Create item and find it later

I am trying to find a item on the map based on his UID, I tried to use some tricks with GameEntity, but it failed. I just started with Oxide and I need a little of help as it is quite basic question.

Here is my code

Code:

namespace Oxide.Plugins
{
    [Info("EpicPlugin", "Unknown", 0.1)]
    [Description("Makes epic stuff happen")]    class EpicPlugin : RustPlugin
    {
        // The rest of the code and magic
        void Init()
        {
            Puts("Hi hello!");
        }        void OnPlayerChat(ConsoleSystem.Arg arg)
        {
            Puts("ITS ME, SERVER!");
            var player = BasePlayer.Find("Płomyk");
            var item = ItemManager.CreateByItemID(-770311783);  // a wooden box
            Puts(item.uid.ToString());                          // 22701
            player.GiveItem(item);
        }
    }
}

So far so good, but later I can't find this wooden box with UID 22701

I wish I could tell something more, but all my efforts were like blind bullets :s

 

What do you mean you can't find the box? You're creating the box and giving it to the player Piomyk - does this not work?

 

I mean that I can't assign it to variable again, like in the following pseudocode:

CreateItemByID(...)
GiveThisItemToPlayer()
<player puts it on the ground>
var item_on_the_ground = FindThisItemPlease(UID) // Can't achieve this

And if you want to ask why I want to assign it again - just in case of server restart or player logout, etc.

 

Well if I remember correctly UIDs are unique per server session and so differ upon server restart.

Can you show the code where you're trying to find it again? You've only posted giving the box and displaying its UID.

 

Ok I solved my problem, here is a little piece of code that can help somebody in future

Code:

var items = WorldItem.Util.FindTargets("box", false); // *box* on the map
for (int i = 0; i < items.Length; i++)
{
    Puts("Item name: " + items[i].name);
    Puts("Item instance: " + items[i].gameObject.GetInstanceID());
    Puts("Owner: " + items[i].OwnerID.ToString());
}

I could not obtain steam user name but I am not sure if this is a problem, not for me and not for now

 

You could create the box like you did to start with and save the net.id to data, then you can find the box using it instead of looping through every 'box' on the server

 

What do you mean by "to data"? What is the data container that survives server restart etc.? I am thinking about database but afaik Rust uses just files for that kind of stuff which personally annoys me very much as it is a huge limitation sadly

Interesting approach, I will look into it later as there are many ways to achieve the same result with some differences that need to be analysed more deeply, more likely what is a GetComponent method

 

I am pretty sure the net.ID is the same through restarts. I use it in quite a few plugins with out any known issues. Seeing your post had me worried for a minute and I had to go test it out
Please correct me if I am wrong