Unique mission Object names.

#1 You could do a recursive walk through the SimGroup "MissionGroup",
assigning names as you go along.

but the fact that you want to require a unique name for every object in the mission sounds like symptom of a design you might want to re-think.

what are you trying to achieve ?
perhaps folks here could suggest some alternatives.

#2 I am trying to fix a problem with child / parent relationships. The problem I have is when a mission is saved, the relationship is lost if the name of the object isn't set or isn't unique.
I know all objects are given an ID when the mission is loaded but they change each time the mission is loaded so I wanted to make the name field to auto populate and have to be unique. This would fix the problem and when the missions are loaded the child / parent relationships would be intact.
This is currently causing a crash when missions are unloaded as the child / parent relationships were not established on mission load.
If these relationships are set manualy through console with objects that have unique names set, it all works fine.
I believe that if I do the following, it will cure my problem.
1) Make torque give every object a unique name when they are created.
2) When an object is given a name, make sure its unique or make is unique.
3) When an object is given a null name, make a unique name for it.
However I am unsure where to start.

#3 What sort of child/parent relationships ?
those relationships work pretty well for SimGroups, including saving & loading,
but perhaps you're introducing a new type of p/c relationship ? like making say a DIF be a container ?

#4 Most game engines allow you to attach child objects to parent objects. Imagine a player running around who gets shot with an arrow. You should be able to attach an arrow to the player making it a child of the player object so it will follow the player and keep its relative position to the player.
TGE lacks this and the closest mod I have found for this is "Attachable SceneObjects in Hierarchical Coordinate Spaces" by "Anthony Lovell". As good as this is, there are a lot of problems with this mod.
I have been doing a lot with this mod, but I need unique names for mission objects to fix a bug.

#5 I think I may have a solution, however I need someone to confirm that simbase is related to scene objects.
I can make this work at the same time the ID is created in simbase.
Basicaly I will grab the date/time and add the id to the end.
This should do the job. Very basic.

#6 Pretty much everything derives from simbase

#7 Thats great.
Thanks for your help.
This has been bugging me for a while.
Nice to get some headway.
Thanks again.