Design Names

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Taera:
I've found my tactic for ship naming quite optimal - i have a nice file with ~1500 insects names which i choose randomly for any given ship - my upgrades go to like IV ror V, then i switch to a different name. Does knowing that that cruiser is called Appletree Aphid help you much? and those are completely random, i only have like one or two favorite early-game names.

That is what I do, except that I use Tolkein based names files.

Originally posted by PvK:

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Originally posted by Andres:
AI will run out of names in a long game and start naming ships 'design 4002' if the list is not long enough.

Doesn't it loop and start re-using names but adding Roman Numerals to them?

PvK

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Unfortunately, no. It starts at design 0001 and goes from there. Create a game with an AI using a names file with just one name and see for yourself.

[ July 10, 2003, 08:09: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Andrés]

Originally posted by PvK:
Doesn't it loop and start re-using names but adding Roman Numerals to them?

It does loop, but only 15 or 20 times, after that it runs out of names, so the list has to be long enought to prevent that.