BGE: Removing OB prefix from object names - This will break scripts !!!! (also removing AC and ME :: internal changes only)

How it works now:
whenever you have to read/write object names you can do it without the prefix "OB". (it's not hard at all to fix scripts)

How it was before:
It was a mess :)
We had an inconsistent API where sometimes you had to input "OBname" and other "name" directly to assign object as data (usually in actuators).

Justification for the change:
Talking with Campbell we had since a while ago this feeling that this should be changed any time we were going to deprecate the API. So in order to deliver Blender 2.5beta0 with a more close-to-the-final API we decided that today was a good day to implement that.

Remaining issues:
1) VideoTexture uses IM or MA to identify the output material/texture. I haven't touched that, but it does look a bit off. (i.e. I didn't changed any MA, IM naming)
2) I didn't see the code of dynamic mesh. It may need to be edited as well.

source/gameengine/Converter/BL_BlenderDataConversion.cpp

@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ RAS_MeshObject* BL_ConvertMesh(Mesh* mesh, Object* blenderobj, KX_Scene* scene,
 		}
 	}
 
-	meshobj->SetName(mesh->id.name);
+	meshobj->SetName(mesh->id.name + 2);
 	meshobj->m_sharedvertex_map.resize(totvert);
 	RAS_IPolyMaterial* polymat = NULL;
 	STR_String imastr;
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ void BL_ConvertBlenderObjects(struct Main* maggie,
 	bAction *curAct;
 	for (curAct = (bAction*)maggie->action.first; curAct; curAct=(bAction*)curAct->id.next)
 	{
-		logicmgr->RegisterActionName(curAct->id.name, curAct);
+		logicmgr->RegisterActionName(curAct->id.name + 2, curAct);
 	}
 
 	SetDefaultFaceType(blenderscene);
@@ -2053,8 +2053,7 @@ void BL_ConvertBlenderObjects(struct Main* maggie,
 			
 			BL_ConvertProperties(blenderobject,gameobj,timemgr,kxscene,isInActiveLayer);
 			
-	
+			gameobj->SetName(blenderobject->id.name + 2);
-			gameobj->SetName(blenderobject->id.name);
 	
 			// update children/parent hierarchy
 			if ((blenderobject->parent != 0)&&(!converter->addInitFromFrame))
@@ -2245,7 +2244,7 @@ void BL_ConvertBlenderObjects(struct Main* maggie,
 							BL_ConvertProperties(blenderobject,gameobj,timemgr,kxscene,isInActiveLayer);
 							
 					
-							gameobj->SetName(blenderobject->id.name);
+							gameobj->SetName(blenderobject->id.name + 2);
 					
 							// update children/parent hierarchy
 							if ((blenderobject->parent != 0)&&(!converter->addInitFromFrame))

source/gameengine/Converter/KX_ConvertActuators.cpp

@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ void BL_ConvertActuators(char* maggiename,
 				STR_String toPropName = (msgAct->toPropName
 					? (char*) msgAct->toPropName
 					: "");
-				/* BGE Wants "OB" prefix */
-				if (toPropName != "")
-					toPropName = "OB" + toPropName;
 				
 				/**
 				* Get the Message Subject to send.

source/gameengine/Converter/KX_IpoConvert.cpp

@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ void BL_ConvertMaterialIpos(
 			Material *mat = give_current_material(blenderobject, material_index);
 			STR_HashedString matname;
 			if(mat) {
-				matname= mat->id.name;
+				matname= mat->id.name; // who is using this name? can we remove the MA here?
 				ConvertMaterialIpos(mat, matname.hash(), gameobj, converter);
 			}
 		}

source/gameengine/GameLogic/SCA_LogicManager.cpp

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void SCA_LogicManager::UnregisterGameObj(void* blendobj, CValue* gameobj)
 
