
  PlayersIdents.add(""^Player.Id);
}

but you can't use the string as key for the arrays, you would have to compare (IdentString == ""^Object.Id) all the time, i know that there are some work-arounds but using the Idents directly would be a lot easier

[TGYoshi]

Well Idents ARE insanely dirty.
For example take the BlockScriptId in an EditorPlugin. It's an integer. However, it refers to the Ident of a block when a maptype is ran so you have to convert the Ident of a block when the game runs to an integer (first to a string, then strip the # using TextLib) to compare it...