Name file

rudel.dietrich · 01-12-2005, 02:22 PM

Anyone have a name file that has polynesian, southeast Asian and South Pacific names in it?
Longshot but I am hoping for the best.

Bobble · 01-12-2005, 02:39 PM

If no one has one available, I think I could probably cook one up for you. Are you looking for both first and last names?

rudel.dietrich · 01-12-2005, 02:43 PM

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ad.php?t=88586

Read that thread first to get an idea of what I need.
If possible I would like a mixture of let's say 80% 'ethnic' names and 20% European names to simulate colinization.

This would be a huge help to me.
Yes, I need first and last names. Do not worry about nicknames I am going to let owners choose these themselves.

Bobble · 01-12-2005, 02:57 PM

How about I make you a South East first and a South East Last and you just replace the Latin American and Japanese name files with them?

Bobble · 01-12-2005, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobble

How about I make you a South East first and a South East Last and you just replace the Latin American and Japanese name files with them?

Sorry, I just re-read what you wanted. Basically, you could take your current "normal" name file and use that to replace the Latin American and Japanese files. Then use this new one as the "main" one.

rudel.dietrich · 01-12-2005, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobble

Sorry, I just re-read what you wanted. Basically, you could take your current "normal" name file and use that to replace the Latin American and Japanese files. Then use this new one as the "main" one.

I have never used a name file before so I am lost as to what you are saying.

Sorry

Bobble · 01-12-2005, 03:23 PM

OK. There are really 6 name files:

names.dat = European last names (roughly). This is the file OOTP uses for most player's last names.
fnames.dat = European first names (roughly). This is the file OOTP uses for most player's first names.
lanames.dat = Latin American last names. This file is used for a smaller percentage of the player's last names.
lafnames.dat = Latin American first names. This file is used for a smaller percentage of the player's first names.
anames.dat = Asian last names. Used much like the lanames.dat file.
afnames.dat = Asian first names. Used much like the lafnames.dat file.

So basically on the majority of players, the game uses the fnames.dat and names.dat files. On a certain smaller percentage it will either use the afnames.dat and anames.dat (Asian) or the lafnames.dat and lanames.dat files (Latin American).

Whatever name type you want to be the most frequent, you'd call that file names.dat (for last names). in this case, that would be the Polynesian file I'm making for you. Then, if you had taken your previous names.dat file (which is European names), and renamed it anames.dat and lanames.dat, a smaller percentage of your players would have European names.

You'd do the same with the first name files.

If I'm still not being clear, I can explain it more thoroughly when I get the name file done.

rudel.dietrich · 01-12-2005, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobble

OK. There are really 6 name files:

names.dat = European last names (roughly). This is the file OOTP uses for most player's last names.
fnames.dat = European first names (roughly). This is the file OOTP uses for most player's first names.
lanames.dat = Latin American last names. This file is used for a smaller percentage of the player's last names.
lafnames.dat = Latin American first names. This file is used for a smaller percentage of the player's first names.
anames.dat = Asian last names. Used much like the lanames.dat file.
afnames.dat = Asian first names. Used much like the lafnames.dat file.

So basically on the majority of players, the game uses the fnames.dat and names.dat files. On a certain smaller percentage it will either use the afnames.dat and anames.dat (Asian) or the lafnames.dat and lanames.dat files (Latin American).

Whatever name type you want to be the most frequent, you'd call that file names.dat (for last names). in this case, that would be the Polynesian file I'm making for you. Then, if you had taken your previous names.dat file (which is European names), and renamed it anames.dat and lanames.dat, a smaller percentage of your players would have European names.

You'd do the same with the first name files.

If I'm still not being clear, I can explain it more thoroughly when I get the name file done.

