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Exactly. Some of the expansions available from the manager are just OXPs converted to OXZ by adding a manifest. As a result there are redundancies and subtle and not so subtle misbehavior.Fritz wrote:Randomshipnames does contain code that checks for earlier versions, but perhaps it was an OXP and not an OXZ at the time, and the code has somehow survived.
I've seen a few names repeating lately, which is something I've never seen before - linked?spara wrote:As a result there are redundancies and subtle and not so subtle misbehavior.
There's a ship out there named Cody's Machine, and it was a bit soft? <chortles> A Soft Machine? Out-Bloody-Rageous!DredgerMan wrote:I'm afraid I trashed Cody's Machine.
Might've been "Kodi's Machine" -- you know spelling ...Cody wrote:There's a ship out there named Cody's Machine, and it was a bit soft? <chortles> A Soft Machine? Out-Bloody-Rageous!DredgerMan wrote:I'm afraid I trashed Cody's Machine.
... Or did they bring in names from the forums, maybe?! Copyright infringement!Yeah, there are a few. I'm still searching for Disembodied's secret base. It's out there somewhere, and one fine day, I'll find it.Commander_X wrote:Or did they bring in names from the forums, maybe?!
Aye.. he was working on an updated version of it, when he vanished.. <sigh>Cody wrote:Then there's McLane's Personalities OXP - that had a bunch of forum veterans included, along with their ships of choice.
I'm pretty sure that Behemoth does it the hard way, with many shipdataentries, not using the RSN. I suppose I could do that –no limit to how many like_ship clones I could put in, but I imagine the risk of that awkward moment when two ships with the same name meet is greater then.Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:36 pmBehemoth.oxp names each of the various Behemoths it contains. And I think that GenerationShip.oxp does too. No randomness though.
It looks like, to add your own naming routines, based on the primaryRole of a ship, you would need to do this:
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this.name = "MyWorldScriptName";
this.startUpComplete = function() {
var rsn = worldScripts.randomshipnames;
if (rsn) {
rsn.$externalNameEngine(this.name, "special_ship_primary_role", 1);
// the "1" in the function all above is the probability that the routine will be called. 1 means always.
}
}
this.$randomName = function(ship) {
var shipName = "";
// do stuff to come up with a name
//
return shipName;
}
Great stuff, thank you!phkb wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:59 pmIt looks like, to add your own naming routines, based on the primaryRole of a ship, you would need to do this:Code: Select all
this.name = "MyWorldScriptName"; this.startUpComplete = function() { var rsn = worldScripts.randomshipnames; if (rsn) { rsn.$externalNameEngine(this.name, "special_ship_primary_role", 1); // the "1" in the function all above is the probability that the routine will be called. 1 means always. } } this.$randomName = function(ship) { var shipName = ""; // do stuff to come up with a name // return shipName; }
So I had a go, but being oblivious, this was the only way I could see it work.
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this.name = "scrubNamer";
this.author = "phkb";
this.copyright = "";
this.description = "Add Scrub role and names to randomShipNames";
this.version = "1.0";
/*
This copy/paste code from phkb tries to piggyback on randomShipNames, to add scrub as role and provide pool of scrub names to choose from
*/
this.name = "scrubNamer";
this.startUpComplete = function() {
var rsn = worldScripts.randomshipnames;
if (rsn) {
rsn.$externalNameEngine(this.name, "scrub", 1);
// the "1" in the function all above is the probability that the routine will be called. 1 means always.
}
}
this.$randomName = function(ship) {
var shipName = "Clan Kirvesniemi: The Sissu", "Clan Jaaskelainen: The Lintu", "Clan Myllyla: The Iso Kaarme", "Clan Kokkonen: Vanha Rouva", "Clan Saarinen: The Lisko", "Clan Pohjola: Iso Kala", "Clan Saijonmaa: Area Peto";
// do stuff to come up with a name
//
return shipName;
}
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[script.javaScript.exception.noVariableName]: ***** JavaScript exception (scrubNamer.js.anon-script): SyntaxError: missing variable name
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var shipName = [“name1”, “name2”, etc etc];
return shipName[Math.floor(Math.random() * shipName.length)];
phkb wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:48 pmIt’s what you’re trying to do with shipName. You’ve mixing data types.
Try this:Code: Select all
var shipName = [“name1”, “name2”, etc etc]; return shipName[Math.floor(Math.random() * shipName.length)];
Not doing it.Code: Select all
/*
This copy/paste code from phkb tries to piggyback on randomShipNames, to add scrub as role and provide pool of scrub names to choose from
*/
this.name = "scrubNamer";
this.startUpComplete = function() {
var rsn = worldScripts.randomshipnames;
if (rsn) {
rsn.$externalNameEngine(this.name, "scrub", 1);
// the "1" in the function all above is the probability that the routine will be called. 1 means always.
}
}
this.$randomName = function(ship) {
var shipName = ["Clan Kirvesniemi: The Sissu", "Clan Jaaskelainen: The Lintu", "Clan Myllyla: The Iso Kaarme", "Clan Kokkonen: Vanha Rouva", "Clan Saarinen: The Lisko", "Clan Pohjola: Iso Kala", "Clan Saijonmaa: Area Peto"];
// do stuff to come up with a name
//
return shipName[Math.floor(Math.random() * shipName.length)];
}