I do not use it, but have seen or heard of multiple instances of game object wrappers that ppl have used (e.g. your new MyCreep(creepID)) and can provide some insight for ya.
I've heard of ppl using Proxy objects to create a "persistent object" similar to what the devs said they intended to implement eventually (TM) about a year or so ago. Basically, internal to the proxy object is the game object's ID, and each new tick, it grabs that game object again, and proxies any function calls to the wrapped object. you could add additional functionality by adding new handlers to he proxy itself, and let the proxy route the actual intents to the game object.
Also, there's the "initialize once, use multiple ticks" concept, which is how my Kernel, Scheduler and libraries work in my OS codebase. Basically, you initialize the object once, and assign it to global (global.kernel = new Kernel(Memory.SempOS)) and it will persist as long as your global does. It will re-init every time you push your code, or get a global reset for some reason. With IVM, you only have a single global, and resets are considerably more rare, so it's feasible to do things like this whereas 2+ years ago, it would have been much more difficult. Tying this concept to game objects, you'd init the object with an object's ID, and it would cache the object for that tick. it'd looks something like this:
function MyCreep(id) {
this.id = id;
this.creep = Game.getObjectById(this.id);
this.tick = Game.time;
}
MyCreep.prototype.move = function(dir) {
this.refreshCreep();
return this.creep.move(dir);
}
MyCreep.prototype.refreshCreep = function() {
if(this.tick != Game.time) {
this.creep = Game.getObjectById(this.id);
this.tick = Game.time;
}
}
The third and final option is what you mentioned previously, which is initializing and disposing of new objects each creep so you dont need the refreshCreep() in the example above.
Personally, I lean heavily on modifying the existing objects' prototypes, either through Object.createProperty() or just appending more functions onto it. That way, i dont get the potentially expensive new calls, and it just works.
Hope this helps, @fritzy...
