Screeps: Clean Dead Creep Memory Safely
Clean stale Memory.creeps entries by comparing them with Game.creeps. Delete only confirmed dead names and keep custom task indexes in sync.
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Memory Screeps guides
Focused English articles connected to memory, organized with the same filters used by the main article library.
Screeps InterShardMemory: Versioned Cross-Shard State Without Remote Writes
Publish versioned shard-owned channels, validate remote strings, enforce a conservative UTF-8 project budget, detect writer restarts and revision regressions, and measure freshness with local observation windows.
Screeps Memory: Persistent State, Heap Cache, and Creep Data
Distinguish local variables, disposable heap cache, and persistent Memory; initialize Creep state safely; store JSON-compatible values; and recover current game objects from IDs.
Screeps RawMemory Foreign Segment: Publish and Read Public Segments Safely
Publish versioned public RawMemory segments, request one foreign segment for the next tick, validate untrusted JSON, rotate subscriptions, and detect stream changes without confusing local, cross-shard, and foreign storage.
Screeps Game.getObjectById(): Resolve Saved Targets Safely
Save an ID with room and kind metadata, return explicit invalid, no-vision, missing, wrong-type, and ready states, and keep restoration separate from reselection and actions.
Screeps RawMemory Segments: Request, Read, and Write Across Ticks
Request active Segment IDs once, read them on a later tick, distinguish unavailable from empty, validate versioned JSON, and write only after a successful read.
Screeps Working State: Switch Only at Empty and Full
Enter acquire at zero Energy, enter work when full, preserve the previous phase at partial values, initialize explicitly, and keep state selection separate from actions and outcomes.