Conventions

Some rules in Archmage are too small to own a chapter, yet too important to leave implicit. This section collects them. The pages are independent — read whichever one you need.

Convention	Description
Config ID	The unique identifier for each config entry in regular tables.	View
Dotted Names	One or more segments joined by dots, such as mob.hp. Used as field names to turn flat data into a nested structure.	View
Default Export Value	The value used when a cell or cell region is blank, written alongside the type as int=0.	View
The Hash #	The universal comment marker. Depending on where it appears, it skips a row, a column, or a worksheet, or blanks a single cell.	View
The Double Hash ##	Placed in the top-left cell of a region, it exports the whole region as its default export value or zero value.	View
The <null> Literal	An explicit null in a spreadsheet cell.	View
Brace Flags	The name suffix in curly braces, such as rate{en}. Designed for mutually exclusive config sets with only minor differences.	View
Lookback Operators	Operators (<1, <2, <3) written in a header cell to reuse values 1-3 columns back.	View
Naming Rules	The rules names must follow across files, worksheets, fields, and other identifiers.	View
Referent Syntax	How to identify the data providers used by references and virtual tables.	View