Display names #

Entities can have display names. These are shown as part of text information when sp_allowmonsterinfo (in singleplayer) or mp_allowmonsterinfo (in multiplayer) is enabled.

Most monster classes define a default display name (these are usually documented on the monster’s entity page). The default display name can be changed via entity tempalates. The display name also can be changed for the monster instance via the In-game Name entity parameter. The display names are supposed to be defined in English (as the default language) but can be translated (see below).

Translatable display names #

Independently of how the display name is defined (either by the monster class, or by the entity template or by the instance paramater) it can be localized.

displaynames.json (located in the addon directory for localization) defines the mapping between the original display names and the translated ones. Example of Russian localization:

{
    "Scientist": "Ученый",
    "Security Guard": "Охранник"
}

Users who have the Russian localization installed will see Ученый instead of Scientist when looking at the scientist.

The search for translated display names is currently case-insensitive.