Mod The Sims - Altered default NPC and townie names

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12th Dec 2005, 08:59 PM	# 2
Naholowaa Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 246	Totally Awesome. I couldnt stand some of the factory game names. Thank you!

12th Dec 2005, 09:03 PM

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12th Dec 2005, 09:30 PM	# 3
Crimson Phantom Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 45	Hmm, I just change townie names with Insiminator. That way I don't end up with 'Solveig Chin'. Honestly, what white person is named 'Chin'? But my neighbourhoods are not meant to be in U.S. or UK, so I don't think this will help me. My neighbourhood is mostly Asian immigrants to a Slavic country.

12th Dec 2005, 11:33 PM	# 4
Aya Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 72	Even though all of my Sims are Japanese, and even though I never associate with townies, this is really useful! Who names their kid "Goopy", anyway?

13th Dec 2005, 01:02 AM	# 5
HystericalParoxysm Wheeeeee!!! Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 17,002 Thanks: 238999 in 194 Posts View My Journal	This is fantastic. I saw it on Varioussimmers just yesterday and grabbed it. Haven't tried it just yet, but I can't wait. I saw on the Varioussimmers thread that you'd done altered versions, so I'm assuming this wouldn't be too hard to edit with my own list of names... I love the concept, but I have a neighbourhood that's... well, it's called Normal, and populated by lots of elves, aliens, vampires, SCA rejects, people in Victorian garb, and suchlike. Very odd place. With your original list being a little heavy on names like "Bryce" and "Bradford" it doesn't quite work for my purposes. I can see it can be edited item by item in SimPE, but that's a little tedious and there seems like there should be an easier way. I also tried exporting the Text List entries from SimPE and then opening them in Wordpad and Notepad, but it doesn't reimport into SimPE correctly. Is there an easier way that I'm missing to edit the names in the list? I was thinking of perhaps doing a few different versions with different combinations of sets of names... One with just Celtic/archaic English, another with some hip, funky names (like Snow or Ruby for men, and Lord and Rue for women...) suitable for people who dress in lots of shiny black clothing, etc., and mixes thereof for people with combination neighbourhoods like me. I'm assuming from the licensing info that you wouldn't mind edited versions posted (with credit, of course) and I would like to share it with others, as I think it'd be helpful for them. If you can offer any tips in editing the list, please let me know. I'll check in on this thread, or you can PM me. Thanks for all your hard work. I really appreciate it!
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13th Dec 2005, 01:51 AM	# 6
dahling Lab Assistant Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 84	YAY! I'm so sick of double-up names! Kids end up marrying someone who has the same name as their grandma shudders

13th Dec 2005, 03:48 AM

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13th Dec 2005, 09:28 AM	# 7
Blankmixtape Lab Assistant Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 124	Thanks.

13th Dec 2005, 12:58 PM	# 8
syberspunk Field Researcher Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 341 Thanks: 5551 in 38 Posts View My Journal	Hey jordi, Just wonderin, any reason you had to resubmit? Did the older one vaporize from here? And do you still have the other, unfiltered version, that includes the non-European names? Just wonderin' in case I somehow lose mine. I know I should back things up constantly, and I usually do, but with the luck I've had with computers knocks on wood It's nice to know I could still get redownload things if necessary. Ste
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13th Dec 2005, 01:26 PM	# 9
jordi Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 499 Thanks: 7422 in 22 Posts View My Journal	syberspunk: I took the old thread down some time ago since it got high-jacked. I don't think I have the other version available still, but I'll take a look. It should not be too hard to recreate it, though.

13th Dec 2005, 01:51 PM	# 10
Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks, the original names are so sad. I mean 'Goopy'? come on. thanks again

13th Dec 2005, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by xxsusannah

Thanks, the original names are so sad. I mean 'Goopy'? come on.
thanks again

Finally, I can finally learn to subsitute those stupid names for the cooler ones for each neighborhoods.

However, that's a bit sad that most of them would be american related for all of the original sims' names in this version :sadpanda: . But I decided to use some 'gajin' sounding names for some of my foreigner sims in one of my neighborhoods.

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13th Dec 2005, 05:18 PM	# 12
jordi Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 499 Thanks: 7422 in 22 Posts View My Journal	Some info which may help in making your own version: string 96 = male first names string 97 = female first names string 98 = male last names string 00 = female last names In my mod 98 and 00 are identical, but they can be different.