 CValue* SCA_LogicManager::GetGameObjectByName(const STR_String& gameobjname)
 {
-	STR_HashedString mn = "OB"+gameobjname;
+	STR_HashedString mn = gameobjname;
 	CValue** gameptr = m_mapStringToGameObjects[mn];
 	
 	if (gameptr)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void SCA_LogicManager::UpdateFrame(double curtime, bool frame)
 
 void* SCA_LogicManager::GetActionByName (const STR_String& actname)
 {
-	STR_HashedString an = "AC"+actname;
+	STR_HashedString an = actname;
 	void** actptr = m_mapStringToActions[an];
 
 	if (actptr)
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void* SCA_LogicManager::GetActionByName (const STR_String& actname)
 
 void* SCA_LogicManager::GetMeshByName(const STR_String& meshname)
 {
-	STR_HashedString mn = "ME"+meshname;
+	STR_HashedString mn = meshname;
 	void** meshptr = m_mapStringToMeshes[mn];
 
 	if (meshptr)

source/gameengine/PyDoc/GameTypes.py

@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ class CListValue(CPropValue):
 	C{val= clist[i]}
 	
 	CListValue supports string lookups.
-	C{val= scene.objects["OBCube"]}
+	C{val= scene.objects["Cube"]}
 	
 	Other operations such as C{len(clist), list(clist), clist[0:10]} are also supported.
 	"""
@@ -1504,7 +1504,6 @@ class KX_GameObject(SCA_IObject):
 		- note: Calling ANY method or attribute on an object that has been removed from a scene will raise a SystemError, if an object may have been removed since last accessing it use the L{invalid} attribute to check.
 
 	@ivar name: The object's name. (read-only)
-		- note: Currently (Blender 2.49) the prefix "OB" is added to all objects name. This may change in blender 2.5.
 	@type name: string.
 	@ivar mass: The object's mass
 		- note: The object must have a physics controller for the mass to be applied, otherwise the mass value will be returned as 0.0
@@ -3543,7 +3542,7 @@ class KX_SCA_AddObjectActuator(SCA_IActuator):
 		  
 		  This will genereate a warning in the console:
 		  
-		  C{ERROR: GameObject I{OBName} has a AddObjectActuator I{ActuatorName} without object (in 'nonactive' layer)}
+		  C{ERROR: GameObject I{Name} has a AddObjectActuator I{ActuatorName} without object (in 'nonactive' layer)}
 	"""
 #{Deprecated
 	def setObject(object):
@@ -3729,7 +3728,7 @@ class KX_SCA_ReplaceMeshActuator(SCA_IActuator):
 		
 		This will generate a warning in the console:
 		
-		C{ERROR: GameObject I{OBName} ReplaceMeshActuator I{ActuatorName} without object}
+		C{ERROR: GameObject I{Name} ReplaceMeshActuator I{ActuatorName} without object}
 	
 	@ivar mesh: L{KX_MeshProxy} or the name of the mesh that will replace the current one
 	            Set to None to disable actuator
@@ -3782,7 +3781,7 @@ class KX_Scene(PyObjectPlus):
 			print obj.name
 		
 		# get an object named 'Cube'
-		obj = scene.objects["OBCube"]
+		obj = scene.objects["Cube"]
 		
 		# get the first object in the scene.
 		obj = scene.objects[0]
@@ -3874,7 +3873,7 @@ class KX_SceneActuator(SCA_IActuator):
 
 		  This will generate a warning in the console:
 		  
-		  C{ERROR: GameObject I{OBName} has a SceneActuator I{ActuatorName} (SetScene) without scene}
+		  C{ERROR: GameObject I{Name} has a SceneActuator I{ActuatorName} (SetScene) without scene}
 	
 	@ivar scene: the name of the scene to change to/overlay/underlay/remove/suspend/resume
 	@type scene: string.
@@ -4181,7 +4180,7 @@ class KX_TrackToActuator(SCA_IActuator):
 		
 		This will generate a warning in the console:
 		
-		C{ERROR: GameObject I{OBName} no object in EditObjectActuator I{ActuatorName}}
+		C{ERROR: GameObject I{Name} no object in EditObjectActuator I{ActuatorName}}
 
 	@ivar object: the object this actuator tracks.
 	@type object: KX_GameObject or None