04-02-2001 18:44									#1
	New City Name Generation for Freeciv Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Did you get bored by the city names in Freeciv? Tired of always getting them in the same old order? Annoyed that a name you didn't like would be suggested again and again if you didn't use it? Maybe you have played Transport Tycoon and noticed that the city names were generated from random firstparts and lastparts? Or maybe you have even been playing Xconq with it's advanced grammar synthesis?

Now a patch is availible that ports that feature from Xconq to Freeciv! There are two naming methods:

1. grammar: This is the interesting method. You can define how names will be composed from common syllables and word parts. Grammar namers currently exists for English, German, Italian and Swedish. Thoose are used in the patch.
   
2. random: This is a lot like you know it from Freeciv. Just a list of real city names. It's actually the same list of city names that was included in Freeciv for that nation before. I just converted it to the new format. But there are some new features; the names come in random order, and a rejected name is rejected. It won't haunt you. Random namers are used for Babylonian, Finnish, Canadian and all other
   nations not mentioned above.
   

code:
(namer cities_babyloinia_----_to_----
  (random Babylon Lagash Nippur Ur Kish Shuruppak Kisurra Cutha Adab
   Umma Akkad Eridu Larsa Borsippa Sippar Nineveh Ashur Calach
   Carcar Hamat Opis Cunaxa Arbela Nisibis Carrhae Seleucia
   Ctesiphon Sittace Orchoe Apamea
  )
)

code:
(namer swedish-limited
  (grammar name 100
    (name (or 16 mainpart
        1 (preword " " (capitalize mainpart))
   )
    )
    (mainpart (or 8 (prefix suffix)
                    (prefix middle suffix)
           2 (complete)
              )
    )
    (prefix (or svart blå grön gul röd brun vit alings ar bå back berg
  björ björne bjurs bjus bor borg brahe bräm brunns dal
  djurs eke emen fågel fält fin finn fogd fors frö furu
  gör göte glimminge gran gränges gryt halls halm han
  helsing hem hög horn hults hus 
            )
    )
    (suffix (or å åker åkra älv ås
  bäck bäcka backe baden berg berga björka borg bo böle
  bro bruk by byn
  dal dala dalen
  fält fjärd fors fred
  gård gården gärde gärdet gårda gåva
  haga hamn haninge hättan hed heden hem hög hult hus
     )
    )
    (middle (or å åkra by fors karle lek lycke mjöl näs sjö ström))
    (complete (or alfta bäcka bjus bjuv borlänge falun floda föglö
    gagnef glimminge gustavs habo hamra haninge hede
    höör huddinge idre ore orsa sälen särna skanör
    skövde solv svalöv sveg
        )
    )
    (preword (or nya gamla nedre stora lilla norra södra västra))
  )
)

	05-02-2001 05:22									#2
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But the standard names still work I presume? Do you set an option in the server to activate this?
[This message has been edited by CapTVK (edited February 04, 2001).]

	05-02-2001 20:27									#4
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	06-02-2001 02:22									#5
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quote: Originally posted by CapTVK on 02-04-2001 07:22 PM But the standard names still work I presume? Do you set an option in the server to activate this?

code:
city_namers = {"name",                      "file"
               "swedish-place-names",       "ng-swedish.g"
               "cities_sweden_1905_to",     "ng-cities_sweden_1905_to.g"
               .
               .
               .
               "cities_sweden_1660_to_1709", "ng-cities_sweden_1660_to_1709.g"
               .
               .
               .
}