Don't resolve a script's target just to get the ID

apps/openmw/mwscript/globalscripts.cpp

@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ namespace
             return false;
         }
     };
+
+    struct IdGettingVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<std::string>
+    {
+        std::string operator()(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr) const
+        {
+            if(ptr.isEmpty())
+                return {};
+            return ptr.mRef->mRef.getRefId();
+        }
+
+        std::string operator()(const std::pair<ESM::RefNum, std::string>& pair) const
+        {
+            return pair.second;
+        }
+    };
 }
 
 namespace MWScript
@@ -110,6 +125,11 @@ namespace MWScript
         return ptr;
     }
 
+    std::string GlobalScriptDesc::getId() const
+    {
+        return boost::apply_visitor(IdGettingVisitor(), mTarget);
+    }
+
 
     GlobalScripts::GlobalScripts (const MWWorld::ESMStore& store)
     : mStore (store)

apps/openmw/mwscript/globalscripts.hpp

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ namespace MWScript
         const MWWorld::Ptr* getPtrIfPresent() const; // Returns a Ptr if one has been resolved
 
         MWWorld::Ptr getPtr(); // Resolves mTarget to a Ptr and caches the (potentially empty) result
+
+        std::string getId() const; // Returns the target's ID -- if any
     };
 
     class GlobalScripts

apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp

@@ -131,9 +131,10 @@ namespace MWScript
 
     std::string InterpreterContext::getTarget() const
     {
-        auto ptr = getReference(false);
-        if(!ptr.isEmpty())
-            return ptr.mRef->mRef.getRefId();
+        if(!mReference.isEmpty())
+            return mReference.mRef->mRef.getRefId();
+        else if(mGlobalScriptDesc)
+            return mGlobalScriptDesc->getId();
         return {};
     }