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This just occoured to me, after scripting for quite a while…why do all these variable types, have the 'T' prefix? eg TPoint, TBox, TIntegerArray, TPlayer, TNPC…etc

It means "Type" because thats what those are

Ex:

program _Types;

type
  TType = record
    Str: string;
    Int: integer;
    Bool: boolean;
  end;
  TTypeArray = array of TType;

var
  TypeArray: TTypeArray;

begin
  SetArrayLength(TypeArray, 1);
  with TypeArray[0] do
  begin
    Str := 'String';
    Int := 0;
    Bool := False;
    WriteLn('TypeArray[0] := ['#39 + Str + #39', ' + IntToStr(Int) + ', ' + BoolToStr(Bool); + '];');
  end;
end.

I know what a type is, I have used them before (not actually in SRL scripts though, but in an unrelated SCAR script), that just never occoured to me…

I always thought it stood for something like "two" or "2D" (until I met ATPA)

Its to signify its a custom type independent of the primary types (int, string, float, etc)