Variety in NPC names
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I guess it's a bit like with the Cylons in the new BSG series. Kill one and another one will be ressurected. To stop that you'd have to find the Ressurection Ship and destroy it.
I'm sure there'll be tons more variation as time goes on. Eventual procedural generation of NPC pilot and ship names should take care of that.I knew it! They always said I am crazy! And we proved it! We must destroy the traffic maker ships!
Yes we will see much more variety.
At the moment the client is using a tiny little list of names, just as a place holder.
There's a longer list inside the client already of first names and surnames that I've not seen used.
Also there's all the NPC names that backers submitted to come as well.
At the moment the client is using a tiny little list of names, just as a place holder.
There's a longer list inside the client already of first names and surnames that I've not seen used.
Also there's all the NPC names that backers submitted to come as well.
This is most definitively placeholder...keep in mind that there are several thousands of names given by Kickstarter backers that hasn't been put in our builds yet and on top of that they will probably have some PG going on. Having said that don't be surprised if you might come across certain NPCs several times since some of them will have their own "story" in relation to you as a player.
Persistent NPCs proposal
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I hope these NPCs get tracked to some extent. I especially don't want to be blowing up a Esta Egginton twice!
Not saying that they should have their own independent lives, but it would be nice if FD tracked which system they were in... Hm... I guess it would be tricky if you're playing multiplayer. I don't care if everyone has their own Esta Egginton in their world, but if I'm playing a friend and one of us has destroyed old Esta, I guess the person should be gone for both of us.
I wonder how FD are going to handle all that.
Not saying that they should have their own independent lives, but it would be nice if FD tracked which system they were in... Hm... I guess it would be tricky if you're playing multiplayer. I don't care if everyone has their own Esta Egginton in their world, but if I'm playing a friend and one of us has destroyed old Esta, I guess the person should be gone for both of us.
I wonder how FD are going to handle all that.