I think you should add it to be honest, just disable it for the non-supported races.Interkarma wrote: If it wasn't missing a couple of races, I would have put a "random name" button into the character creator.
The Daggerfall Roleplayer Generator
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There's a name generator built into Daggerfall Unity (Daggerfall Tools Menu -> Name Generator), I used it to generate my character's name.
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Fair call!LypyL wrote: I think you should add it to be honest, just disable it for the non-supported races.
And someone can always add the unsupported races later.
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I wonder are there many names of Argonians and Kajiit in DF books?Interkarma wrote: Now that you mention this, there's a name generator in DFTFU that uses Daggerfall's own namebank data. If it wasn't missing a couple of races, I would have put a "random name" button into the character creator. Races with available name tables data are:
Argonians and Khajiit are out of luck.
- Breton
- Redguard
- Nord
- Imperial
- Dark Elf
- High Elf
- Wood Elf
I can't really think of any though.
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UESP says Argonian names are generated in Arena, and Khajiit are generated in Arena and DF. I don't know what source that comes from since I haven't played Arena at all.
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I don't know about Arena, but I'd question the source on Daggerfall. There's literally no name bank for Argonians or Khajiit in NAMEGEN.DAT.
I've been wrong about stuff before though, and I'm happy to be wrong, that's how progress is made.
I've been wrong about stuff before though, and I'm happy to be wrong, that's how progress is made.
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The name particles they have listed for "Argonian" are in NAMEGEN, but I think these are actually Imperial. Suffixes like -erius, -ius, -icus, etc. are all classic Roman name suffixes. They don't really seem to fit Argonians at all. Especially with combos like Augustus available.
The Khajiit names could be on to something though. I have these classified as an unknown location bank right, and they would fit Khajiit quite well. Thanks for the heads up, I'll take another look at this. I've probably just misclassified both of these races.
For reference, here are all the name tables extracted from NAMEGEN.DAT. Comments around rules for Argonian and Khajiit name generation based on available data are most welcome!
https://github.com/Interkarma/daggerfal ... ameGen.txt
The Khajiit names could be on to something though. I have these classified as an unknown location bank right, and they would fit Khajiit quite well. Thanks for the heads up, I'll take another look at this. I've probably just misclassified both of these races.
For reference, here are all the name tables extracted from NAMEGEN.DAT. Comments around rules for Argonian and Khajiit name generation based on available data are most welcome!
https://github.com/Interkarma/daggerfal ... ameGen.txt
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OK, I've added a "random name" button to the character creator that currently works for all races except Argonian and Khajiit. I'll review these two again against the name data available.
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Dude, you totally rock I've left a message for the user I mentioned, but another user confirmed that he/she has disappeared since 2013. In the meantime I guess it's time to think of some good Argonian naming rules from scratch.
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Re: The Daggerfall Roleplayer Generator
Wow that was quick!Interkarma wrote:OK, I've added a "random name" button to the character creator that currently works for all races except Argonian and Khajiit. I'll review these two again against the name data available.
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