fix(npc): the monster info card carries the monster's name - #2365
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Nothing set the name, so every card went out with the placeholder a null string serializes to and the client drew that as the monster's name.
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ChangesNPC info serialization
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR fixes the missing localized monster name and preserves escaped spaces in the serialized response. It is mergeable with owner awareness of the packet-library patch upgrade and a minor UTF-8 BOM cleanup before or after merge. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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| MaxMp = npc.MaxMp, | ||
| // The serializer escapes a string field against the separator that follows it, and | ||
| // nothing follows this one, so the spaces have to go before it is handed over. | ||
| Name = npc.Name[language].Replace(' ', '^'), |
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don't need that replace we have a way to do it in the packets (serializer)
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Done in d270df9 — the flag existed, I just had to use it.
EscapeSpaces is on PacketIndexAttribute and the serializer already honours it for a last field; GInfoPacket, MlInfoBrPacket and MlintroPacket all declare it. EInfoNpcMonsterPacket.Name did not, which is what the Replace was standing in for. Added there in NosCoreIO/NosCore.Packets#509, released as 21.1.2, and this branch now pins it and hands the name over as it is.
The line tests are unchanged and still assert Mother^Cuby on the wire — they now prove the serializer does the escaping. Full suite green on 21.1.2 (1128 tests).
Also wrote the rule into CLAUDE.md in #2367 so the next one goes to the package instead of the call site.
The Replace(' ', '^') was standing in for a packet flag that already exists:
EscapeSpaces, which GInfoPacket, MlInfoBrPacket and MlintroPacket declare on
the field that ends their line. EInfoNpcMonsterPacket.Name now declares it
too, in NosCore.Packets 21.1.2, so the call site hands over the name as it
is.
The line tests are unchanged and still assert Mother^Cuby on the wire -
they now prove the serializer does it.
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In `@src/NosCore.GameObject/Ecs/Extensions/NpcInfoExtensions.cs`:
- Line 1: Remove the UTF-8 byte-order mark from the beginning of
NpcInfoExtensions.cs and save the file as UTF-8 without BOM, leaving its source
content unchanged.
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Remove the UTF-8 BOM.
The file starts with a UTF-8 byte-order mark. Save the .cs file as UTF-8 without BOM.
As per coding guidelines, **/*.cs files must not contain a UTF-8 BOM.
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In `@src/NosCore.GameObject/Ecs/Extensions/NpcInfoExtensions.cs` at line 1, Remove
the UTF-8 byte-order mark from the beginning of NpcInfoExtensions.cs and save
the file as UTF-8 without BOM, leaving its source content unchanged.
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GenerateNpcInfonever assignsName, so the field serialises as-and theclient draws a dash where the monster's name belongs. It compares field 25
against
@and falls back when it does not match.Unknownalready defaults to-1in the packet class, so the rest of the linewas correct:
... 1360 630 -1 -. The name is the only missing piece.The
Replace(' ', '^')is deliberate and meant to be deleted.Nameis thelast field of the packet, and a last field is only escaped when it declares
EscapeSpaces.EInfoNpcMonsterPacket.Namedoes not, so the escaping has tohappen before the value is handed to the serialiser. Adding the flag belongs in
NosCore.Packets; once it ships, this line goes away. It matters in practice:
929 of the 1109 monster-info lines in a real capture carry a name with a space
in it, across 630 distinct names.
What was tested
reads
-1 <name>and that a spaced name arrives escaped. Written red first -without the assignment it fails on the dash.
dotnet build: 0 warnings.dotnet test NosCore.sln: green, exceptBCardVocabularyTests.EveryDeclaredEffectIsNamed, which is marked[TestCategory("OPTIONAL-TEST")], fails onmastertoo, and is untouched bythis branch.
What was NOT tested
Not played. The NosCore servers are not started here, so there is no screenshot
of the info card. The client-side behaviour above is read from the client
binary, not observed.
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