REQ (?) Crew names

jdkbph · 07-25-07, 09:57 AM

OK, maybe this is a bit trivial - and it may not even be a mod I'm after - but what is the deal with these names?

Ferdinand Albert J. Fooswiki

or

Tudor Egbert Q. Marmalion

or whatever...

The "pick list" of possible names just seems kind of odd... not "representative" or typical for this time and place at all. That seems like it would be pretty easy to fix though... just create a new pick list. It's probably just text in a file somewhere.

But what about that format thing?

Why the <firstname> <firstname> <middleinitial> <lastname> format?

Anyone have an idea how to go about fixing that? Yeah, I know I can edit the game save files, but....

TIA

JD

Sailor Steve · 07-25-07, 10:54 AM

Well, SH3 Commander for that game added a huge database of real u-boatmen's names, with first and last split and a randomizer for over a billion possible combinations. Hopefully the guys working on SH4 Skipper will be able to do something similar. Until they do, we'll just have to wait, and hope.

Bando · 07-25-07, 11:00 AM

I know Beery added this in his RFB.
He took about a whole phone book and shoved it into the database.

He Beery, where the h3ll are you

07-25-07, 09:57 AM	#1
jdkbph Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 508 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	REQ (?) Crew names OK, maybe this is a bit trivial - and it may not even be a mod I'm after - but what is the deal with these names? Ferdinand Albert J. Fooswiki or Tudor Egbert Q. Marmalion or whatever... The "pick list" of possible names just seems kind of odd... not "representative" or typical for this time and place at all. That seems like it would be pretty easy to fix though... just create a new pick list. It's probably just text in a file somewhere. But what about that format thing? Why the <firstname> <firstname> <middleinitial> <lastname> format? Anyone have an idea how to go about fixing that? Yeah, I know I can edit the game save files, but.... TIA JD

07-25-07, 10:54 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, SH3 Commander for that game added a huge database of real u-boatmen's names, with first and last split and a randomizer for over a billion possible combinations. Hopefully the guys working on SH4 Skipper will be able to do something similar. Until they do, we'll just have to wait, and hope. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-25-07, 11:00 AM	#3
Bando Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Where you don't see me Posts: 607 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I know Beery added this in his RFB. He took about a whole phone book and shoved it into the database. He Beery, where the h3ll are you __________________ Regards, Bando