Use Entity after EntitySet released

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Hi,

Is it safe to keep using an Entity object after its EntitySet is released?

All the changes (set/get components) to Entity afterward will happen only from a single place. (inside an AI script)

A bit of context: No game system is meant to listen for changes, in this case, as a convenience method I just thought I can load the required data from the database at the app start via ed.getEntities() and then throw the EntitySet away and just keep a reference to Entity object (inside an AI script) as a component container for future reading and writing changes to a memory buffer that also auto persisting the changes to the database under the hood.

From a quick look at the source code I do not see releasing an EntitySet would corrupt its Entity, but just wanted to ask it here to be sure!

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It should be ok.

…just don’t forget that those entities are disconnected later when you try to wonder why they aren’t updating when component X changes. :slight_smile:

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Yeah, as I am going to read and write from Entity from the same place, that should not be a concern.