| Improved names in CivGroupNames.xml[message #326216]
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Fri, 04 October 2013 12:16
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Faalagorn |
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Registered:February 2012 Location: Poland |
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As it was always strange to me that when I come to the city, most of the San Mona citizen's are suddenly called "KingPin", I decided to change the names in CivGroupNames.xml to prettier ones.
Two notes of what I decided to stick when improving the names:
- As there was inconsistency in singular and plural forms used, I decided to use singular names, so the names are like "Kingpin's Goon" instead of "Kingpin's Goons"
- I tried to avoid using NPC names in the CivGroup, tying them to the job performed, or a common surname (Cameron, Graham, DaSilva)
- I tried to avoid using town name when not needed. There is no need to attach each group to the city, especially if some modder decides to rename the town name. Beside, we already know what city we are in. The only exceptions are "Alma Militia" and "Tixa Prisoner" to avooid confusion with regular "Militia" and "Prisoner" groups. I'm looking forward to suggestions of removing "Alma" and "Tixa" if anyone have any, though.
If you don't agree on any of the changes, comment!
List of the changes to names I've made:
- Rebel -> [unchanged]
- KingPin -> Kingpin's Goon
- Sanmona Arms -> Arms Dealer (It's kind of spoiiler, as we initially do not know that Hans works as an Arms dealer. On the other hand, the same applies to Fatima upon met. But at least now CivNames are not shown over named NPCs.)
- Angels -> DaSilva (there is two writings of these in the names - Angel's name is "Dasilva" while Maria's is "DaSilva". "Da Silva" and "DaSilva" shows more in Google than "Dasilva", so I decided to use the "DaSilva" name.
- Beggars -> Beggar (where is this CivGroupName used?)
- Tourists -> Tourist (I was thinking of "Kulba", but I think it's better to use the "job" performed naming when possible).
- Alma Militia -> [unchanged]
- Doctors -> Doctor
- Couple1 -> Couple (I don't know where is it used too)
- Hicks -> Hick
- Warden -> [unchanged]
- Junkyard -> Junkyard Worker (I thought of using "Cameron" but the story is similar to Kulba's)
- Factory Kids -> Factory Kid
- Queens -> Queen's (maybe a different name? "Queen's Troops"?)
- Joey, Martha -> Graham
- Devin -> [unchanged] ("Explosive Dealer"?)
- Hamous -> [unchanged]
- Terry -> [unchanged]
- Dynamo, Shank -> Tixa Prisoner
- Empty SlotX -> Empty Slot X
If you think the names for DaSilva, Graham, Devin, Hamous & Terry should be changed, feel free to comment !
I also updated the files to match the formatting across the 3 folders. I also found out that the file in "Data-UB" folder still have JA2 names, while they aren't used I guess. If they aren't maybe they should be replaced with the general "Empty Slot"? That would ease up maintaining of files and free up some CivGroupNames for future use in the UB.
Also, please, if you spot any mistake in my names, especially since the English is still not my native language, post the comment here. I was especially unsure about the use of apostrophe and the "s" at the end of the name, so if anything's wrong/odd, reply in here with the proper name .
Here are the files after modification.
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