Get Object GUID by Pointer

[Amrok]

Hi,

i'm trying to get the object guid from a pointer to the object base. Is this the correct way to get the GUID from it?

fielddata = 0x8
fieldguid = 0x0
[[object + fielddata] + fieldguid]

why not

[object + 0x30] ?

[namreeb]

What you call 'fielddata' is a pointer to what WoW calls the objects 'descriptors'. It may also be at [object + 0x30] but I don't think it's guaranteed to stay there between revisions. Whereas the descriptors have been at [object + 0x8] since before TBC.

[Amrok]

What you call 'fielddata' is a pointer to what WoW calls the objects 'descriptors'. It may also be at [object + 0x30] but I don't think it's guaranteed to stay there between revisions. Whereas the descriptors have been at [object + 0x8] since before TBC.

ah ok thank you was just confused

[Robske]

There's 2 ways to retrieve an object's guid, first is as a CG_Object_C member (+0x30), second is from the descriptors (OBJECT_FIELD_GUID). It's been this way for a very long time (at the very least since 2.4.3), seeing as you are already keeping track of a descriptor enum/struct it would be pointless to keep track of yet another offset/struct, so use the descriptor one.

Someone posted that they might not be equal in some cases, can't confirm.