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A StringRef is a way for builders to specify strings within Neverwinter Nights. This value is an index into a talk file. (A talk file is basically a file that contains a list of strings.) When this number is less than 16,777,216 (0x01000000 in hexadecimal), this is the index of a string in the standard talk file, dialog.tlk. When this number is larger, subtracting 16,777,216 gives the index of a string in the module's custom talk file (or into the standard file if no custom talk file is found). Thus, to specify a string from a custom talk file, one would take the index of the desired string, and add 16,777,216 to it.

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rdfs:label	StringRef
rdfs:comment	A StringRef is a way for builders to specify strings within Neverwinter Nights. This value is an index into a talk file. (A talk file is basically a file that contains a list of strings.) When this number is less than 16,777,216 (0x01000000 in hexadecimal), this is the index of a string in the standard talk file, dialog.tlk. When this number is larger, subtracting 16,777,216 gives the index of a string in the module's custom talk file (or into the standard file if no custom talk file is found). Thus, to specify a string from a custom talk file, one would take the index of the desired string, and add 16,777,216 to it.
dcterms:subject	Custom content NWScript
abstract	A StringRef is a way for builders to specify strings within Neverwinter Nights. This value is an index into a talk file. (A talk file is basically a file that contains a list of strings.) When this number is less than 16,777,216 (0x01000000 in hexadecimal), this is the index of a string in the standard talk file, dialog.tlk. When this number is larger, subtracting 16,777,216 gives the index of a string in the module's custom talk file (or into the standard file if no custom talk file is found). Thus, to specify a string from a custom talk file, one would take the index of the desired string, and add 16,777,216 to it. One advantage of using a StringRef lies in efficiency in multiplayer, as sending a 4-byte StringRef across a network consumes less bandwidth than sending a string longer than 4 characters. (The size of a string is one byte per character.) Another advantage of using a StringRef lies in translations. Each player can have a talk file that has been translated into a preferred language, which means a string specified as a StringRef will be presented in this preferred language. Note, however, that in multiplayer, this only applies to StringRefs sent to players; the result of the function <a href="/mediawiki/GetStringByStrRef" title="GetStringByStrRef">GetStringByStrRef</a>() will be in the language used by the server, not translated by each player. This latter advantage is somewhat negated by the ability builders have of including translations within a module. On the other hand, it may be more convenient to translate a talk file than a module. (This is the rationale BioWare has used to explain their use of talk files.)

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