The fact that this is one of the very first mods as far as "Most Recent" is concerned makes me smile.

That's true. I'll need to get the mod files on this computer and will take a look at fixing that.

Thank you for the reminder!

@swiftsvre

You're probably missing a namelist for the new ship added in federations

They may not be British in origin, but they're certainly names that exist in the UK and/or the Commonwealth. The list has been generated with the couple hundred most common names in the UK as the basis and Ahmed does make that list.

Since when are "Arjun" and "Ahmed" British?

ah ok thanks

It should be compatible and function just fine, but I'll take a look and make sure that nothing funny is going on in the next couple days.

is this up to date

can you make an irish name list?

There are other lists with names only from the British Isles. Alternatively you're free to edit the files (an explanation of how to do that is in the description above) and just remove the categories containing the names with a different origin.

When I made this name list I decided that it would be varied and that's something I'm sticking to.

could you make a second list that is only British names?

I might sneak him in when I update this thing once Le Guin drops!

@Tearsdale May i suggest Thomas J Mace-Archer-Mills Esquire, a name so British, it's offensive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvaXVV0pDq4

Hey stock,

I've been wrestling with computer issues the last couple days so I haven't had time to take a look at it, but unless there were undocumented changes to how namelists work it *should* work perfectly fine.

However, if you've already encountered issues, please let me know about them and I'll try to expedite getting a fix out for them!

Compatibility for 2.1?

- Support for Space Combat Expanded (SCX) module classes "SCX_Carrier" and "SCX_Dreadnought"; they will use the same pool as vanilla battleships (plus the usualy possibility of drawing from the generic pool)
- Removed one erroneous battleship name
- Removed duplicate lists showing up in empire creation


I'm also still trying to figure out a naming scheme for fleets. While Inspector DuoDex is probably on the right track I cannot really get behind any of the options. There just doesn't seem to be a good way to get in some sufficiently British sounding/semi-historical names in a fashion that doesn't make it ridiculous due to the random selection that then smoothly segues into generic names as needed. Further deliberations to follow!

Couple of suggestions for fleet names.

Force A, B, C, D, etc.
Red Squadron, Blue Squadron, White Squadron (more colors if you want?)
1st Squadron, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Squadron, etc.
1st Flotilla, 2nd Flotilla, 3rd Flotilla, etc.

As always, if you find bugs or something seems fishy or you have any suggestions, please let them be heard!

All right, here you go:

- Compatibility for 2.0/Cherryh and Apocalypse
- Major overhaul:
-- added one name for colossi: Incomparable (no other seemed appropriate)
-- added sixteen names for titans: Agincourt, Anson, Barham, Beatty, Duke of York, Hood, Howe, Jellicoe, King George V, Malaya, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth, Rodney, Valiant, Vanguard, Warspite (that is all fast battleships built/planned, plus Hood as a quasi-fast battleship)
-- names for military stations consolidated for defence platforms and ion cannons (in game these will mostly be used by the designs, built platforms/cannons get Roman numerals appended)
-- number of battalions for each historic name has been bumped up, possibly excessively so
-- all army types will now be named in the scheme 7 RIFLES, 11 RIFLES, etc. while defence and assault armies have a chance to take names from current and historic formations

-- consolidated planet names to the generic category to make the random name option more useful, all names previously in the list are still available, the old continental names have been moved to gaia names
-- major overhault for leader name generation
--- split names into ten categories with varying weights
--- names of British origin should be a lot more common now while names with different origin for first and second names should be less common
--- name categories are as follows:
---- general British names (plus one or two outliers), weight 80
---- Arabic names, weight 15
---- Indian names, weight 20
---- Chinese names, weight 10
---- Irish names, weight 10
---- Scottish names, weight 5
---- Welsh names, weight 5
---- mixed names (all names from the categories above in any combination), weight 20
---- knighted British names (first category, prefixed with Sir/Dame), weight 10
---- peerage titles, weight 5

I'm legendarily incompetent at all things graphics editing, but I'll see whether that just might be something I can do.

Hey, any thoughts of putting a UK flag in as well? Would be cool.

Thanks for the update. No rush. We Britishers can have a cup of tea and wait.

Hey everyone:
I'll update the namelist as soon as possible, although I fear I won't be able to dive into it until Sunday. Maybe Friday, if things pan out favourably.

Until then this is most likely not going to be compatible. I haven't checked yet, but I suspect that with starbases and whatnot namelists might've changed in their construction. Either way, investigation and update, as well as a possible expansion in scope depending on what new things can be named, are in the works.

Until then, try out some of the new vanilla name lists for humans and blow up a planet or five!

Updated to 1.8. Added two working fleet names (Home Fleet and Reserve Fleet) before sequential names kick in. This functionality still does not work for armies however.

