Find an Object, Then Its Record

Global: find instances by record ID

---@omw-context global

local world = require 'openmw.world'

local objects = world.getObjectsByRecordId('iron dagger')

for index = 1, #objects do
  local object = objects[index]
  print(object.id, object.recordId)
end

Known object: inspect a type-specific record

---@omw-context player

local nearby = require 'openmw.nearby'
local types = require 'openmw.types'

for index = 1, #nearby.items do
  local object = nearby.items[index]

  if types.Weapon.objectIsInstance(object) then
    local record = types.Weapon.record(object)
    if record then print(record.id, record.name) end
  end
end

Use the object ID for instance state and the record ID/record for content definition.

See Objects, Records, Types, and Cells.