How to get proper name of item, recipe etc?

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How to get proper name of item, recipe etc?

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So, when i try to do a lot of changies for another mods my main problem is to find item or recipe i wish to mod as i need to find in locale proper name and only them find it. Is it a way to skip this step? may be a way to run game without any locale to see ingame true names for all things? or smth else.

How another modders solve this moment?

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This can be done with the following method:
  1. Open debug settings F4 by default
  2. Enable "Show-Debug-Info-In-Tooltips"
  3. Close Debug Settings
  4. Hover pointer over any building or entity to reveal the internal name (and much more) in the right hand panel
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I hope this helps?

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Yes, exactly what i need!

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It seems like only few people know about this but if you hover over an entity, technology or item you can press ctrl-shift-F and a window with the prototype properties will open.
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ickputzdirwech wrote:
Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:14 pm
It seems like only few people know about this but if you hover over an entity, technology or item you can press ctrl-shift-F and a window with the prototype properties will open.
Wow!

Count me among those as un-enlightened.... until now.

It even has wiki links so we can look up the meanings. To whom do I apply for making up the lost time wasted doing it the old way? :D

Thanks

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