Creative province names... SemiRandom needs you!

Ballbarian · #1 June 27th, 2007, 11:30 PM

Thanks Sombre!
That is exactly what I am looking for.

btw, the template is just a suggestion, not a requirement.
A post like Sombre's is perfectly fine.

HoneyBadger · #2 June 27th, 2007, 11:52 PM

Is there any way to do it so that it would sometimes combine from 3 separate lists?

Like this:

Red (blue, yellow) Devil's (knight's, oyster's) Canyon (bluff, hollow, terrace) etc.

?

Ballbarian · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 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 · #7 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 · #8 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.

Aleph · #9 June 29th, 2007, 10:34 AM

The Dingly Dell should definitely be included.