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Retrieve a game object based on it's ID...

Syntax

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var gameObj = objFromId(idObj); // use with care!!

Parameters

Parameter Type Mandatory Description Game version

idObj

Object

An object that has an .id property who's value is the ID of the object you wish to retrieve.

For example, if you want to retrieve object #63, you'd pass in: {id:63}

You could also pass in a cached Game object to get a fresh copy of that game object (all game objects have an .id property).

3.1 Beta 2

Return value

Value	Type	Description	Game version
<gameObj>	Game object	A Droid object, Structure object or Feature object that has the specified object id.	3.1 Beta 2
`null`	Null	The object was not found.	3.1 Beta 2
<error>	Error	Due to bugs, if object is not found an error is usually thrown.	3.1 Beta 2

Example

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var lookingFor = {id:63};
var found;
 
try {
	found = objFromId(lookingFor);
} catch(e) {
	found = null;
}
 
if (found) {
	// do stuff with 'found' game object
}

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This function is deprecated as of Warzone 3.2.

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Requires:

Warzone 3.1 Beta 2 → 3.1.0

Replaced by:

On Warzone 3.2+ use getObject()
On Warzone 3.2 early developer releaes, use hackGetObj()

Older Earlier versions:

On Warzone 3.1 Beta 1, use droidFromId()

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