Displaying Monster Name (their unique name)

[thecorinthian]

I'm wondering if there is a way to display the name of a monster. I have been able to surface the type name of the monster, but not the actual name itself. I've been looking through all the open source projects and even Elitebar just uses the type name. Any suggestions? Thanks!

I'm using Exile Core Entity object to get the RenderName. Obviously this is not what I'm looking for


What I want is: Dryjowls
But what I get is stuff like: Spectral Corsair

Here's what I mean:
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EDIT: Sorry if I am not describing this well. My goal here is to tie monster mods to the monster names I encountered, so I that when I encounter a -touched AN, I can look at the name, look at my debug list, and see what mods it has. Right now I print out a bunch of debug information when I encounter an AN. Having the actual name would save me some time :P

EDIT x 2 : Also I'm not sure if this is the right place to post questions like this. Maybe there's a discord for devs? If anyone can redirect me to the best place to ask simple questions like this, let me know! Thanks again!

[GameHelper]

what you are looking for would be available in `ObjectMagicProperties` component.
I am interested in the little project of yours, (if you want) PM me if you find something useful.

[thecorinthian]

what you are looking for would be available in `ObjectMagicProperties` component.
I am interested in the little project of yours, (if you want) PM me if you find something useful.

Hmm, the monster name is there? I know that's where the mod list is (which I already have). I'll take another look.

EDIT: Oh maybe you meant the offsets, I'll check that too. Thanks!

[GameHelper]

https://i.ibb.co/9Zprgrd/Untitled.png


ObjectMagicProperties -> 0x20 -> (it's an array)

each row of that array have this structure (ExileApi-1/ModsAndObjectMagicProperties.cs at master . SquirrelRat/ExileApi-1 . GitHub)


For more info read: ExileApi-1/ModsAndObjectMagicProperties.cs at master . SquirrelRat/ExileApi-1 . GitHub and follow "WordsPtr"
(even though I created these files 5 years ago, some of them are still valid).

sorry, can't explain better than that.



ALSO NOTE: as far as I am aware, these names are randomly generated (Similar to how rare item names are randomly generated) so they are gonna be useless.

Actually fun fact: Item Mods component and monster ObjectMagicProperties component is one and the same structure with just 0x10 bytes difference.

[thecorinthian]

https://i.ibb.co/9Zprgrd/Untitled.png


ObjectMagicProperties -> 0x20 -> (it's an array)

each row of that array have this structure (ExileApi-1/ModsAndObjectMagicProperties.cs at master . SquirrelRat/ExileApi-1 . GitHub)


For more info read: ExileApi-1/ModsAndObjectMagicProperties.cs at master . SquirrelRat/ExileApi-1 . GitHub and follow "WordsPtr"
(even though I created these files 5 years ago, some of them are still valid).

sorry, can't explain better than that.



ALSO NOTE: as far as I am aware, these names are randomly generated (Similar to how rare item names are randomly generated) so they are gonna be useless.

Actually fun fact: Item Mods component and monster ObjectMagicProperties component is one and the same structure with just 0x10 bytes difference.

Ah I follow, I was looking at just ObjectMagicProperties.cs. Thank you!

and yes, I know the names are randomly generated and for the most part useless. They are just to help me visually track the monster I saw, with the mod names it has, and with the mod names we see in code. Sometimes I run into several rares at the same time and I mapping the mod names I see in my logs to the actual monster I see on my screen is annoying ha. Once I figure this part out, I won't actually care about the RNG names

[Sychotix]

Ah I follow, I was looking at just ObjectMagicProperties.cs. Thank you!

and yes, I know the names are randomly generated and for the most part useless. They are just to help me visually track the monster I saw, with the mod names it has, and with the mod names we see in code. Sometimes I run into several rares at the same time and I mapping the mod names I see in my logs to the actual monster I see on my screen is annoying ha. Once I figure this part out, I won't actually care about the RNG names

Instead of learning names on the fly, perhaps draw icons on rare mobs to indicate mods of interest.

[thecorinthian]

Instead of learning names on the fly, perhaps draw icons on rare mobs to indicate mods of interest.

that's clever, I'm gonna steal this hehe!

[VioletVibes]

that's clever, I'm gonna steal this hehe!

What about using sounds to indicate something of interest (could be custom ones, or filter ones, etc)? Audiovisual cues is something I use a lot when trying to draw my attention towards something specific as I found having multiple things besides just a string/icon being more effective.

[thecorinthian]

What about using sounds to indicate something of interest (could be custom ones, or filter ones, etc)? Audiovisual cues is something I use a lot when trying to draw my attention towards something specific as I found having multiple things besides just a string/icon being more effective.

Yeah I added some audio alerts! Thanks for the good idea