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What is entity.Index?

Discussion in 'Entity Component System' started by Mr-Mechanical, Jan 23, 2019.

  1. Mr-Mechanical

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    Hi,

    I'm interested in information about entity.Index. Is it unique to each entity?

    Thank you for the help.
     
    Mr-Mechanical, Jan 23, 2019
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  2. Lurking-Ninja

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    Lurking-Ninja, Jan 23, 2019
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  3. Mr-Mechanical

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    Thank you for the speedy response with more info. So my interpretation: no current entities can have the same index, but if some entities are destroyed then the indexes may be reused (?). Is this correct?
     
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  4. JesOb

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    Yes :)
     
    JesOb, Jan 23, 2019
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  5. Lurking-Ninja

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    Exactly. This is why the version and the index together is the proper address of an entity. I don't have these things in the front of me, but if I remember correctly it's the Id.
     
    Lurking-Ninja, Jan 23, 2019
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