Methods to get the owner of an item, what are their differences?

[yanecc]

I have found several frequently used methods for indicating the owner of an equipment or entities that can be placed in characters' inventory.

These methods seem identical for entities in the inventory, so I would like to find out their use cases and if there are any differences.

inst.owner
inst.entity:GetParent()
inst.components.inventoryitem.owner
inst.components.inventoryitem:GetGrandOwner()

 

Edited August 3, 2024 by yanecc

[grm9]

inventoryitem.owner's the 1st owner of the item, so if the item's in a back pack that you got equipped, it'll return the back pack, but inventoryitem:GetGrandOwner()'ll return you, no idea about the other 2 though, never seen them get used for getting an inventory item owner

Edited August 3, 2024 by grm9

[yanecc]

I learn that inst.entity:GetParent() is mainly used on the client side, while inst.owner typically appears in official prefabs like:

function(inst, owner, ...)
     inst.owner = owner
end

However, it's puzzling that directly using inst.owner in a mod's prefab without assignment also seems to work.

[_zwb]

entity:SetParent()是用来跟随实体的 与物品栏交互无关