Core/Entities: Added possibility to inherit StringIds from other entities (#29908)

* also implicitly do so for personal summons

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.cpp b/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.cpp
index 6690f565ae5..3fa5f6cc487 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.cpp
@@ -3137,6 +3137,15 @@ uint32 Creature::GetScriptId() const
     return ASSERT_NOTNULL(sObjectMgr->GetCreatureTemplate(GetEntry()))->ScriptID;
 }
 
+void Creature::InheritStringIds(Creature const* parent)
+{
+    // copy references to stringIds from template and spawn
+    m_stringIds = parent->m_stringIds;
+
+    // then copy script stringId, not just its reference
+    SetScriptStringId(std::string(parent->GetStringId(StringIdType::Script)));
+}
+
 bool Creature::HasStringId(std::string_view id) const
 {
     return std::find(m_stringIds.begin(), m_stringIds.end(), id) != m_stringIds.end();
diff --git a/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.h b/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.h
index 29865455d23..86933743b25 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.h
+++ b/src/server/game/Entities/Creature/Creature.h
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ class TC_GAME_API Creature : public Unit, public GridObject<Creature>, public Ma
         std::string const& GetAIName() const;
         std::string GetScriptName() const;
         uint32 GetScriptId() const;
+        void InheritStringIds(Creature const* parent);
         bool HasStringId(std::string_view id) const;
         void SetScriptStringId(std::string id);
         std::array<std::string_view, 3> const& GetStringIds() const { return m_stringIds; }