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Originally Posted by rob
At 02:42 PM 1/16/2007, you wrote:
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Suggested way of going about the Gerard issue:
First define a string in the dat file, as an example:
unique id: gerard
text: Gerard
in the gerard unit prelink section (so it is actioned first):
squad.name = $gerard
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Using a squad name is an extremely NON-efficient solution. It's also much more likely to break IMHO. Yes, it will work, but the use of an accrued tag is vastly better. Is there a particular reason that you feel the squad name is a better approach? I'm honestly curious, because you've been doing extensive work on the 40K files over the years and there may be issues/limitations I'm not aware of that justify this approach - in which case, Colen and I need to re-visit how things are handled in the engine. :-)
Thanks, Rob |
lol, nah, to be honest comparing against a string instead of against a tag or similar is not an approach we'd use, was just trying to suggest a solution that would fit in to the way requested - a tagged solution would be a lot better and ensure a more efficient use of the system - saying that have asked for a copy of the files to see if there is a better way to implement this as trying to suggest methods without the code is a bit awkward
