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https://lua-api.factorio.com/1.1.95/pro ... ection_box At first, I was confused, reading it as: The selection box is usually a little bit bigger than the collision box, for tileable entities (like buildings) [and then for entities that aren't tiling or buildings...] . Re-reading it, I realized the part after the comma should go with the second part: for tileable entities (like buildings) it should match the tile size of the building.

Breaking the sentence with a period is appropriate and clearer, in my opinion: I don't know if tileable would be better as tileable, or tile-able, but that could be changed at the same time if wanted.

Honktown wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:09 am

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The selection box is usually a little bit bigger than the collision box, for tileable entities (like buildings) it should match the tile size of the building.

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Breaking the sentence with a period is appropriate and clearer, in my opinion:

Agreed, although in my opinion a semicolon would be sufficient. A semicolon is a stronger separator than a comma, but not quite as strong as a period. Therefore, if there is a semicolon, you know that the first point has been covered completely and the part after the colon is a new aspect -- but that aspect is still logically connected to the first part of the sentence. (Sometimes, "for" may be used instead of "because", and a comma in front of "for" would encourage that reading until one gets to "it should match". With a semicolon, you know that the sentence hasn't been completed yet and that it's still about the size of selection boxes. A period could imply that topics are changed altogether.)

That looks like a comma splice. The comma has been replaced with a period for the next version.