How to - Add/Remove character names from a faction

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How to - Add/Remove names from a faction

1 - Adding a new name

Open the following files
Rome - Total War\Data\descr_names.txt
Rome - Total War\Data\descr_names_lookup.txt
Rome - Total War\Data\text\names.txt

descr_names_lookup.txt is a list of all the names used by characters, admirals, agents, women, surenames and forenames, in the game. They are actually references, not the text which appears on screen, so note that there should be no spaces. For example:

of_Scodra
of_Lissus
of_Dimale
of_Dyrrachium
of_Epidamnus
of_Antipatreia
of_Apollonia
of_Oricus
of_Antigonela
of_Phoenice
of_Ambracia
of_Actium
of_Same
of_Naupactus
of_Patrae
of_Elis
of_Olympia
of_Messene
of_Pylos
of_Sparta
of_Gythium
of_Argos
of_Corinth
of_Aegium
of_Delphi
of_Piraeus
of_Athens
of_Oropus
of_Thebes
of_Delium
of_Chalcis
of_Eretria
of_Nicaea
of_Echinus
of_Lamia
of_Heraclea
of_Gomphi
of_Pharsalus
of_Scotussa
of_Pherae
of_Demetrias
of_Larissa
of_Phalanna
of_Gonni
of_Heracleum
of_Pythion
of_Libethron
of_Dium
of_Portaes
of_Petra
of_Pydna
of_Pella
of_Ottolobus
of_Thessalonica
of_Cassandreia
of_Amphipolis
of_Abdera
of_Maroneia
of_Aenus
of_Cypsela
of_Lysimachia
of_Lampsacus
of_Abydos
of_Ilium
of_Naulochus
of_Messana
of_Mylae
of_Catana
of_Centuripae
of_Enna
of_Armerinia
of_Morgantina
of_Syracuse
of_Gela
of_Agrigentum
of_Selinus
of_Lilybaeum
of_Drepana
of_Segesta
of_Panormus
of_Himera

In this tutorial we will add Shaidar as a forename and Haran as a surname. So add these to the bottom of this file, save and quit.

names.txt is where these references are allocated to the text on screen. As you can see, the format is

{reference}			name

So add:

{Shaidar}			Shaidar
{Haran}			Haran

To the bottom of the line NB there should be three tabs between reference and name

And finally descr_names.txt is where we allocate names to factions. The format is:

Faction: faction
 
		characters
				names
				...
 
		surnames
				surnames
				...
 
		women
				womens names
				...

So add Shaidar and Haran under the category you wish.


1 - Removing a name

Removing a name is even simpler, simply search for all references to it in descr_names.txt, and remove them. Easy!