Research: resolving TerminalRespawnID_122 to a human-readable name

Date: 2026-06-11 · Probe: tests/AbioticEditor.Tests/TerminalGuidProbeTests.cs

Verdict

Derivable - and trivially so. The player save's TerminalRespawnID_122_* NameProperty is the SpawnedAssetID of a Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C actor placed statically in the persistent Facility level (AbioticFactor/Content/Maps/Facility.umap). Each such actor also carries a LocationName NameProperty with the exact human-readable area name. Both fixture GUIDs resolved.

Earlier research (research-customization.md, Probe7) concluded the GUIDs appeared "nowhere in any WorldSave"; that was correct but misleading - the GUIDs are not save data at all. They are baked into the cooked map as FNames (the byte scan found them as ASCII in Facility.umap's name table; the serialized-FGuid binary pattern appears nowhere, because SpawnedAssetID is a NameProperty).

How it was found

1. Probe2 byte-scanned all 77 cooked .umap packages for the fixture GUIDs in four representations (FGuid LE bytes, BE bytes, ASCII, lowercase ASCII). Only ASCII hit, only in Facility.umap (2 hits per GUID = name-table entry + export data reference).
2. Probe4 loaded Facility.umap (52,750 exports, ~1 s with usmap mappings) and walked every export's properties. Both GUIDs matched the SpawnedAssetID property (and a copy inside ChangeableData.AssetID) of Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C actor instances.
3. Probe6 byte-scanned all maps for the class name (only Facility.umap references it) and enumerated every instance.

Full GUID -> terminal table (game build as of 2026-06, Facility persistent level)

SpawnedAssetID (= TerminalRespawnID)	LocationName	Actor	World position (root)
AFB31D8E4DFBB5BE74BEAAADD681A636	Manufacturing West	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_0	(-4352, 24123, 810)
95CAED254C17360B69B3738E468CD49C	Hydroplant	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_1	(-27352, -2498, 529)
E57CB02C4853F46D2BB7CA80303EB6A3	Cascade Laboratories	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_2	(9173, 9599, -1181)
35DCF84F4AC366B8DCBB61A93D9C83C0	Security Sector	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_3	(-3660, -3650, 534)
7CCB5D3A4072BAE875ECA2A05F35AF0F	Power Services	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_4	(-29671, -544, -9812)
7996635040409DC197A441922A831284	The Office Sector	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_5	(-15691, 20611, 2510)
AC917C804463D66ABBBB3FB89A0174AB	The Reactors	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_6	(-13238, 21451, -16451)
35BDEE3649830558D65FCDBDC194C725	The Mines	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_8	(7510, 44947, 755)
601B417D44683BA9E7D422AF8AE457D8	Residence Sector	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_9	(-22764, 25001, 135)
476CCD1247914D2A067353BCF0DCC849	Shopping District	Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C_10	(-34192, 55638, -987)

(Index 7 does not exist - the actor was presumably deleted in-editor; numbering gaps are normal.)

Fixture check (Cascade): 3 players -> 95CAED25... = Hydroplant; 1 player -> 35DCF84F... = Security Sector. Matches a late-game co-op save.

Recommended app lookup

1. Hardcoded dictionary of the 10 GUIDs above -> "Respawn terminal in {LocationName}". The GUIDs are editor-assigned and stable across game updates unless the devs delete/re-place an actor; new game sectors may add terminals. Cheap, no pak dependency at runtime.
2. Optional asset-backed refresh (if a game install + usmap is available): load AbioticFactor/Content/Maps/Facility.umap via GameAssetProvider, filter exports with Class?.Name == "Deployed_PunchCardTerminal_C", read SpawnedAssetID + LocationName (both NameProperties). ~1 s load; suitable for a cached one-time build at startup.
3. Fallbacks: if the GUID is not in the table, check each world save's DeployedObjectMap keys (a player-deployed terminal would live there with a Class_ identifying it); otherwise show the shortened GUID (95CAED25...).

Note: LocationName values are plain FNames, not localized FText - display them as-is.