Uniquely identifying a part instance during a game session?

[Agathorn]

I want to cache a list of parts, and I am curious what the best way is, what the best property is, to uniquely identify a given part throughout a game session.

[Diazo]

part.flightID

Is a persistent number saved to the .sfs file that is unique for as long as that part exists in the game, not just one game session.

D.

[Agathorn]

part.flightID

Is a persistent number saved to the .sfs file that is unique for as long as that part exists in the game, not just one game session.

D.

Many thanks! I saw tons of IDs assigned to a part and some seemed unique and some didn't, so I wasn't sure which was good. Very helpful!

[Diazo]

Heh.

And Squad actually deleted an id field in 0.90 that wasn't doing anything. Was a bit of an experience to figure that out when I first ran into this.

Glad to have helped.

D.