Object to String - Unique even after Logout?

[Baaleos]

I was wondering,
the String that is returned from ObjectToString() for a player object/character.

Would that string remain constant between logouts within a module instance?

Eg -

If my character (Bilbo Baggins) had a string of ff0032 or something like that, and he logged out, and then in again would it still be ff0032.


I understand that the string may change between module restarts etc, but I was wondering if it remains constant between logins for character objects.

[virusman]

Yes.
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[FunkySwerve]

Oddly, even if you delete the toon and make a new one, it seems to reassociate - bringing with it all the old vars. One of the more mischievous 'features' of nwn where exploits are involved. Presumably this is because nwn links playername and character or bicfile name, and links them to an object id until reset.

Funky

[Baaleos]

Sure even with character tracking in persistent variable systems the only identifyers available are player account and character name/ bic. I'm not surprised that variables get reassociated with characters based of identical names. Bummer.

[FunkySwerve]

[Disco]

What I do is cdkey + mysql timestamp. You can't make two characters at the same time so it's an easy way to make a unique id and it is also kinda informative if you ever need to debug. You'd get something like this:

VDKU4MYP_20080820201917

[Baaleos]

CDKEY's are not unique for characters.

Characters are unique to player account, but not to CDKEY's

while the timestamp does indeed allow you to create a unique string here, the cdkey however plays little part in it.


On my server, I encountered a bug with one of my systems, because a player who was playing on two machines, with different cdkeys used for the install.

The result was that any system I had, which used cdkey as part of an identifying variable of sorts, would not recognize him.


I had to change it so it used his player account name, which solved the problem, because it is unique to the character.

Eg - He can change his cdkey, and get into all of his characters still,
however, change his account name, and he gets thrown into different server vault folder.

[Gryphyn]

I use a 'birthday'/1xp combo, and disallow new characters with the same name as an existing one (for each player)

[Disco]