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A GUID can be thought of as being composed of multiple pieces of data. Consider "'''0xAABCCCDDDDEEEEEE'''", where: | A GUID can be thought of as being composed of multiple pieces of data. Consider "'''0xAABCCCDDDDEEEEEE'''", where: | ||
:; AA : unknown; Possible battlegroup identifier when used for players. | :; AA | ||
:; B : unit type, mask with 0x7 to get: 0 for players, 1 for world objects, 3 for NPCs, 4 for permanent pets, 5 for vehicles. | :: unknown; Possible battlegroup identifier when used for players. | ||
NOTE: According to my personal analysis, I found that the number stands for players should be 8 instead of 0. I don't know if this is a newly update. | :; B | ||
:; CCC : If the unit is a pet, CCCDDDD forms a unique ID for the pet based on creation order; if a world object, CCCDDDD is the object ID; otherwise unknown. | :: unit type, mask with 0x7 to get: 0 for players, 1 for world objects, 3 for NPCs, 4 for permanent pets (including Water Elemental), 5 for vehicles. Temporary pets (Treants, Spirit Wolves, Mirror Images, and Ghouls) are considered NPCs (3), even if talents or glyphs prevent them from expiring. | ||
:; DDDD : If the unit is an NPC, this is the hexadecimal representation of the NPC id. | :NOTE: According to my personal analysis, I found that the number stands for players should be 8 instead of 0. I don't know if this is a newly update. | ||
:; EEEEEE : If the unit is a player, this is a unique identifier based on creation order. Otherwise, this is a spawn counter based on spawn order.<br>(For players it can be 7 digits long, so that its DEEEEEE) | :NOTE: On the server Alexstraza I have seen the 1st 3 numbers be 040, meaning you must mask with 0x7 and 0=player, not 8. | ||
:CORRECTION: If you have masked with 0x7 then the result CANNOT be 8. Masking 8 with 0x7 gives 0. It seems reasonable to conclude that the original poster is correct. | |||
:; CCC | |||
:: If the unit is a pet, CCCDDDD forms a unique ID for the pet based on creation order; if a world object, CCCDDDD is the object ID; otherwise unknown. | |||
:; DDDD | |||
:: If the unit is an NPC, this is the hexadecimal representation of the NPC id. | |||
:; EEEEEE | |||
:: If the unit is a player, this is a unique identifier based on creation order. Otherwise, this is a spawn counter based on spawn order.<br />(For players it can be 7 digits long, so that its DEEEEEE) | |||
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The NPC portion of this is 0x73AB in hex, and a NPC ID of 29611 in decimal. | The NPC portion of this is 0x73AB in hex, and a NPC ID of 29611 in decimal. | ||
Water Elemental is now a permanent pet and as such has an id of 4 instead of 3. | |||