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Deon

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Premise


The dwarf fortress offers an amazing system to create translations and custom words, and use any fantasy language for your entities you want.
The problem is when you try to make a modern/futuristic/space/reality-connected and less "fantasy" mod. Suddenly the names do not match the narrative.


Solution


I've decided to make a pure english language + make my entity name people with names that fit almost any gender and look memorable.
There are 300 unisex names taken from here: https://www.emmasdiary.co.uk/pregnancy-and-birth/unique-baby-names/our-top-300-unisex-baby-names

There is an error "impoverished word selector" spamming error log during worldgen, but otherwise everything else works perfectly.


Code


Language file: https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15898
Words: add this to your language_words file : https://pastebin.com/ygH4auKK
Symbols: add this to your language_sym file: https://pastebin.com/Q5wrLffz

And finally, setup the symbols this way for your entity, and they will name people with common Earth names, and other things properly:
Spoiler: Entity (click to show/hide)


Example






Credit and abbreviation


I plan to use it for my total converion mods, but it is free to use for anyone without any extra approval from my side. A small credit would be nice.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2022, 07:01:11 pm by Deon »
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Re: [Language][Resource] English language and unisex familiar names
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2022, 06:38:53 pm »

Language: put this into a language file with appropriate header and OBJECT:LANGUAGE on top : https://pastebin.com/PNVJJVKD

The link gives an error (the others worked):

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Re: [Language][Resource] English language and unisex familiar names
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2022, 06:59:52 pm »

Right... Probably because there are some "bad" words, Pastebin made the  paste private and doesn't let me make it public.


I've submitted the file on DFFD instead:
https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15898
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