HashMaps don't retain reference to groups or objects on loading saves
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Description

When HashMaps are serialized in the save/load process references to groups and objects are lost.

This is unlike the behaviour of arrays which will retain object and group references post-load, se steps to reproduce below.

For consistency and usability this should not be the case.

Steps To Reproduce

Create a test mission with a single player entity on the map with the following code as it's init.sqf:

//init.sqf
TEST_D = [group player];
TEST_E = createHashMapFromArray [["test", TEST_D]];

str TEST_D ==  "[B Alpha 1-1]"
str TEST_E == "[[""test"",[<NULL-group>]]]"

Additional Information

Observed on version 2.06.148470, earlier unknown.

Workaround would be to store the information in an array and rebuild it using createHashMapFromArray with the "Loaded" mission event handler

Duplicates Merged Here: T167783: groups and objects as HashMap entry values are not restored after loading game

mrCurry edited Additional Information. (Show Details)

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