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== Properties == | == Properties == | ||
The table below summarizes some of the key differences between external names (the names normally seen by the player) and internal names: | The table below summarizes some of the key differences between external names (the names normally seen by the player) and internal names: | ||
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!External Names | !External Names | ||
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|Difficult to change during development, since it would require replacing every instance of the name across the game's files | |Difficult to change during development, since it would require replacing every instance of the name across the game's files | ||
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|Often changed during development for the above reason (e.g. "Kogwald" was renamed to | |Often changed during development for the above reason (e.g. "Kogwald" was renamed to "Steam Gardens") | ||
|Rarely changed during development for the above reason | |Rarely changed during development for the above reason | ||
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|Not all objects or locations have them, hence why many things are named colloquially by the community | |Not all objects or locations have them, hence why many things are named colloquially by the community | ||
|All meaningful objects in the game must have one in order for the code to reference them | |All meaningful objects in the game must have one in order for the code to reference them | ||
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[[Category:Technical]] | [[Category:Technical]] | ||