Limiting prototype names in 2.0

[Rseding91]

The question has once again come up about limiting prototype name characters to a smaller sub-set and I wanted to see what the existing modding community thinks about it.

Right now there are 2 limits on prototype names:

1. It must be <= 200 digits in length
2. It must not contain the dot "." symbol

I'm proposing adding a 3rd restriction for 2.0:

3. It must only contain the characters: AZaz09_-

The reason being: simpler handling of prototype names in external tools, and when interacting with file names. Specifically this was brought up again due to this reported issue: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=106734

[_CodeGreen]

Most modded prototypes already follow the third restriction, so people won't really have to update anything. This change simplifies string matching in mods as well, and as someone who's made both mods and external tools, I'd definitely support this change.

[BrainGamer_]

I also favour adding this third restriction.

Since I do have a somewhat complete list of all IDs used by mods (and their collisions) I thought I'll quickly check how many violations with the third rule there would be.

As of 2024-07-29 there are 148 mods breaking it.

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[mmmPI]

as a noob modder, i can only say i was already using that convention because i didn't know precisely what was allowed and those are my standard. I wouldn't feel restricted.

[Bilka]

This was implemented for 2.0.