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Post by lowry on May 27, 2016 20:12:48 GMT
So, Ive been thinking about something, everything we know has a name because we gave it that name. Now I'm unsure of how Thrive is going to present the names of crops, animals, minerals and such when in the societal and above stages. Personally, I like the idea of having randomly generated names for if a npc civ discovers something and renameable randomly generated names for player driven civs.
Now I'm probably one of the few who wants to name their own versions of the minerals we have. To me, having exotically named plants and animals really immerses me, but if it was broken up by minerals being called their real world counterparts i'd be a tad disappointed. So I would prefer to name these minerals myself, perhaps even having a nameable periodic table too. Any one else thought about this?
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Post by Immortal_Dragon on May 27, 2016 20:46:02 GMT
It certainly sounds interesting, and could be rather entertaining if set to random with a good name generator.  But, it could also be pretty complex as well as things expand and more stuff is discovered. |
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Post by robertthebobert on May 27, 2016 22:52:42 GMT
I like what you're proposing. It would be nice to be able to rename elements into strange alien sounding names. How about everything gets a random name and you can rename it any time?  |
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Post by Narotiza on May 27, 2016 23:05:52 GMT
Here's a thread about this on the old forums: linkA couple quotes: ...Procedural names are easier and the player can always rename them. In fact, in game, there's no reason to show the procedural names. If you examine a creature that you haven't yet named, you will see it as "unnamed" once you name it, it gets saved to your hard drive. I just solved two problems at once- storing creatures and naming. The game should only store the creatures that you bother to name. Once an org goes extinct or evolves, it is lost forever, except in its own lineage. The "lineage" could simply be a bunch of small pictures showing how the org evolved over time. The game could also choose to randomly save some species by "fossilizing" them. ... I'm not saying sapience is a requirement to name things, I'm just saying it's silly to be playing as a centipede and have someone tell you "this, good sir, is a camel". It doesn't make any sense. Everything should be unnamed when you find it, unless it's already named and part of your content library. Do to the game what Europeans did to the Western hemisphere. ... ...I still want the option of nothing having names unless it belongs to another nation. It just makes sense. Deal. But we should implement a random name generator for people who want to name things but do not have the ideas to come up with their own. |
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Post by Immortal_Dragon on May 27, 2016 23:08:55 GMT
Here's a thread about this on the old forums: linkA couple quotes: ...Procedural names are easier and the player can always rename them. In fact, in game, there's no reason to show the procedural names. If you examine a creature that you haven't yet named, you will see it as "unnamed" once you name it, it gets saved to your hard drive. I just solved two problems at once- storing creatures and naming. The game should only store the creatures that you bother to name. Once an org goes extinct or evolves, it is lost forever, except in its own lineage. The "lineage" could simply be a bunch of small pictures showing how the org evolved over time. The game could also choose to randomly save some species by "fossilizing" them. ... I'm not saying sapience is a requirement to name things, I'm just saying it's silly to be playing as a centipede and have someone tell you "this, good sir, is a camel". It doesn't make any sense. Everything should be unnamed when you find it, unless it's already named and part of your content library. Do to the game what Europeans did to the Western hemisphere. ... ...I still want the option of nothing having names unless it belongs to another nation. It just makes sense. Deal. But we should implement a random name generator for people who want to name things but do not have the ideas to come up with their own. ...Can I second this too? |
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Post by thedemonic on Jun 8, 2016 14:53:51 GMT
Rename the lava : The motherBelgiuming burning glowing liquid of hell. Minecraftians could approve.
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But, it could also be pretty complex as well as things expand and more stuff is discovered.