Humm, that's odd. It looks right in the files. I'll investigate and see whether something fishy is going on. Thanks for the report!

The name option for HMS Lalmourn has a bunch of spaces at the end

Bloody fantastic! Thanks so much for makin this mod, just what I wanted as a Brition.

Brilliant! Keep up the good work!

- Compatibility for 1.4

- Regnal surnames have been removed as suggested by Adm. Yanxa, meaning that rulers using them will now only show up with their first name. Worry not, however, the surnames Windsor and Wales still can appear on regular leaders, representing non-ruling members of the royal family.

Yeah, that's true.

I'll try to see what happens if I leave the regnal surname empty. Or whether full names, which definitely work for normal leaders, are an option for monarchies, too. If either works I'll change it around to that and upload an update.

Windsor and Wales are in the normal surname list for leaders already anyways, so non-ruling members of the royal family could pop up that way.

Aside from the royal surname being Windsor (you wouldn't say Queen Elizabeth Windsor, it would just be Queen Elizabeth), it's a pretty good set.

Whoop whoop :D

Since she's a fictional ship I'll add her as an optional entry, commented out by default. I actually might do that for a number of iconic fictional ships.

If it's not already in, Could you add H.M.S Thunderchild please?

nope still no joy for me just tested it still comes up blank with random names under the diffrent namelists like ship planect ect

I just uploaded another update, which hopefully fixes the issues with compatibility. If not, please let me know. At that point I'll probably have to get the devs involved, but I won't give up. One way or another, keep in mind that the name list should usually still work properly, even if it shows up as incompatible.

Patch notes:

- Fixed compatibility for 1.3 - Heinlein (hopefully).

- Added a number of generic planet names referring to people important to their history (e.g.: Atkinson's World).

- Added a workaround to enable random names for Assault Armies, Defence Armies, and Fleets. Enough names have been provided to hopefully prevent wraparound even in atypical games with hundreds, if not thousands of fleets and armies of those types.

- Added a variation of the name list that comes with the prefixes included in the ship names, this way different types of ships use different prefixes. All military vessels and all those from other categories that got a generic name: HMS (His/Her Majesty's Ship); all construction vessels, colony ships, and (in theory) transports: RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary); all research vessels: RRS (Royal Research Ship).

Thanks for letting me know about that! I'll try to figure out what went wrong!

managed to get this to work but it involved me going into the raw mod files and manually copying and pasting the data into the right locations in stelleris files in steammapps

i cannot get this mod working it still says only compatible for version1.1

I did a quick check, things seem to be working properly in 1.3 and I've updated it to show up as compatible. The hunt for potential bugs and possible improvements will continue though.

Good catch, SoulLink! I'm sure I had it properly encoded, at least at some point, but it seems it slipped through the cracks eventually. It's now properly encoded as UTF-8-BOM once more. Hopefully that solves any outstanding issues people are experiencing.

As for including the name list in other works, I'd prefer the use of collections or required mods instead, since it allows me to more easily maintain the name list from one end instead of having to also send out updates to other modders who're using the name list (or parts of it) for their project. You're not the first to ask though, I'll mull it over and get back to you!

@Tearsdale. I believe the problem with your file is, that it is not UTF - 8 - BOM encoded. At least when I unzipped the file it was not. This does not always pose a problem.

On another question: Would you allow me to incorporate parts of your list into my own namelists? I will of course credit you and link this mod. I intend to make a human namelist collection.

And I'm Kordishal on the PDX forums :)

Do you have any other name lists installed? If so, please scroll back up and check whether there's a name list entry just called 'British'. If this is your only name list... I'm honestly a little stumped. But I'll look into it and try to figure things out.

Well i did everything you said and unfortunately it still not appearing heres is the screenshot [imgur.com]

All right, I could not reproduce your specific error. I did, however, find a small number of other bugs introduced when the name list structure changed with one of the last updates. I am hoping that your issue will be solved along with this update. To ensure you have the correct version of the mod, please try the following:

1: unsubscribe from the mod
2: delete the folder found at <Steam root folder>\steamapps\workshop\content\281990\681545718
3: resubscribe to the mod

After the download check whether the name list works again. If not, please let me know so I can try to dig deeper. In that case please also attach a screenshot of the name list selection screen with this name list selected.

@Honor et Virtus: That should not be the case, as far as I'm aware. Thanks for letting me know, I'll look into it!

Are you still updating this mod? Because im trying to play it and the namelists are all appearing blank

Thanks a bunch, it worked! I deleted it from the steam folder as well as the Paradox folder on my C: drive (my Steam stuff is on my D: drive). I'll have to keep this in mind for any other namelist mods out there.