/// <summary>
/// Tries to get the first available player entity ID.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>a non-zero ID if one was available; 0 otheriwse</returns>
/// <remarks>If an available ID is found, it will be removed from the database.</remarks>
public static uint GetPlayerEntityId()
{
// Lock so someone else doesn't grab the same row
s_idLock.Enter();
try
{
EntityIdStorage eid = GetFirstRecycledId(ObjectTypeId.Player);
if (eid == null)
{
if (CharacterRecord.Exists())
{
if (s_highestPlayerId == 0)
{
CharacterRecord highestChr =
CharacterRecord.FindFirst(new Order("_entityLowId", false));
s_highestPlayerId = highestChr.EntityLowId;
}
}
return(++s_highestPlayerId);
}
else
{
RemoveRecycledId(eid);
return((uint)eid.EntityId);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
s_log.ErrorException("couldn't get an entity id", ex);
}
finally
{
s_idLock.Exit();
}
return(0);
}
