Why does the tag limit exist?

[Boogiepop210]

Somehow, I didn't know about this till now, but apparently there is a 63-tag limit for Don't Starve Together. (I mean entity tags not forum tags) Is there a reason for this to exist?

Edited April 8, 2023 by Insertnamehere2

[IronHunter]

Probably for bandwidth reasons, as all tags are strings but are utilized as bools...

Because tags are synced on client and server at all times. They are commonly used as a quick way to provide commonality for prefabs in stuff like findentities.

Historically a long time ago the limit was even lower something like 31 tags and this made it incredibly difficult for modding. As players have a lot of tags by default for their various compoments etc. 63 should only really become a issue if mods add a ton of tags somehow...which is not a ideal way to sync client and server data unless you plan to use tag support like findentities.

[Boogiepop210]

The only reason I have trouble with it is a like adding good tags like fast build/pick everytime I'm testing.

Thanks for responding.

[Boogiepop210]

On 4/8/2023 at 9:55 PM, IronHunter said:

Probably for bandwidth reasons, as all tags are strings but are utilized as bools...

Because tags are synced on client and server at all times. They are commonly used as a quick way to provide commonality for prefabs in stuff like findentities.

Historically a long time ago the limit was even lower something like 31 tags and this made it incredibly difficult for modding. As players have a lot of tags by default for their various compoments etc. 63 should only really become a issue if mods add a ton of tags somehow...which is not a ideal way to sync client and server data unless you plan to use tag support like findentities.

I also ask. Is there a way to make the limit higher (like maybe to 70)?