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How Can I Reference Objects With A Randomly Generated Name?

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Hacreey 49
5 years ago

On the start of my game, a few "special" objects will have their name changed to a randomly generated key. To note, i'm just doing this to make it a little more time consuming to exploit key aspects of my game, I DO NOT think this will end exploiting once and for all.

Now my issue you may ask, is referencing that object from other scripts. I have no problem referencing the object from the script the name was changed in. However, I need help figuring out how I can correctly identify that object from other scripts throughout my game.

I KNOW it's possible to do this as i've seen people use this method in their games, I just can't figure out how they're referencing objects from many different scripts throughout the game.

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Before the names of the objects are randomized add them to a table with their unrandomized name being the key and the value being a reference to the object. Then when you need that object simply access the table. oreoollie 649 — 5y
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Before the names of the objects are randomized add them to a table with their unrandomized name being the key and the value being a reference to the object. Then when you need that object simply access the table. oreoollie 649 — 5y
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Before the names of the objects are randomized add them to a table with their unrandomized name being the key and the value being a reference to the object. Then when you need that object simply access the table. oreoollie 649 — 5y

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KDarren12 705 Donator Moderation Voter
5 years ago 
local a = math.random
local oof = {}
table.insert(a,oof)

they will be in order so you can grab them by number

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it's not perfect but i'm exhausted and this isnt my best answer KDarren12 705 — 5y
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The key name is actually a GUID, math.random is more likely to repeat numbers. Hacreey 49 — 5y
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good to know KDarren12 705 — 5y
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Random:NextInteger(0,9999999999999999) its over 9000? bhqpping 80 — 5y
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