Area Naming ResRefs

It is vital that areas follow these naming conventions, for the purposes of Plane-Specific scripts and effects.

xx = Plane
yy = Area Name
zz = Tileset

xxZZyyyyyyyyyyyy
(2)(2)(12)

EG: Abandoned Mausoleum in Thanatos Level 1
abcramausoleu1

it can have NO punctuation and NOT longer than 16 characters total.

--Posted 27 Jan 04 by OrchestralDarkness

Area Naming Tags

Same as the above with the exception of this CAN have punctuation and be longer than 16 characters. The only difference SHOULD be the following punctuation and device at the END of the tag:

EG: Abandoned Mausoleum in Thanatos Level 1
abcramausoleu1_COLD

_FIRE = Fire Area
_COLD = Cold Area
_DARK = Dark area

--Posted 27 Jan 04 by OrchestralDarkness

Plane Abbreviations

Prime Material Plane
PM Prime Material

Transitive Planes
TA Astral
TE Ethereal
TS Plane of Shadow

Inner Planes
IA Elemental Plane of Air
IE Elemental Plane of Earth
IF Elemental Plane of Fire
IW Elemental Plane of Water
IN Negative Energy
IP Positive Energy

Outer Planes
AC Acheron
AB Abyss
AR Arborea
AD Arcadia
BA Baator
BE Beastlands
BY Bytopia
CA Carceri
CE Celestia
EL Elysium
GE Gehenna
HA Hades
LI Limbo
ME Mechanus
OU Outlands
PA Pandemonium
YS Ysgard

Pocket Planes
(None yet, should start with P, with the second letter as the name of the plane. The Pocket Plane of Lint would be PL.)

Demi Planes
(Should start with D, with the second letter as the name of the plane.)
DH Hollow Hills

--Posted 27 Jan 04 by OrchestralDarkness

Tileset Abbreviations

BC Beholder Caves
CS Castle Interior
CE City Exterior
CI City Interior
CR Crypt
DS Desert
DI Drow Interior
DN Dungeon
FO Forest
FW Frozen Wastes
II Illithid Interior
MS Microset
MC Mines and Caverns
RN Ruins
RR Rural
RW Rural Winter
SW Sewers
UN Underdark

CE/RR +City/Rural Base. Use dominant terrain.
AB Abyss
CT Cage Top
PC City Exterior - PM
DC DC City Interior
DD DC Dungeon
IC DC Ice Cavern
DV DC Villages
SE DLA Sewers
DH Dwarven Halls
FO FDO
FP Fire Plane
RR Foothills
GC Gothic City Exterior
MO Mountains
MG Mountain Grass
NW Neverwinter Wood
OM Organic Mines
RC Rock City
RI Rock Interior
SC Shadow City
SF Shadow Forest
BI Ship/Boat Interior
SM Snowy Mountain
VT Velmar’s Tower Interior


--Updated 27 Jan 05 by Miss Sashi