Dynamic Cities Names [DCN] - Work in Progress -

[HbHadast]

Hello everyone,

After the Real Moors Project, I decided to start my second mini-mod: Dynamic Cities Names.

The idea is that the cities' names will change according to which faction is controlling them. For example:
- Valencia can be Valence or Balansiya
- Jerusalem can be Al-Quds or Kudüs
- Rome can be Roma, Rom or Rumiyya
- Constantinople can be Istanbul or Al-Kostantiniyya
etc...
All according to the faction that owns the settlement.

I think that it will enhance DLV's realism.

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I'm currently having exams... So you need to wait a little bit to get the first release.

Any suggestions about the cities that should be included and the names will be most welcome.

HbHadast

[TMSKILZ]

Interesting idea/mod, how about I take your exams for you so you can finish this up faster?

[Kjertesvein]

Wow, nice, how many of these names can you have? Is it religion based? region based? or perhaps faction based?

I can do Norse (Danish and norwegian city names for russia, greece, levant, iberia, northern europe, greenland, italy, bulgaria and a few citys of the moors

Let me know if it's do-able. If it's a yes, then I'll blow the dust of the ol' book

Regards,

~Wille

[Klierowski]

Roar! great idea man.

[HbHadast]

Interesting idea/mod, how about I take your exams for you so you can finish this up faster?

Actually, the exams are over so...

Is it religion based? region based? or perhaps faction based?

It is faction-based.

Let me know if it's do-able. If it's a yes, then I'll blow the dust of the ol' book

Sure, it is do-able. I've already tried to give 3 names to one city (Valencia: Arabic-French-Spanish) and it worked.

I don't know if I'm gonna finish this any soon... But it is in my to-do list so any help will be welcome.

[Live2sculpt]

I noticed this mod earlier and stopped by to say how inovative it is as mods go.
I'm just a tweaker, and can't imagine what script you are using to get the game to display dynamic like that.
You DO this and everyone will love you for it, surely.

[Shadrach]

This is a very good idea - I will follow it with much interest

Would be great to get rid of the "anglicized" names of many cities, like Venice = Venezia, Milan = Milano, Cologne = Köln (this one is really nasty imo) etc.

[TaronQuinn]

I also like the concept of this mod; I don't make a habit of changing settlement names myself, but it is nice to have the option to rename settlements either to a historical name, or in honor of a great victory. And this mod allows the AI factions to change the face of the map...not only upgrade London into a Large Middle Eastern City, but maybe also rename it.....I don't know, something Arabic-sounding haha

@shardrach, Cologne isn't in the game, but if you want to compile a list of faction-specific settlement names, send it my way so I can change the text file for my CdG minimod.

TQ

[Shadrach]

@shardrach, Cologne isn't in the game, but if you want to compile a list of faction-specific settlement names, send it my way so I can change the text file for my CdG minimod.

TQ

Oh, thats true, must've been thinking of Florence
Thing is these names seem to have come of necessity for english-speakers who would not otherwise have been able to pronounce them. But they have quite different names for the people who live there, especially the Italian cities.

Mostly for DLV the ones I can think of off the top of my head is:
Rome -> Roma
Milan -> Milano
Florence -> Firenze
Venice -> Venezia
Naples -> Napoli
Rhodes -> Rhodos / Ródos
Bucharest -> București
Vienna -> Wien
Prague -> Praha
Cracow -> Kraków
Bruges -> Brugge

I think the list goes on, this is European cities since these are the ones I know. A good candidate for dual names would for instance be Breslau (for HRE) / Wrocław (for Polish). And also Danzig / Gdańsk (if in the game, cant remember lol)

I applaud this mod. I mean, if we can have factions named "Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė" for historical accuracy - even though some about it - then its important we also have the city names correct!

[Live2sculpt]

I applaud this mod. I mean, if we can have factions named "Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė" for historical accuracy - even though some about it - then its important we also have the city names correct!

Indeed, such a function would be entirely in line with the whole meaning of DLV, and would surely be included in a future version if it were made stable. I just didn't think such a function was technicaly possible. Most others probably assumed the same. Please tell, what files are you modifying to make this function?

[Live2sculpt]

Any progress of note?
Perhaps a complication or roadblock?