Topic: Hitpoints or Healthpoints?
GunChleoc
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I am going through the strings and I noticed a terminology inconsistency - we have both "hitpoints" and "healthpoints" in the source files. Which one do we want? Personally, I don't care either way. FYI, the translation dictionaries use "hitpoints", the wiki manual uses "healthpoints". Busy indexing nil values 
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SirVer
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2014-02-24, 21:31 UTC+1.0
I prefer health points. Or simply health?
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einstein13
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but the game contains battles with weapons that HIT, so HITpoints? einstein13
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pyaehtetaung
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2014-02-24, 21:42 UTC+1.0
I don't care Hitpoints or Healthpoints or health.. But I like body parts system more than Hitpoints or Healthpoints or health system.. (I found body parts system in Dwarf Fortress)
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GunChleoc
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A body parts system would be a bit over the top IMO, because this isn't a war game but mainly a builder game. I like "health", because it is consistent with "attack", "evade" etc. where we don't add "points" to the word.
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2014-02-24, 21:57 UTC+1.0
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einstein13
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In Dwarf Fortress are Hit/heath points too. But they are hidden under the whole system. You have to destroy all the parts of the body to kill someone @GunChleoc: Your idea sounds logic too einstein13
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simplypeachy
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2014-02-25, 01:17 UTC+1.0
Neither "hitpoints" nor "healthpoints" are words. I am not sure how accurately "health" translates to other languages in the context it is meant for. I would expect that "hit points" would be more universally understood, considering that the audience are people who play computer games. WARNING: New-style view packet not found. There may be strange effects regarding unseen areas.
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fk
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2014-02-25, 11:53 UTC+1.0
This is what I found at the dictionary pages:
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einstein13
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In polish: punkty życia (life points) einstein13
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GunChleoc
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You can still translate these as best fits your language. If something similar to "hitpoints" works better in your language, no problem Busy indexing nil values
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So health points are there. Hidden.
Your point!