I have a problem.
I have the tendency to create a unit/ability first with a placeholder name.
Problem is that I tend to change these names a lot in the final product.
This means that in the long run, I have plenty of dummy abiilties, globals etc. that reference the placeholder name of said skill, not its final name.
In small doses its fine, though when it comes to picking up after having not worked on something in awhile it can become very confusing.
So, how do you overcome this?
Do you rename all associated things every time you change the name of something?
Or do you simply keep tons of documentation on your projects?
I have the tendency to create a unit/ability first with a placeholder name.
Problem is that I tend to change these names a lot in the final product.
This means that in the long run, I have plenty of dummy abiilties, globals etc. that reference the placeholder name of said skill, not its final name.
In small doses its fine, though when it comes to picking up after having not worked on something in awhile it can become very confusing.
So, how do you overcome this?
Do you rename all associated things every time you change the name of something?
Or do you simply keep tons of documentation on your projects?