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Dwarf Fortress => DF General Discussion => Topic started by: TheCoolSideofthePIllow on May 11, 2017, 10:59:04 am

Title: I Noticed an Inconsistency With World Names
Post by: TheCoolSideofthePIllow on May 11, 2017, 10:59:04 am
Was generating a world yesterday with my brother and I noticed the name was kinda cool "The Worlds of Man." My brother asked what the Dwarven name was and it wasn't there. I almost forgot that it even gave a Dwarvish name for the worlds (I don't often really look at them anymore). Since then I've noticed that about 1/3 of the world's I generate do not get a Dwarvish translation of the world's name on the generation screen (it will show when starting a new game, though).

I'm kind of curious if this is a bug and every world should be displaying the Dwarvish name of the world, or if there is some condition that makes it sometimes not have a Dwarvish name.
Title: Re: I Noticed an Inconsistency With World Names
Post by: Grand Sage on May 15, 2017, 11:04:36 am
Never noticed that, but I didn't check either. If you believe it to be a bug, kindly report it on the Bugtracker at http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/main_page.php (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/main_page.php)
Title: Re: I Noticed an Inconsistency With World Names
Post by: Thisfox on May 16, 2017, 03:21:59 am
Perhaps the world wasn't originally named by the Dwarves in that case, but instead named by the Elves or Humans before the Dwarves?
Title: Re: I Noticed an Inconsistency With World Names
Post by: Knight Otu on May 20, 2017, 07:15:27 am
It's perfectly normal behavior. Each of the languages in the raw folders has a chance to be chosen to name the world (or, for that matter, any geographical feature, since they're not linked to any entity).
Title: Re: I Noticed an Inconsistency With World Names
Post by: Putnam on May 26, 2017, 07:16:44 am
There is and never has been a guarantee that there will be a dwarven name for a world.