ID:1375837
 
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Code:
obj
var/color


Problem description: color: duplicate definition (conflicts with built-in variable)

Using beta version at the moment. Why did color become like this?
You should check out the change notes. It's a new feature that allows per-atom color changes without generating new icons to do it.

http://www.byond.com/docs/notes/500.html
Alright thanks but I dislike it being named color because of how used it is as a made up var.
When opening a new project:

press ctrl+h change search to all files, type "color" in find text.

You can change all instances of "color" to something else.

Honestly, what else would you call it?
Would this run into any conflicts with a game that has obj/var/color and was compiled in 2003?
Best response
No. As long as it's not being recompiled now, you'll be fine.

BYOND has backward-compatability to a degree.

It won't recognize new features unless the compiled version of the DMB is greater than that new feature. Some bugfixes don't obey this rule, though, and live at the client level.