Smith's

JaBurns · 03-02-2017, 12:17 PM

Starting my 2nd year in a PTG and have noticed a that almost everyone has the surname of Smith, regardless of nationality. Have I done something wrong in the off season? Jim Smith is especially popular in all leagues.

JeffR · 03-03-2017, 12:19 AM

It sounds like the names.dat file is corrupted. I can think of one thing to try - make a backup copy of your save first, then start a new game and copy the names.dat file from it into the save. That could still lead to some problems, but you may be early enough in the game that they'd be relatively minimal - and nowhere near as bad as a Jim Smith-only league.

JaBurns · 03-03-2017, 11:44 AM

Looks like it worked I just copied over a name.dat file from the quick start file.

03-02-2017, 12:17 PM	#1
JaBurns All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Posts: 1,266	Smith's Starting my 2nd year in a PTG and have noticed a that almost everyone has the surname of Smith, regardless of nationality. Have I done something wrong in the off season? Jim Smith is especially popular in all leagues.

03-03-2017, 12:19 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 16,623	It sounds like the names.dat file is corrupted. I can think of one thing to try - make a backup copy of your save first, then start a new game and copy the names.dat file from it into the save. That could still lead to some problems, but you may be early enough in the game that they'd be relatively minimal - and nowhere near as bad as a Jim Smith-only league.

03-03-2017, 11:44 AM	#3
JaBurns All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Posts: 1,266	Looks like it worked I just copied over a name.dat file from the quick start file.