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Screeps: store reference to source in creeps memory?

Fascinating game!

Looking for an example of how to persist a reference to a particular energy source in a creep's memory. Seems that storing the actual source object won't work(?).

Solution

  • You can't store object instances, but you can store their IDs.

    if(!creep.memory.targetSourceId) {
    var source = creep.pos.findNearest(Game.SOURCES_ACTIVE);
    creep.memory.targetSourceId = source.id;
}

    And then you can use Game.getObjectById() to find this particular source.

    var source = Game.getObjectById(creep.memory.targetSourceId);
creep.moveTo(source);