Creative province names... SemiRandom needs you! - Page 2

Ballbarian · #11 June 28th, 2007, 12:41 AM

Not currently, but that is a good idea.
If the triple lists were constructed carefully it could certainly generate some interesting names.

Right now the best I can suggest within the current framework is something like:
HBMOUNT_DATA1.txt
Red Devil's
Blue Devil's
Yellow Devil's
Red Knight's
Blue Knight's
Yellow Knight's
Red Oyster's
Blue Oyster's
Yellow Oyster's

HBMOUNT_DATA2.txt
Canyon
Bluff
Hollow
Terrace

Not as elegant as I would like, but with limited coding time, it works.

HoneyBadger · #12 June 28th, 2007, 01:06 AM

I always like to look towards the future

you are doing an awesome job, by the way.

Gandalf Parker · #13 June 28th, 2007, 10:04 AM

The cutsey names could always be part of a very small province file. Maybe
MOUNTAIN
@1 landname
"Norfleets Bluff"
#feature "Brigand Lair"

Maybe I should come up with one for Gandalf's Grove

Sombre · #14 June 28th, 2007, 10:32 AM

****************HOT*****************

PLAIN-----------------------------
Shimmering Karoo
Sunburn Flats
Solar Savana
Locust Plains
Drywind Steppe

FARM------------------------------
Flowerwall
Lushbelt
Verdant Holdings
Hotstead
Redneck Land
Toilsweat

FOREST----------------------------
Buzzing Jungle
Scorchwoods
Flametrees
Catachan
Hot Botanica

WASTE-----------------------------
Saltfire Waste
Bonewinds
Steaming Sands
Smoking Death
Lacklife Sands
Cactus Graveyard

Wikd Thots · #15 June 28th, 2007, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Gandalf Parker said:
The cutsey names could always be part of a very small province file. Maybe
MOUNTAIN
@1 landname
"Norfleets Bluff"
#feature "Brigand Lair"

Maybe I should come up with one for Gandalf's Grove

Sure. And we could have

FOREST
@1 landname
"Gandalf's Grove"
#killfeature
#poptype 81

Doesnt' that make it a province in name only?
No magic sites and no indepts?

Edi · #16 June 28th, 2007, 11:26 AM

You need poptype 88+ to get no indies. Also, if you set the popnumber to 0, it'll be no population, no recruitables, no gold and no resources at all, no sites either.

Ballbarian · #17 June 29th, 2007, 01:41 AM

@HB
Thanks!

@Gandalf

Quote:

The cutsey names could always be part of a very small province file. Maybe
MOUNTAIN
@1 landname
"Norfleets Bluff"
#feature "Brigand Lair"

Done. Had a little fun with it, but it should be a very rare find. It will be included in the next release.

@Sombre
Great additions! Thanks again.

Slightly OT:
On "Gandalf's Grove", I think a powerful, beefed up Yogi (unit# 1145) with a band of satyr and centaur followers would be appropriate. Curious to see what you come up with Gandalf.

Update:
The next round of releases are on the horizon. The province editor has been updated along with SemiRandom & RanDom (all of which are going through another round of testing). I am now in the process of creating a few province files that I have been wanting to do and building the additional name lists. Thanks to the recent addition of the "_OR_" tag, I have been able to drastically reduce the number of required province files. I will be including province name contributions from this thread with the next release.

Aleph · #18 June 29th, 2007, 10:34 AM

The Dingly Dell should definitely be included.

Ballbarian · #19 July 7th, 2007, 09:05 PM

As of this post, all of Sombre's lists have been added and a few of Honeybadger's, Wikd Thots & Gandalf's. (Gandalf: You have some great names in there, but I just didn't have time to sort them into appropriate categories. Most of the sorted stuff was added to prior versions.)

If inspiration strikes you, feel free to post your sorted name lists here (see the first post for the attached template) and I will add them to future releases. As it is now, the lists that I have are sparse & incomplete.

Thank you to everyone for your contributions!