File naming conventions for mods

[tigerbuilder 131]

I am making a mod with many copies of the same files. Nothing new.

But I wondered as I create this mod, what do you think about naming SC4 .dats? Are underscores and dashes needed? I'm a PC guy, so I use spaces nowadays.

I was just wondering others opinions on that topic, naming conventions. 

Cheers, tiger

[rsc204 21,814]

It doesn't really make any difference what you name files for SC. If it picks up the files as being in SC4 format, it will always load them.

Typically I prefix most things with my creator name, MGB. I tend to use underscores/dashes, hang up from DOS/Programming I suppose. But they are totally unnecessary really, since pretty much all modern systems can handle spaces fine.

[APSMS 1,892]

Yeah, I think it depends really on how you want the files organized. I use underscores because it saves me in URLs, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter. FWIW, using spaces makes searches with the Windows Search/Index tool easier, since you don't have to remember where the spaces or underscores are, or if delineaters were used at all (sometimes it's all one word).