Just give me step by step instructions on how to use it for a custom league and I will be happy

Bobble · 01-13-2005, 10:07 AM

Here you go:

It's about 1200 Polynesian last names and about 900 Polynesian first names. That's not really very many but it will have to do. For "Polynesian" names, I took Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, Maori, Fiji, Cook Island, Easter Island, Aboriginal, and Papua New Guinea names. I had no idea what frequencies to use so I took some of the shorter names I liked and bumped up the frequency. These .dat files are just text files so if you'd like to edit them yourself, it's easy. I have NOT tested these files for use with OOTP. You're the guinea pig. There's also a lot of apostrophes and whatnot in these names. I'm pretty sure OOTP will handle it just fine but if it doesn't, you may have to edit them out.

There are instructions included. If you have any problems, let me know.

JoeRockEHF · 01-13-2005, 12:05 PM

Hey Bobble, can I add this to the Download Center?

Bobble · 01-13-2005, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeRockEHF

Hey Bobble, can I add this to the Download Center?

Sure.

rudel.dietrich · 01-13-2005, 02:28 PM

Thank you very very much

These will work for 90% of the players in the league.

I will let you know how things are going.
So let me get this straight.
I put this name file first, then the Japanese name file to simulate some oriental names and then the european file to get a few of those and lastly the hispanic name file to have just one or two of those?

disposableheros · 01-13-2005, 02:40 PM

i think those apostrophies will cause problems with CATO if you (we?) plan on using it

rudel.dietrich · 01-13-2005, 02:42 PM

Ok let me sure I get this straight before I attempt it.

I back up all the name files.
I replace the European name files with the Polynesian files.
This leaves me with Polynesian and asian and latin name files.

On furthur thought I am going to just get rid of the latin name file since I will not need the names. How do I put the european name set back in place of the latin name set while leaving asian and polynesian names to be more common?

rudel.dietrich · 01-13-2005, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disposableheros

i think those apostrophies will cause problems with CATO if you (we?) plan on using it

Hmm...that sucks.
I had planned on using Cato to select awards.

How does Cato handle apostrophies?

And yes, you can use we

This is for the SSBL

disposableheros · 01-13-2005, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Hmm...that sucks.
I had planned on using Cato to select awards.

How does Cato handle apostrophies?

And yes, you can use we

This is for the SSBL

IIRC, YOU (not we

) would have to go through and get rid of all the ' or the import will fail. i think its the same for any special characters (` ~ .. etc). i stay away from them, so i dont know 100%.

Anyone confirm for sure?

Bobble · 01-13-2005, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Ok let me sure I get this straight before I attempt it.

I back up all the name files.
I replace the European name files with the Polynesian files.
This leaves me with Polynesian and asian and latin name files.

On furthur thought I am going to just get rid of the latin name file since I will not need the names. How do I put the european name set back in place of the latin name set while leaving asian and polynesian names to be more common?

There's a readme included but:

1. Back up your current name files.
2. Extract the zip I gave you. It will overwrite the current European name files with Polynesian names. It will also overwrite the current Latin American name files with European names. The Asian name files will remain the same.

If it turns out that the apostrophes are a problem, I can have them removed for you. Just let me know.

Bobble · 01-13-2005, 03:41 PM

I just took out all the apostrophes just in case you need it. Some of the names may look a little wierd but oh well<SHRUG>. Here's the updated file:

WWBL Commissioner · 01-18-2005, 04:22 AM

ok question on this file. The game uses the same name files for every league right? So if I wanted to change these I would have to change them back after creating the players, then change them everytime I was about to hit "proceed"...is that right?

JoeRockEHF · 01-18-2005, 06:42 AM

Maybe someone can give you a better answer as I only play one league but, yes the game uses the same name file for all leagues as far as I know. So you'd want to change the name file when you switch to a different league. As far as I know, although I have no personal experience. Here is a thread about a nice little utility that eriqjaffe made to switch to different names:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...light=Switcher

And you can download it in the Utilities area at the Download Center or at the link in the thread to eriqjaffe's site. Hope that helps you any.

01-12-2005, 02:22 PM	#1
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	Name file Anyone have a name file that has polynesian, southeast Asian and South Pacific names in it? Longshot but I am hoping for the best.

