Solved id of entity?

[NewbyZ]

Any way to know the id (or uuid) of an entity?
%id of entity% changes when chunk is unloaded...

The purpose of this is to be able to detect at any time that particular entity

 

[ShaneBee]

I believe Umbaska has an Entity UUID expression; however, I don't know how/if it works, as I've never used it.

However, I've never used it before, and I'm not entire sure if Umbaska is still a thing?
[doublepost=1500627649,1500622449][/doublepost]You could also do something like this with Skript-mirror:

function getUUID(e: entity) :: text:
    return "%{_e}.getUniqueId()%"

command /entityID:
    trigger:
        message "%getUUID(target entity)%"

on script load:
    import "java.util.UUID"

 

[ShaneBee]

I believe Umbaska has an Entity UUID expression; however, I don't know how/if it works, as I've never used it.

However, I've never used it before, and I'm not entire sure if Umbaska is still a thing?
[doublepost=1500627649,1500622449][/doublepost]You could also do something like this with Skript-mirror:

function getUUID(e: entity) :: text:
    return "%{_e}.getUniqueId()%"

command /entityID:
    trigger:
        message "%getUUID(target entity)%"

on script load:
    import "java.util.UUID"

How could I use this?

Example:

spawn armor stand at player's location
set {_a} to spawned entity

How can I make that {_a} detect it as uuid?

If I do while {_a} exists:

At the moment when the chunk where {_a} is unloaded, that entity no longer exists but is still there.

I hope you have understood me

 

[ShaneBee]

How could I use this?

Example:

spawn armor stand at player's location
set {_a} to spawned entity

How can I make that {_a} detect it as uuid?

If I do while {_a} exists:

At the moment when the chunk where {_a} is unloaded, that entity no longer exists but is still there.

I hope you have understood me

I think I understand; so you want to use the entity's uuid to save it, then also get the entity from the uuid previously saved.

Now, according to this, there is no built in function to return an entity from a uuid; however, we can work around that via loops:

function getUUID(e: entity) :: text:
    return "%{_e}.getUniqueId()%"
 
function getEntity(uuid: text) :: entity:
    loop all entities where ["%getUUID(entity input)%" contains "%{_uuid}%"]:
        return loop-entity
    return null

command /entityID:
    trigger:
        set {_uuid} to getUUID(target entity)
        set {_entity} to getEntity({_uuid})
        broadcast "%{_entity}%"
 
on script load:
    import "java.util.UUID"

I added a function called "getEntity", which, given a uuid, will return an entity.

 

[ShaneBee]

I think I understand; so you want to use the entity's uuid to save it, then also get the entity from the uuid previously saved.

Now, according to this, there is no built in function to return an entity from a uuid; however, we can work around that via loops:

function getUUID(e: entity) :: text:
    return "%{_e}.getUniqueId()%"
 
function getEntity(uuid: text) :: entity:
    loop all entities where ["%getUUID(entity input)%" contains "%{_uuid}%"]:
        return loop-entity

command /entityID:
    trigger:
        set {_uuid} to getUUID(target entity)
        set {_entity} to getEntity({_uuid})
        broadcast "%{_entity}%"
 
on script load:
    import "java.util.UUID"

I added a function called "getEntity", which, given a uuid, will return an entity.

Thanks!!

 

[ShaneBee]

Thanks!!

np

At the moment it, for some reason, it will return the entity even if it's been destroyed or killed. I'll see if I can work a way around that.

I can't seem to reproduce the error.

 

[ShaneBee]

I think I understand; so you want to use the entity's uuid to save it, then also get the entity from the uuid previously saved.

Now, according to this, there is no built in function to return an entity from a uuid; however, we can work around that via loops:

function getUUID(e: entity) :: text:
    return "%{_e}.getUniqueId()%"
 
function getEntity(uuid: text) :: entity:
    loop all entities where ["%getUUID(entity input)%" contains "%{_uuid}%"]:
        return loop-entity
    return null

command /entityID:
    trigger:
        set {_uuid} to getUUID(target entity)
        set {_entity} to getEntity({_uuid})
        broadcast "%{_entity}%"
 
on script load:
    import "java.util.UUID"

I added a function called "getEntity", which, given a uuid, will return an entity.

lol vanilla skript can do entity uuids.

 

[ShaneBee]

lol vanilla skript can do entity uuids.

Can you give me an example of the syntax? I couldn't find anything in the docs about it.
[doublepost=1500686484,1500684356][/doublepost]

lol vanilla skript can do entity uuids.

I saw SkUnity's UUID expression that does not state spawnable entities as a valid input, and I assumed Skript did't have the expression for spawnable entities.

In addition, I saw the same expression on Bensku's Fork's docs, but it returned null using the following example:

command /entityID:
    trigger:
        broadcast "%uuid of target entity%" # returns null

 

[ShaneBee]

Can you give me an example of the syntax? I couldn't find anything in the docs about it.
[doublepost=1500686484,1500684356][/doublepost]

I saw SkUnity's UUID expression that does not state spawnable entities as a valid input, and I assumed Skript did't have the expression for spawnable entities.

In addition, I saw the same expression on Bensku's Fork's docs, but it returned null using the following example:

command /entityID:
    trigger:
        broadcast "%uuid of target entity%" # returns null

https://github.com/bensku/Skript/pull/373

 

[ShaneBee]

https://github.com/bensku/Skript/pull/373

Don't work

 

[ShaneBee]

https://github.com/bensku/Skript/pull/373

Don't work

Yeah, I can't get it to work either, which is why I just made it with Skript-mirror. When it does work, or if there's an expression I don't know about, I suggest using that instead of the function I provided