C# ListT pointers

Break into the debugger when you assign the CEntity's MeshData reference.

Add the MeshData to the watch window, right click on the variable and say "Make Object ID". This makes an ID that's "attached" to the object that will let you visually compare in watch or quickwatch windows whether the reference is the same as other references.

Now go to your list and examine its contents and see if that ID is on the item you're referencing.

If you're using List and then directly saying "CEntity.MeshData = list[1]" or whatever, then it should work how you WANT. If you're using List then it will *copy* like you are experiencing.

(This assumes you're using Visual Studio)

By default in C#, any time you say "class1 = class2" you're doing the same thing as "pointer1 = pointer2" in C++. But if you use "struct1 = struct2" in C#, it will do the same thing as "*pointer1 = *pointer2" in C++.

So if all of your stuff are classes, it should just work.

Post some code if you still have problems.

Yeah, that's exactly how I had read it too... basically structs are value types and classes are reference types... I guess I must have made a mistake somewhere. Thanks for the suggestions on the debugger.