diff -r fa44b905bc2e -r 87434abc1ba1 src/Network/Object.cc
--- a/src/Network/Object.cc	Mon Dec 08 00:36:24 2008 +0000
+++ b/src/Network/Object.cc	Mon Dec 08 01:08:00 2008 +0000
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 void NetworkObjectController::on_message (NetworkPacketInput &pkt, NetworkNode *node) {
     uint32_t obj_id = pkt.read_uint32();
     uint16_t msg_id = pkt.read_uint16();
-    
+
     // lookup object
     NetworkObject *obj = objects[obj_id];
-
+    
     if (obj) {
         obj->handle_packet(node, msg_id, pkt);
 
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
         handle_create(obj_id, msg_id, pkt, node);
     }
 }
+        
+NetworkObject* NetworkObjectController::read_object (NetworkPacketInput &pkt) {
+    uint32_t obj_id = pkt.read_uint32();
+
+    // lookup object
+    NetworkObject *obj = objects[obj_id];
+    
+    // return
+    return obj;
+}
+        
+void NetworkObjectController::write_object (NetworkPacketOutput &pkt, NetworkObject *obj) {
+    pkt.write_uint32(obj->obj_id);
+}
 
 /* 
  * NetworkObject_ServerController