Serialization of nwn objects - areas specifically?

[Baaleos]

Ok,
Clearly Serialization is possible of the nwn items and other objects, because thats how your able to store the binary data of the items and other stuff you store in the persistent nwnx database.


So... heres a question...


Is it possible to Serialize an Area, not necessarily for Storage of the area, but possibly for 'Sending' an area from one server to another server.



eg - Serialize 'Baal's Tardis' on Server A,
Send to Server B
De-Serialized at Server B
Baal's Tardis appears as an accessible area on Server B in the same state it was in when it was serialized.


Im thinking that the are and git files associated with the area might need to be sent to the receiving server first, or maybe not?
Maybe these too can be serialized and re-constructed on the receiving end.

[Skywing]

All game objects support serialization to GFF (which is how saved games work).

You'll want to take a look at CNWSArea::SaveToGit. I believe there's also a dynamic areas plugin for NWN1 that shows how to instantiate new areas and link them into the appropriate internal lists which you might find a useful reference for this project.