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Fenrir

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« on: January 13, 2008, 03:13:00 pm »
If a creature has a unique ID, is it okay to give it a name that something else already has.

Example:

[CREATURE:HUMAN]
[NAME:human:humans:human]

Blah, blah, blah...

[CREATURE:VIKING]
[NAME:human:humans:human]

Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...

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Railick Stonemane

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Re: Names
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2008, 03:49:00 pm »
I think it would be okay, but in game there would be no way to tell the difference between the two creatures (Since they both have the exact same name) At least thats what I think (you might be able to assign them a diffrent character so a Viking is a big V )
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Re: Names
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2008, 03:56:00 pm »
You shouldnt, it could cause a major bug to happen in game.
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Fenrir

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Re: Names
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2008, 03:59:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Railick Stonemane:
<STRONG>I think it would be okay, but in game there would be no way to tell the difference between the two creatures (Since they both have the exact same name) At least thats what I think (you might be able to assign them a diffrent character so a Viking is a big V )</STRONG>

That's the whole point of giving them the same name. The Viking thing was the only example I could think of at the moment, and it wasn't a very good one.

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quote:
Originally posted by Torak:
<STRONG>You shouldnt, it could cause a major bug to happen in game.</STRONG>

Like what? Have you tried?

[ January 13, 2008: Message edited by: Fenrir ]

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Re: Names
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2008, 04:56:00 pm »
The game doesn't mind having several kinds of civilisations using the same creature, I see no reason why it would object to identical creature names.
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Re: Names
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2008, 06:57:00 pm »
I have tried this. It works just fine.
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