A Guide to Race Letters (Existing and Reserved)

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A Guide to Race Letters (Existing and Reserved)

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This list superseded by http://battlezone.wikia.com/wiki/Race_Letter

Here's another one of those threads that used to exist in BZU but has been lost somewhere in the mists of time. A list of races, sorted by letter.

The original version of this was intended for modders to use to help them select a race letter. Small text indicates subversions of races.

A
- NSDF - BZ1, BZC

B
- Black Dogs BZ1, TRO, BZC, FS

C
- Cerberi - Original, Ultra, Evolved (FE, CR and EPIC respectively)
- CRA
- Core - BZ2 special case

D
- Daleks
- Dark Planet - BZ2 special case
- Icecream

E
- Hadeans
- ESAF

F
- Scions
- Fury - Coxxon

G
- Reich
- Fury - BZC

H
- Hadeans - special case
- Furies - BZ1
- Hadean ruins - BZ1

I
- ISDF
- EDF

J
- Jenovian
- Helians

K, L
Unused

M
- Mechana
- Mire - BZ2 special case
- Miasma - special case

N
- Nexus

O
- Olympian - Ancient, Modern
- Olympian ruins - BZ1

P
- Phaer Rhan
- Prometheans
- Pluto - BZ2 special case
- Prador

Q
- QF - QF, QF2

R
- Raven's Claw
- Red Wolves
- Rend - BZ2 special case
- Rotons
- Aenean

S
- Swarm
- CCA - BZ, BZC
- Scions
- Shree
- Shin'Kluh

T
- 51'ers - Slightly different in every iteration
- Swarm - special case - player version

U
- Uler
- UEA

V
Avoid this letter. Potential collision with virtual classes.

W
- White Foxes

X, Y, Z
Unused

@
- Hadeans - Non-asset-checked version
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Re: A Guide to Race Letters (Existing and Reserved)

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Very useful.
I had an odd occurrence in single player, having pspilo (Prador) in my addon, they suddenly turned up uninvited in the first mission on pluto. I think I will pick another letter for them, the last thing anyone wants is a bunch of evil cannibal Crab aliens sticking their claws into missions where they are not supposed to be. Now you have got me wondering if the Dark planet will have the same issue with Daleks.
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Some prop ODFs in the Pluto missions need to be told they don't have pilots. You probably blew up one of those props.
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I used G for Fury in BZC IA/MP.

BZ1 furies are H, BZC will use H for Ancient Hadean, F may be used for Scions if Scions are ever added, so I used G for BZ1 era Fury Race.

But it doesn't really matter since most of these race's mods are not compatible with each other anyway...


And WTF is Reich?
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The Reich were official. Nazis with Biometal. From the same source as Unknown Pioneer, Trumann Era, etc.

BZC canon rating is listed as "100%: Appeared in official documentation". Nielk1 is waybacking them now.
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I noticed Aenean in at the top. i take it they are related to the CP?
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Yes, they're the Cthonian splinter faction.

This might be worth stickying, it's one of those useful threads to keep around.
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if you use a custom cfg, you can use any letters for your race you want.
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Not necessarily. V should be avoided. Likewise anything that can't be put in a filename :P
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you can use v for any race you have in your search folders
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It works, but we're (N1 and I) concerned it could potentially cause issues with virtual classes.
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Virtural classes are just made up provide names.....the provides could say dillydonka and the game wont care....

I've used the following generic provide names, starting in many letters, i've noticed no adverse side effects with races: a, b, s.

apca
artl
barr
base
cafe
cnst
comm
defense
DLL
figh
hang
haul
hqcp
hraz
lpad
ltnk
mbld
minea
muf
offense
pow
rckt
recy
scav
shld
siloa
slf
stor
supp
tank
turr
utility
walk
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i think we should add a list of RV _?? some where on here to provent problems with RVs as well.
mine is _SC
the is also : _SRV, _RVW, _LC I am not sure on the others.
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V specifically causing issues with pilots. Just don't f*cking use it unless you have to.
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? how does vspilot cause issues?

Or...are we still talking about Provide names?

?

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