Adding an already instantiated Script to ScriptHandler.add didn't add it to the handler's object.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 Attribute values (Griatch)
 [Fix][issue3519]: `GLOBAL_SCRIPTS` container didn't list global scripts not
 defined explicitly to be restarted/recrated in settings.py (Griatch)
+Fix: Passing an already instantiated Script to `obj.scripts.add` (`ScriptHandler.add`)
+did not add it to the handler's object (Griatch)
 [Docs][issue3591]: Fix of NPC reaction tutorial code (Griatch)
 
 [issue3591]: https://github.com/evennia/evennia/issues/3591

evennia/scripts/scripthandler.py

@@ -72,18 +72,27 @@ class ScriptHandler(object):
             Script: The newly created Script.
 
         """
-        if self.obj.__dbclass__.__name__ == "AccountDB":
-            # we add to an Account, not an Object
-            script = create.create_script(
-                scriptclass, key=key, account=self.obj, autostart=autostart
-            )
-        elif isinstance(scriptclass, str) or callable(scriptclass):
+        if isinstance(scriptclass, str) or callable(scriptclass):
             # a str or class to use create before adding to an Object. We wait to autostart
             # so we can differentiate a failing creation from a script that immediately starts/stops.
-            script = create.create_script(scriptclass, key=key, obj=self.obj, autostart=False)
+            if self.obj.__dbclass__.__name__ == "AccountDB":
+                # we add to an Account, not an Object
+                script = create.create_script(
+                    scriptclass, key=key, account=self.obj, autostart=False
+                )
+            else:
+                script = create.create_script(scriptclass, key=key, obj=self.obj, autostart=False)
         else:
             # already an instantiated class
             script = scriptclass
+            if script.db_obj and script.db_obj != self.obj:
+                logger.log_err(
+                    f"Script instance {script} already belongs to "
+                    f"another object: {script.db_obj}."
+                )
+                return None
+            script.db_obj = self.obj
+            script.save()
 
         if not script:
             logger.log_err(f"Script {scriptclass} failed to be created.")

evennia/scripts/tests.py

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Unit tests for the scripts package
 from collections import defaultdict
 from unittest import TestCase, mock
 
-from parameterized import parameterized
-
 from evennia import DefaultScript
 from evennia.objects.objects import DefaultObject
 from evennia.scripts.manager import ScriptDBManager
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ from evennia.scripts.tickerhandler import TickerHandler
 from evennia.utils.create import create_script
 from evennia.utils.dbserialize import dbserialize
 from evennia.utils.test_resources import BaseEvenniaTest, EvenniaTest
+from parameterized import parameterized
 
 
 class TestScript(BaseEvenniaTest):
@@ -105,6 +104,15 @@ class TestScriptHandler(BaseEvenniaTest):
         script = self.obj.scripts.get("interval_test")
         self.assertTrue(bool(script))
 
+    def test_add_already_existing_script(self):
+        "Checks that Scripthandler add function adds script correctly"
+
+        # make a new script with no obj connection
+        script = create_script(TestingListIntervalScript, key="interval_test2")
+        self.obj.scripts.add(script)
+        self.assertEqual([script], list(self.obj.scripts.get("interval_test2")))
+        self.assertTrue(bool(self.obj.scripts.get("interval_test")))
+
 
 class TestScriptDB(TestCase):
     "Check the singleton/static ScriptDB object works correctly"