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More System Names - 4/12/2016 5:50:47 PM   
Firehazard

 

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Joined: 4/12/2016
Status: offline 		I've been lurking here for a while, but joined to share this, in case anyone was interested. I didn't see any mods that added system names, so I compiled this one - and hopefully put it in the right place. Now, my left arm is dubiously brawny - after typing a plethora of names in such a short period. No dirty jokes there.

There are 2168 names including the names that already exist in the game.
These names come from a galaxy far far away, the galaxy we live in, and a few versions of the galaxy we live in that would be significantly more awesome to live in instead.

Unfortunately, though I mainly wanted this to apply to stars, sometimes the names given to other locations in the galaxy can be odd. Locating the Tau Ceti Cloud can be strange to a person who knows that it's a star.

If anyone who uses this finds duplicate names in their galaxy, I would like to know so that I can fix it - I skimmed through and removed as many as I can. Furthermore, if you find something that looks like a typing error from the galaxy far, far away, it's probably just the sneaky developer team and their purposeful misspellings.

Have a chuckle at discovering Odin's Eye Fog.

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RE: More System Names - 4/12/2016 6:34:31 PM   
Osito


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Joined: 5/9/2013
Status: offline 		Hi,

There have been system name files posted in the past, but they're so old that you probably wouldn't find them nowadays. I posted one here:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3322531

but it's somewhat different from yours in that it only contains real star names. Historyis did another one, which is linked in my own post.

Tampa_Gamer posted another one here:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3045404

Anyway, I'm sure people will welcome another addition.

Osito

< Message edited by Osito -- 4/12/2016 6:42:36 PM >

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RE: More System Names - 4/12/2016 6:40:05 PM   
phi6

 

Posts: 33
Joined: 3/30/2016
Status: offline 		Great addition!

Let me know if you want duplicates removed, I wrote a script a few weeks ago for a similar mod that will remove duplicate lines from a text file. I'm happy to parse your version if you'd like.

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RE: More System Names - 4/13/2016 12:11:21 AM   
mordachai


Posts: 207
Joined: 3/6/2015
Status: offline 		FWIW - Notepad++ has a plug-in or maybe built-in that will sort & remove duplicates.

EDIT: D'oh - maybe N++ has a plug-in that will - but TextPad 8 definitely has it built in. :D
(and running it found no duplicate lines on that file) :D

Firehazard - do you mind if I just drop that in to the next version of my mod?

< Message edited by mordachai -- 4/13/2016 12:21:27 AM >

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RE: More System Names - 4/13/2016 5:50:45 AM   
Firehazard

 

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Joined: 4/12/2016
Status: offline 		I removed as many duplicates as I could find by using the alphabetizer website, but because it doesn't remove spelling errors, I had to search through for those myself. Still, I may have missed a few.

If you want to use this in anything larger, go ahead, but know that you shouldn't find too many obvious stars from fiction - I didn't want any glaring references in the galaxy map so stars like Coruscant Prime, Endor I/II, and Yavin are excluded, for a couple of examples.

Lastly, while I'm here, does anyone know where to find the black hole prefixes and suffixes, and the moon name lists? Unless moons are included in systemNames, I couldn't seem to find them in a quick search.

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RE: More System Names - 4/13/2016 2:44:35 PM   
Hattori Hanzo


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Joined: 3/21/2011
From: Okinawa
Status: offline 		useful addition

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