# IDs

## Asset Id <a href="#asset-id" id="asset-id"></a>

Mirror uses GUID for Asset Ids. Every prefab with a NetworkIdentity component has an Asset Id, which is simply Unity's AssetDatabase.AssetPathToGUID converted to 16 bytes. Mirror needs that to know which prefabs to spawn.

## Scene Id <a href="#scene-id" id="scene-id"></a>

Mirror uses uint for Scene Ids. Every game object with a NetworkIdentity in the scene (hierarchy) is assigned a scene id in OnPostProcessScene. Mirror needs that to distinguish scene objects from each other, because Unity has no unique id for different game objects in the scene.

## Network Instance Id (aka NetId) <a href="#network-instance-id-aka-netid" id="network-instance-id-aka-netid"></a>

Mirror uses uint for NetId. Every NetworkIdentity is assigned a NetId in NetworkIdentity.OnStartServer, or after spawning it. Mirror uses the id when passing messages between client and server to tell which object is the recipient of the message.

## Connection Id <a href="#connection-id" id="connection-id"></a>

Every network connection has a connection id, which is assigned by the low level Transport layer. Connection id 0 is reserved for the local connection when the server is also a client (host)


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