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Hi there,

is there a way to get an entity by its unit_number like:

local myentity = surface.entities[777]
or
local myentity = surface.find_entity(unit_number = 777)

Thanks in advance

Zephir

Nope, and it wouldn't be any faster then doing it yourself with find_entities and checking for unit_numbers.

Best thing to do would be to store the entity in your global table indexed by its unit number.

Thanks for the answer, I did this now, I thought this would be easier and less storage consuming.