Entity as a script property

[Rick]

Since entity names can be the same, how does LE know the right entity to use when I drag it in as a script parameter?

[Admin]

It stores the entity pointer itself and only displays the name.

[Rick]

You don't store the pointer in the map file right, as the pointer value you get each time the app actually runs can be different. So what I mean is how does the translation from not running to running happen with entities so that the property knows what entity to use at run-time?

[Admin]

The pointer is converted to an integer and stored in the map file as an entity ID, then the association is recreated when the map is loaded.

[Rick]

If I had that integer ID, would I be able to find that entity when the game starts up based on it? What I mean is that in world->entities what field of an entity would this map integer ID be so that I could find it if I wanted to?

[Admin]

It's stored in a temporary map when the file is loaded. It isn't stored in the entity itself.

[Rick]

Thanks for the info!