is it just me, or do stations seem to have duplicate names?

Daud · Feb 23, 2015

Not sure if this is intented, but I'm fairly certain that I've seen more than one Aristotle Gateway.

Comrade Napoleon · Feb 23, 2015

Thats true, station names are not unique.

Cheers Cmdr's

cmdr lowest · Feb 23, 2015

It's what happens when things get procedurally generated.

...but I'm sure there is probably more than one Red Lion pub in the UK so I don't think it's bad at all.

DrDeathO5 · Feb 23, 2015

yep, an easy fix would be an extra check though....

If name x exist.... name it X II...

WiseDuck · Feb 23, 2015

Pictures or it's all in your head.

Defacto · Feb 23, 2015

I think the larger problem is that pretty much every sttation name in the galaxy consists of one word which typically is the name of a famous person ''Aristotle, Hutton, Avogadro'', followed by a word which hints at the general function of the station ''Station, City, Terminal''.

EVERY. STATION.

Ari Ben Zayn · Feb 23, 2015

Is this a real problem? I mean not even city names on Earth are "unique". There's plenty of Hamburgs, Berlins etc.pp.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_(disambiguation)

Comrade Napoleon · Feb 23, 2015

Ari Ben Zayn said:
Is this a real problem? I mean not even city names on Earth are "unique". There's plenty of Hamburgs, Berlins etc.pp.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_(disambiguation)

Yep, true but only one Hjørring

Cheers Cmdr's

Iskariot · Feb 23, 2015

Daud said:
Not sure if this is intented, but I'm fairly certain that I've seen more than one Aristotle Gateway.

THings like that happen in real life too, so it is no problem, unless stations have identical names in the same system.

talshiarr · Feb 23, 2015

Are you sure it's exactly the same? There could be 'Whatever' followed by Station, Platform, Ring, Dock, Landing, Outpost, Gateway, City, Terminal, Market, etc. I've seen the first word repeat in multiple systems but not the entire name.

Ari Ben Zayn · Feb 23, 2015

That's easy since you can use the Galaxy Map for that.

Aristotle Gateway: Ross 780 (Station)
Aristotle Gateway: Yakabugai (Outpost)

Daud · Feb 23, 2015

It's not an issue per say, no, but I've seen many people getting prissy when X thing isn't located at X spaceport. Perhaps because it was actually located at a station with a identical name.