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dumbluck
May 26th, 2001, 02:13 PM
I was thinking of going thru the mod section and combining every sysname i could get my hands on into a single file. would anyone be interested in this? does the game choose randomly from this list of names, or just go down the list until it either runs out of names or system, whichever comes first?
Suicide Junkie
May 26th, 2001, 02:40 PM
Definitely randomized choices. So you will get different names each time.
Dracus
May 26th, 2001, 03:22 PM
Actually, I have already done this. It is in the eyecandy mod.

Called SystemsSpecial

And all the new ones that have been posted will be added in the next release.

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Baron Munchausen
May 26th, 2001, 08:36 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dumbluck:
I was thinking of going thru the mod section and combining every sysname i could get my hands on into a single file. would anyone be interested in this? does the game choose randomly from this list of names, or just go down the list until it either runs out of names or system, whichever comes first?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It would be better if we had various "theme consistent" system names files and could pick & choose them for the particular game we wanted to play. Being to have all real star names, or all Star Wars names, or whaetever, could be a real enhancement to the game atmosphere.


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dumbluck
May 27th, 2001, 08:30 AM
Dracus:

Well, why didn't u say so sooner? http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif I guess I just won't bother.

Baron Munchausen:
I think these are already here in the mod section of the Boards.
rdouglass
May 27th, 2001, 07:01 PM
I think the file I have has like 5000 names or some such number. I virtually never remember a duplicate system name, so its like all my games are new.

The 'themes' idea is a good one - maybe keep different SystemNames.txt files (...Orig, StarWars, StarTrek, etc) and change names when needed. Maybe use a directory structure similar to the mod dir's...
Dracus
May 27th, 2001, 08:22 PM
If you look in the mods section, you will find that each of these posted. plus the two I have in my mod (ver 1.04). If you want say just the starwars names or the Star trek names in a file. I have copies of those also and will post them.

No problem Dumbluck, I just didn't know if you had checked out my mod yet.

[This message has been edited by Dracus (edited 27 May 2001).]