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Hi,
Where do I find the files governing it? I really don't like much the names generated. It as if a bunch of letters are taken by pure chance and assembled into weird words...
Thanks in advance.
This game has the worst random name generator in video game history.
I dug into it a while ago and made some really weird names, like: Gnmsp.
Personally I prefer the name list method, like the Space Empires series had.
It would have to be a quite large list so they don't repeat too often like star names in GalCiv. I swear, it was annoying.
Perhaps an enhanced generator? Other games have it and don't suffer of names like "Mrrrrgutdreb"
Damnit, I read the rant first and then read this warning. Scarred for life!
Has anyone had any luck with modding this? It seems I can't change anything in practice. I set up the rules with only one consonant and one vowel (hammer/fall) and it still kept choosing non-sensical letters not in the corenameruleset.xml file.
Some info from carielf
20:05 <Heavenfall> Hey, some questions about the name generator if you have time. I've tried modifying it down to its basics, but nothing I do seem to have any change.
20:07 <Cari_Elf> I think that only one of the ruleset files is really used
20:07 <Cari_Elf> searching for it now
20:24 <Heavenfall> I just assumed it was CoreNameRuleset.xml, I haven't seen any other files on the topic
20:26 <Cari_Elf> I think it's actually the world name ruleset
20:26 <Cari_Elf> yep
20:26 <Cari_Elf> almost everything uses the WorldNameRuleset
20:26 <Cari_Elf> which is probably why you're not seeing a difference
20:27 <Heavenfall> since you're looking at it right now, what does and what doesn't use the worldnameruleset?
20:28 <Heavenfall> what I'm interested in primarily is cities
20:28 <Cari_Elf> cities definitely use the worldname
20:28 <Heavenfall> but if champions use the same ruleset, that is something I need to take into account 
20:29 <Cari_Elf> looks like the triggers that spawn creatures and goodie huts use the core ruleset
20:29 <Cari_Elf> champions should have their own names
20:29 <Cari_Elf> but the children that are born would get names from the world name ruleset
20:30 <Cari_Elf> so do creatures and units spawned by the AI
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