Weird steam name
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Why is steam named WTRV? Why not STEA or SEAM?
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"WaTeR Vapor". Also, Devs would most likely confuse "Steam" for an education program, "STEM". So, that may be the reason it's like this.
Either that, or Devs wanted certain elements to have abbreviated, fancy names. Like Carbon Dioxide is abbreviated to "CO2"
Edited once by pacmanfan123. Last: 29th July -
CO2 is technically an abbreviation, only scientific. It appears as a TPT codename because its common name is self-explanatory. Not that the developers want this game to be as scientific as they want.
"WATR" could've been named "H2O" in TPT but it wasn't. That's because the main focus for the game wasn't to be as scientific as possible.
Edited once by pacmanfan123. Last: 29th July -
Some other elements used to use scientific names too, but were renamed. H2 became HYGN and O2 became OXYG. I don't know why CO2 was left alone.
I don't know exactly why WTRV has that name, maybe it was to more closely associate it with WATR, or just because the other options (STEA, STEM) look dumb. -
you can change it though, run this command in console thingy: elements.property(elements.DEFAULT_PT_WTRV, "Name", "[insert name here]") but replace the [insert name here] with the name you want
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Wow! I didn't know TPT had names like this before! O_O
I think CO2 is still like this most likely because the element itself, "Carbon Dioxide", really has no other street name and other abbreviation ideas were not ideal.
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I prefer CO² to be left alone, I don't know why, but it's iconic lol.
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That's how I felt when H2 and O2 were renamed. At this point there's no reason to rename CO2 as well, but we could. I like CO2 better though. The other options are dumb as well (CRBD, CBDX, CRDO, etc.) -
I prefer WTRV to remain like this! It's too ideal to be replaced. It stands out compared to other ways to abbreviate that element. I have nothing else to say.