01-12-2005, 02:39 PM	#2
Bobble Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: High and outside Posts: 4,036	If no one has one available, I think I could probably cook one up for you. Are you looking for both first and last names? __________________

01-12-2005, 02:57 PM	#4
Bobble Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: High and outside Posts: 4,036	How about I make you a South East first and a South East Last and you just replace the Latin American and Japanese name files with them? __________________

01-12-2005, 03:23 PM	#7
Bobble Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: High and outside Posts: 4,036	OK. There are really 6 name files: names.dat = European last names (roughly). This is the file OOTP uses for most player's last names. fnames.dat = European first names (roughly). This is the file OOTP uses for most player's first names. lanames.dat = Latin American last names. This file is used for a smaller percentage of the player's last names. lafnames.dat = Latin American first names. This file is used for a smaller percentage of the player's first names. anames.dat = Asian last names. Used much like the lanames.dat file. afnames.dat = Asian first names. Used much like the lafnames.dat file. So basically on the majority of players, the game uses the fnames.dat and names.dat files. On a certain smaller percentage it will either use the afnames.dat and anames.dat (Asian) or the lafnames.dat and lanames.dat files (Latin American). Whatever name type you want to be the most frequent, you'd call that file names.dat (for last names). in this case, that would be the Polynesian file I'm making for you. Then, if you had taken your previous names.dat file (which is European names), and renamed it anames.dat and lanames.dat, a smaller percentage of your players would have European names. You'd do the same with the first name files. If I'm still not being clear, I can explain it more thoroughly when I get the name file done. __________________

01-13-2005, 12:05 PM	#10
JoeRockEHF All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Niles, MI Posts: 933	Hey Bobble, can I add this to the Download Center? __________________ PSN: JoeRockEHF

01-12-2005, 02:43 PM	#3
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ad.php?t=88586 Read that thread first to get an idea of what I need. If possible I would like a mixture of let's say 80% 'ethnic' names and 20% European names to simulate colinization. This would be a huge help to me. Yes, I need first and last names. Do not worry about nicknames I am going to let owners choose these themselves.

01-13-2005, 02:28 PM	#12
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	Thank you very very much These will work for 90% of the players in the league. I will let you know how things are going. So let me get this straight. I put this name file first, then the Japanese name file to simulate some oriental names and then the european file to get a few of those and lastly the hispanic name file to have just one or two of those?

01-13-2005, 02:40 PM	#13
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01-13-2005, 02:42 PM	#14
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	Ok let me sure I get this straight before I attempt it. I back up all the name files. I replace the European name files with the Polynesian files. This leaves me with Polynesian and asian and latin name files. On furthur thought I am going to just get rid of the latin name file since I will not need the names. How do I put the european name set back in place of the latin name set while leaving asian and polynesian names to be more common?

01-18-2005, 04:22 AM	#19
WWBL Commissioner All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hawaii Posts: 887	ok question on this file. The game uses the same name files for every league right? So if I wanted to change these I would have to change them back after creating the players, then change them everytime I was about to hit "proceed"...is that right? __________________ Offey WWBL Commissioner(2004-2014 real life years) WWBL: Hawaii Island Warriors 2005 Pacific League Champion 2006 Pacific League Champion 2007 Pacific League Champion 2008 WWBL WORLD CHAMPION 2010 WWBL WORLD CHAMPION 2019 WWBL WORLD CHAMPION 2029 WWBL WORLD CHAMPION The Island Warriors are 21-23 in World Series play. BadAssBaseball: Boston Red Sox 1906 American League Champion 1907 WORLD CHAMPION

01-18-2005, 06:42 AM	#20
JoeRockEHF All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Niles, MI Posts: 933	Maybe someone can give you a better answer as I only play one league but, yes the game uses the same name file for all leagues as far as I know. So you'd want to change the name file when you switch to a different league. As far as I know, although I have no personal experience. Here is a thread about a nice little utility that eriqjaffe made to switch to different names: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...light=Switcher And you can download it in the Utilities area at the Download Center or at the link in the thread to eriqjaffe's site. Hope that helps you any. __________________ PSN: JoeRockEHF