27.00 IsValid[] on a spawned creative_prop, never returns false

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I managed a rather hacky workaround for this issue. My props in question move around the map. I now check if they moved successfully to the new location after a call to TeleportTo[]. If they did not, I assume they are no longer valid and I call Dispose(). After calling Dispose() on a prop, any call to IsValid[] now correctly returns true.

Pseudo code:

OldPosition := Prop.GetTransform().Translation
NewPosition := OldPosition + vector3{X:=1.0, Y:=0.0, Z:=0.0}
if (Prop.TeleportTo[NewPosition, IdentityRotation()]):
   CheckPosition := Prop.GetTransform().Translation
   Diff := CheckPosition - OldPosition
   if (Diff.Length = 0):
      # We didn't teleport to new position!
      Prop.Dispose()
:
:
# somewhere else in code, this will now return true for disposed prop
if (not Prop.IsValid[]):
   # do stuff

Note: TeleportTo[] does not seem to fail if a prop is not valid.

I realize this is less than ideal and won’t work for everyone. If you are already moving props within your game loops, this could help.

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