I'm creating a script that spawns mobiles randomly. problem is i need them to disappear eventually else my server will get overloaded with them.

If i don't serialize/deserealize, would that simply mean my mobiles will disappear on server shutdown? Would that have any other negative effects? I don't want these guys to be "saved" on server save.
 
No serialize/deserialize will definitely do the trick. You'll get a warning when starting the server but it's just informative - it doesn't delay startup.
 
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