How to access inventory of a disconnected/editor player?

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Currently the way to access inventory of a connected player is (ignoring nil checks):

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-- we access inventory on the character, not the player since player has no inventory while being in remote view
if player.character then
    -- player is alive
    local inventory = player.character.get_main_inventory() -- get_inventory() can be used too
end

However, if a player either toggles editor or leaves the server while being in remote view (by closing the game externally), I haven't found a way to access their inventory:

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if player.connected then
    if player.physical_controller_type == defines.controllers.editor then
        -- player.character is nil, can't access inventory of the player character
        if player.controller_type == defines.controllers.remote then
            -- can't access any inventory at all, neither character nor editor
        else
            -- player.get_main_inventory() is the editor inventory
            -- player.get_inventory(defines.inventory.character_main) not even correct usage, it's not a character, returns editor inventory
        end
    end
else
    -- the player is disconnected
    if player.controller_type == defines.controllers.remote then
        -- can't access any inventory
    elseif player.controller_type == defines.controllers.character then
         local inventory = player.get_main_inventory() -- works just fine
    end
end

How to access inventory of a disconnected/in editor mode player character in any given situation?

[Pi-C]

How to access inventory of a disconnected/in editor mode player character in any given situation?

I'd say you can't, you have to work around it. The events on_pre_player_left_game/on_player_joined_game and on_pre_player_toggled_map_editor are your friends …

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I'd say you can't, you have to work around it. The events on_pre_player_left_game/on_player_joined_game and on_pre_player_toggled_map_editor are your friends …

Well, that's just disappointing.
Thanks for the clever workaround, might try to apply it

[luc]

This thread was one of the top web search results for me. I was about to post that I found elsewhere that you can simply use `/open` nowadays, when I noticed this is the modding forum... and then thought, it would still help future searchers to post it here as well

/open PlayerName

Type this into the chat. The player's name has tab completion! You need to be admin, or open a save from a multiplayer game locally. Console commands reference page

Hope this helps future searchers! Sorry for the off-topic