halbArdier/halbErdier confusion
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halbArdier/halbErdier confusion
Is there any specific reason why the ID of the Halberdier is spelt 'Halbardier' while the name is "Halberdier"? If not, then is there any objection to me setting it strait?
Creater of the campaign, "Northern Rebirth"
Compleater of the campaign, "Son of the Black Eye"
Compleater of the campaign, "Son of the Black Eye"
No reason. A while back I noticed that in mainline campaigns Halbardier was often spelled as Halberdier, causing quite a lot of recruit lists and such to be broken. However, I fixed all instances of Halberdier to Halbardier instead of vice versa and fixing the unit id, since I figured quite a lot of UMC might use Halbardier.
If you wish to change it to Halberdier, feel free to do so.
If you wish to change it to Halberdier, feel free to do so.
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Re: halbArdier/halbErdier confusion
Yes. Historical reasons, mainly.Taurus wrote:Is there any specific reason why the ID of the Halberdier is spelt 'Halbardier' while the name is "Halberdier"?
Originally, both the ID and the name were "Halbardier", until someone pointed out that that wasn't actually a word - it's just a misspelling of Halberdier. At that time in Wesnoth development, breaking savegame compatibility was a big issue, so it wasn't such a good idea to change the unit ID. In the pursuant discussion, some genius suggested that we change just the name and not the ID, so that's what was done.
It should have been done long ago.Taurus wrote:If not, then is there any objection to me setting it strait?
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