City name question/suggestion

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Are the AI default city names coming from a text file like the “Stars.txt” file in GalCiv2?   The reason I ask is that in GC2, there would be hundreds of stars, and each game had a different flavor by pulling from the huge “Stars.txt” list.  For instance, on larger maps, you might not even see the “Skowbo” system.  Seeing the same names every game would get repetitive.

I see a problem with Elemental in that we’ll only be seeing a few score city names each game.  Is the city list going to be randomized in any way (unlike GC2)?   I don’t know how hard it would be to implement this, but I think would be nice to see different opponent city names each game.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

There is no list. World names and city names are randomly generated. If you keep seeing the same handful over and over, then something is wrong...

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

There has got to be a list.  The names have to come from somewhere!  My question is whether the game pulls from the list at random or just pulls from the first name in the file (like GC2).

 

 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

There has got to be a list.  The names have to come from somewhere!  My question is whether the game pulls from the list at random or just pulls from the first name in the file (like GC2).
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No, they are randomly generated. There is no list. There is merely an algorithm that produces random words based on a set of rules. They are generally completely made-up words, but occasionally it coincidentally outputs a real word, in some language or another.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Ok, thanks!  I was planning on creating a list of city names from fantasy novels that I'd add to the file, but if there's no file, I guess I won't bother!