Colonized system name change
- Thread starter B.Roberts
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Just make it a better random name generator than Dwarf Fortress. I don't want to be living in the Boatmurdered system.
Most, if not all, of the system names are taken from Astronomy, actual real science. FDev went to great pains trying to make the ED galaxy match the real Milky Way galaxy, why would they now let peeps rename those systems? I don't see it happening, and really would 't want them to either.
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I agree. would never happen
makes my Brewer's Droop pub seem positively tame
The free station rename system currently takes two random words.
Would we settle for system renaming by allowing us to browse a long list of possible names, and pick two of them?
That might put some fears to rest regarding silly names. Maybe.
If not, well, my god how many multiples of famous sci fi systems are we gunna see?
Would we settle for system renaming by allowing us to browse a long list of possible names, and pick two of them?
That might put some fears to rest regarding silly names. Maybe.
If not, well, my god how many multiples of famous sci fi systems are we gunna see?
The names wouldn't have to be approaching NSFW either. Plenty of stuff will grate on the sensibilities without being swears.
I can say that Glory Hole Mining falls foul of the filters .... I can't think why because that is OBVIOUSLY a logical mining name
(not that I would ever use it... honest guv'nor
)Just plain ridiculous ones would be bad enough.I can say that Glory Hole Mining falls foul of the filters .... I can't think why because that is OBVIOUSLY a logical mining name
(not that I would ever use it... honest guv'nor
"Fish Paste"
"Oooh Pretty Star"
"HJOIEQXVFDJMBLID"
"Everyponies Friendship Barn"
The space game literally filters the end of the planet name "uranus" if it's used in any player named ship or object because apparently nobody here can act like an adult about it.
Good grief are those actual names people have applied to starports? And I thought some of the kickstarter names like “Chris and Silvia’s Paradise Hideout” were bad…
No, fortunately. No reason why you couldn't though and you only have to look at some of the names of fleet carriers.
Even if the latter is a concern, they could put a development threshold on it before it triggers such as "10 facilities completed or all slots filled".
Which even then wouldn't matter depending on what gets used as the seed for the name generator - if it's based on the system's coordinate position then a random outpost bridge system wouldn't matter.
After spending two hours in Dhan last night and reading the chat... my stance is solidified in rebar and concrete, no way am I for any re-naming of star systems. Two solid chat spam hours of brain rot, pp, poo poo, anatomy, and other juvenile humor. Which isn't humor at all but there isn't a word to describe what this behavior is, as a former kid, that wasn't humorous, and you would have been put into special ed if that was your vocabulary. To be clear, i was not offended, just saddened about the digression of intelligence, a two hour celebration of ignorance.
Good point.
What we are missing is personalized system names, for one user only.The way I can name my ships the way I like, and it makes it easier for me to search for the one I need.
So for a player (architect) only, on their computer, a system SYG REGION PI-2 TQ-ZZ3 will be displayed as "Finished, metals and HT" or something, "My first system"... everybody else will see it as astronomically correct name.
No worries. This sounds like it would leave the Galaxy Map alone, and give the Architect some hidden way to sort and prioritize systems. Maybe System Architects could create a bookmark 'code' for each system. He/She could then link that code to interested parties making it easier to navigate and communicate about the map.
Vanity renames of a systems scientific designation seems a lot like renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America...
I mean that is just silly. who would be arrogant enough to try that? it will never happen
I know. But no one told Orwell to stop "writing that drivel".I mean that is just silly. who would be arrogant enough to try that? it will never happen
Elite Forums. Where the concept of granting player's freedom over the universe (that they contribute to both financially and personally) is viewed as Orwellian because they may think a name in a video game is too silly.
This is literally what I'm reading right now. The concept of player freedom being compared to George Orwell's writings.
Not like we won't have Stars in the future named after toilet paper companies anyway if we had Elite's level of technology.
Do I gotta bring up how many IRL towns and cities are named after personal silicone products?
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Did I miss something? You know, he wrote Animal Farm too.
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