Changing ethnicities for players from certain countries

[GeeMike]

Hi!

Is there a way to change what names/ethnicities come up from randomly generated players from a country? For instance, players from the Arabic country of Libya are given Caucasian skin tones and German names. It's not very realistic, Libya, I believe, has never had any historical ties to Germany (they were once controlled by Italy, though). I'd like to switch it to make it more accurate to reflect who currently live there. Is there a way to change it?

[reverist]

Originally Posted by GeeMike

Hi!

Is there a way to change what names/ethnicities come up from randomly generated players from a country? For instance, players from the Arabic country of Libya are given Caucasian skin tones and German names. It's not very realistic, Libya, I believe, has never had any historical ties to Germany (they were once controlled by Italy, though). I'd like to switch it to make it more accurate to reflect who currently live there. Is there a way to change it?

I think it might be hardcoded (what kind of names go with what). I will say, though, that there are plenty of lighter-skinned Libyans. And you can change the way they look one at a time on the player profile, at least.

[JeffR]

Yeah, it's not editable. But there was definitely something wrong with Libya: for some reason, it was set to use the German names 100% of the time. It's too late to change it for this update, but it'll be changed to Arab names in the next one.

[GeeMike]

Originally Posted by reverist

I think it might be hardcoded (what kind of names go with what). I will say, though, that there are plenty of lighter-skinned Libyans. And you can change the way they look one at a time on the player profile, at least.

The issue I had was more with the German names; Libya doesn't have a single connection to Germany.

[GeeMike]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Yeah, it's not editable. But there was definitely something wrong with Libya: for some reason, it was set to use the German names 100% of the time. It's too late to change it for this update, but it'll be changed to Arab names in the next one.

Ok, thanks!

[Thunder175]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Yeah, it's not editable. But there was definitely something wrong with Libya: for some reason, it was set to use the German names 100% of the time. It's too late to change it for this update, but it'll be changed to Arab names in the next one.

Just learning more about FHM internals with your posts. Is this a limitation of the FHM engine compared to OOTP or is this a deliberate design choice? Helps to answer what is moddable and what to expect in the future.