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* '''Map units'''. LinkTags can be used to conditionally spawn map objects based on GameData flags (which are called SaveFlags in map units) and also to set them. It is extremely common for Area tags to be used for triggering LinkTags (which in turn write to GameData flags). | * '''Map units'''. LinkTags can be used to conditionally spawn map objects based on GameData flags (which are called SaveFlags in map units) and also to set them. It is extremely common for Area tags to be used for triggering LinkTags (which in turn write to GameData flags). | ||
* '''Executable'''. The executable obviously also reads and writes to game data flags. Do note that the name of the flag is not always hardcoded, and may instead come from a configuration file (example: the Defeated counters for the [[difficulty scaling]] system). | * '''Executable'''. The executable obviously also reads and writes to game data flags. Do note that the name of the flag is not always hardcoded, and may instead come from a configuration file (example: the Defeated counters for the [[difficulty scaling]] system). | ||
The GameData system is configured by bgdata files in [[Content/GameData]]. These files determine flags' initial values and their minimum/maximum values. | |||
=== Resource locations === | === Resource locations === | ||