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name: "Editor Object"
type: topic
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Editor_Object
revid: 295451
updated: 2021-11-15T22:55:04Z
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# Editor Object

## Editor Object Type

**Description:**

Editor objects are used in *Offline Mission Editor* (VBS2) and *Real Time Editor* for an abstract representation of what is on the map.

An editor object is a [String](../topics/String.md) build this way: `"_type_x"`, with type being the editor object's type, e.g. "unit", and x being the reference number. For example `"_unit_1"`, `"_artillery_23"`, `"_marker_4"`.

Introduced with Virtual Battlespace 2, does not refer to Operation Flashpoint, Operation Flashpoint: Resistance or Armed Assault.

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — Editor Object](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Editor_Object) (revision 295451).</sub>