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Originally Posted by jparker2112
any chance youd share that great sounding custom name file and how to get it to do what you have it doing??
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OK, I'll give it a try. Not sure if this will work but here's a dropbox link to the file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/45dtsl4vsj...names.txt?dl=0
What you would do is save first_names.txt under another name so that you don't lose the original (call it orig_first_names.txt or something like that). This is in the OOTP data/database folder. Then you would copy my file into that folder and call it first_names.txt. Then in the game under league settings -> database select "re-import name and ethnicity database" under the "Database Tools" dropdown. The game should then start using the new names.
This file is probably best suited for 1920's baseball or thereabouts when nicknames-as-first-names were common. And the non-nicknames are geared for that era as well - lots of names like Joe, Harry, Fred, Charlie, Frank etc. It'd probably work well from 1900-1950 or so when nicknames as first names began to disappear.
I'm not nearly so thorough and meticulous as someone like QuestDog who has some great early-baseball name sets, so there are probably mistakes in my file. But I had fun adding lots of off-the-wall nicknames that seemed appropriate. I also added a lot of sort-of-random non-traditional first names that aren't really nicknames. And there is also a smattering of last-names-as-first-names too. .
I've been pleased with it so far. Some of the challenge of OOTP is bringing the players to life. Having a sprinkling of unusual or memorable names helps with this I think.