Similar Room Names

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I have searched but I dont know what the technical name for this is to accurately search a solution.

Example

I have 5 rooms
Main Street 1
Main Street 2
Main Street 3
Main Street 4
Main Street 5

I do this so the interpreter can differentiate the rooms. But I want the user to just see Main Street on ALL these rooms. How does one do this?

thanks

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You can do this by changing the printed name – do this for each room:

The printed name of Main Street X is "Main Street".

This might be confusing to the player though…

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I would usually do something like this–

The printed name of Main Street 1 is "Main Street, at the gas station".
The printed name of Main Street 2 is "Main Street, at Gerard's Restaurant".
The printed name of Main Street 3 is "Main Street, at the vacant lot".
etc..

The benefit being that the player will not only know it’s still Main Street, but also know at a glance what’s there.

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