OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - World Templates creating too many similar names

siobhan · 04-01-2017, 08:46 PM

Thanks for responding, Lukas. Hopefully, I didn't annoy you and your crew too much with four (now five) posts on the same thing. (Just trying to be detailed!)

My database files don't seem to be corrupted, since I can load them in a text editor, edit them freely, and have them be read by OOTP cleanly.

Plus, in testing with the default database, I've found it happening there too.

I tested with the default fictional setup, with full minors and, solely for this exercise, full feeders, and used the default database. As always, I saved it to a template and then reloaded it. The way I can tell there's a problem is that there's not a single Hispanic with a first name of Alex. That's significant because it's the second most common first name for nameset 1...but it's also used (albeit less frequently) in nameset 0. Jose is being used properly (the most common name), as is Juan (third most common)...but Alex is completely unused for Hispanic players. Plus, Canadian and Australian names are greatly limited due to so many also being in nameset 0.

This has been uploaded to the FTP as "Template with Default Database.lg.zip". Shouldn't need anything else this time...but again, let me know. Thanks in advance.

04-01-2017, 08:46 PM	#7
siobhan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 86	Default Database Testing Thanks for responding, Lukas. Hopefully, I didn't annoy you and your crew too much with four (now five) posts on the same thing. (Just trying to be detailed!) My database files don't seem to be corrupted, since I can load them in a text editor, edit them freely, and have them be read by OOTP cleanly. Plus, in testing with the default database, I've found it happening there too. I tested with the default fictional setup, with full minors and, solely for this exercise, full feeders, and used the default database. As always, I saved it to a template and then reloaded it. The way I can tell there's a problem is that there's not a single Hispanic with a first name of Alex. That's significant because it's the second most common first name for nameset 1...but it's also used (albeit less frequently) in nameset 0. Jose is being used properly (the most common name), as is Juan (third most common)...but Alex is completely unused for Hispanic players. Plus, Canadian and Australian names are greatly limited due to so many also being in nameset 0. This has been uploaded to the FTP as "Template with Default Database.lg.zip". Shouldn't need anything else this time...but again, let me know. Thanks in advance.