/// <summary>
/// Several arrays and other fields hold references to various classes from mods, we need to clean them up to give properly coded mods a chance to be completely free of references
/// so that they can be collected by the garbage collection. For most things eventually they will be replaced during gameplay, but we want the old instance completely gone quickly.
/// </summary>
internal static void CleanupModReferences()
{
// Clear references to ModPlayer instances
for (int i = 0; i < Main.player.Length; i++)
{
Main.player[i] = new Player();
// player.whoAmI is only set for active players
}
Main.clientPlayer = new Player(false);
Main.ActivePlayerFileData = new Terraria.IO.PlayerFileData();
Main._characterSelectMenu._playerList?.Clear();
Main.PlayerList.Clear();
for (int i = 0; i < Main.npc.Length; i++)
{
Main.npc[i] = new NPC();
Main.npc[i].whoAmI = i;
}
for (int i = 0; i < Main.item.Length; i++)
{
Main.item[i] = new Item();
// item.whoAmI is never used
}
if (ItemSlot.singleSlotArray[0] != null)
{
ItemSlot.singleSlotArray[0] = new Item();
}
for (int i = 0; i < Main.chest.Length; i++)
{
Main.chest[i] = new Chest();
}
for (int i = 0; i < Main.projectile.Length; i++)
{
Main.projectile[i] = new Projectile();
// projectile.whoAmI is only set for active projectiles
}
TileEntity.Clear(); // drop all possible references to mod TEs
}