(jakobwlf21) Issue with NPC UUID

[neat palm]

I am trying to detect when an npc is being attacked. For this I have a listener:

    @EventHandler
    public void onEntityDamageByEntity(EntityDamageByEntityEvent event) {
        LOTM.getLogUtil().debug(event.getEntity().getUniqueId() + " Entity UUID --- " + getUuid() + " NPC UUID");

        if(event.getEntity().getUniqueId() != getUuid()) return;

        LOTM.getLogUtil().debug("NPC attacked");

And this is the getUUID function:

    @Override
    public UUID getUuid() {
        this.uuid = npc.getUniqueId();
        return uuid;
    }

However when hitting the npc, the UUIDS dont match and there will be a difference in one single character:

[DEBUG] b2571c87-a511-23b4-9cc5-40089150f96d Entity UUID --- b2571c87-a511-43b4-9cc5-40089150f96d NPC UUID

I know that I could simply comnpare the entities but I'm still curious to know what's wrong here

[lone monolith]

(jakobwlf21) Issue with NPC UUID

[lone monolith]

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[distant fractal]

for various reasons, the entity UUID is modified so that minecraft can be sure that it is an NPC UUID and not a regular UUID

@neat palm you can use getMinecraftUniqueId() instead

if you want them to match

[steady yarrow]

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