16th Dec 2005, 09:15 PM	# 13
Goblin_Girl Test Subject Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6	This is pretty darn cool! A friend of mine wondered if it's possible to make the NPC defaults look a certain way? Like what if we wanted to add our own Celebrities or Restaurant/Bartenders to look a specific way? Is there a way to do that? Thanks! GG

18th Dec 2005, 08:08 AM	# 14
XcaliburII Test Subject Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 24 Thanks: 1 in 1 Posts	Very well done. I must admit that the old Sim names were getting on my nerves every time I created a new neighborhood.

18th Dec 2005, 05:12 PM	# 15
Aya Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 72	Is there an easier way to edit this? I'm just doing it for my own game, and when I open it up in SimPE and if I manually add the desired names, it will take forever. I have 3 lists (txt files) of names, one name on each line. Could I bulk add them by copy and paste?

18th Dec 2005, 09:54 PM

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Aya: there's a small program you could use for this.

It will take strings in the form

Code:

0,1

0,John

1,Mark

2,Luke

and convert them to .simpe files which you can import into SimPE.
Your lists can probably easily be transformed into the format required.

You can download the app here: http://members.chello.nl/b.kroonspe.../Name2Simpe.zip

Extract all files in a folder somewhere. You'll only want to edit the text files: leave the other file types alone.

Since in most cases you'll probably want identical last names for males and females, you can copy str98.txt after creating it to strCC.txt. Saves some time.

After you've changed the names in the text file, run name2str.exe

This will generate the four .simpe files containing the names in the right format, and the .xml files which allows you to import the .simpe files into SimPE.

By far the easiest way to make your own mod is to open Live.package in SimPE, and to "replace" the text lists in the existing package with your new files (select the .simpe files, not the xml files).

Oh, and ignore the fact the file I uploaded contains German names: that is because I forgot to backup my English source files.

19th Dec 2005, 01:17 AM	# 17
Aya Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 72	Thanks so much! What I want to do is make all Japanese names. I've been trying to figure out how to rename all townies than just each one individually by SimPe. Also, is it okay to add/delete strings?
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19th Dec 2005, 08:48 AM	# 18
jordi Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 499 Thanks: 7422 in 22 Posts View My Journal	You can use as many lines (strings) as you want within any of the four text lists. I had a version with 2000 names per section (8000 in total) and TS2 accepted this fine. If you use less than the default Maxis names will be used for the remainder.

23rd Dec 2005, 09:10 PM	# 19
Howabominable Field Researcher Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 301 Thanks: 350 in 6 Posts	Ooooh thank you for this, I was getting sick of seeing Dagmar and Benjamin Long wherever I went!

24th Dec 2005, 05:23 AM	# 20
TheSimSariah Lab Assistant Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 74 Thanks: 34 in 2 Posts	ok I have my lists and I followed the instructions for your app but how exactly do I import to simpe?

27th Dec 2005, 04:43 PM	# 21
fortyhundred Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4	Oh this is perfect - I was getting sick of seeing all of those Dagmars running around town !

31st Dec 2005, 03:12 AM	# 22
jordi Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 499 Thanks: 7422 in 22 Posts View My Journal	TheSimSariah: All the app does is provide the importable files, it won't create the actual package for you. Nor will it check if the source material is valid. It is not an enduser program, it is intended for people with at least moderate knowledge of working with SimPE. Start by reading the SimPE Introduction that came with your SimPE download. Mess around a bit with it (but make backups!). If all else fails, ask for help on the SimPE forums: http://ambertation.de/simpeforum/ I really can't provide support on this.

4th Jan 2006, 08:03 PM	# 23
Aysen08 Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 32	Thank you very much for this Jordi. I too like many others am sick of the retarded names that Maxis has put out, especially when I restart my own new neighborhood. I mean I agree with Aya, who the heck names their kid Goopy? Although considering the other retarded names like Abijiheet and Dagmar, Goopy tends to be mild in comparison. This will save me from doing it person by person in SimPE too, which I thoroughly appreciate as it's beyond tedious. Just wish I understood how to edit my own list, but that type of thing isn't my forte sadly. Thanks again! And my ill-named simmies thank you too!
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8th Jan 2006, 09:31 AM	# 24
HystericalParoxysm Wheeeeee!!! Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 17,002 Thanks: 238999 in 194 Posts View My Journal	I'm addlebrained, and forgot to get back to you in a PM (I think), but thank you for the explanation of how to edit the names. I'm still working on getting my lists of names together... So many projects! But I greatly appreciate you making this (and the means to edit it for our own purposes) available.

1st Feb 2006, 10:59 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jordi

After you've changed the names in the text file, run name2str.exe

This will generate the four .simpe files containing the names in the right format, and the .xml files which allows you to import the .simpe files into SimPE.

By far the easiest way to make your own mod is to open Live.package in SimPE, and to "replace" the text lists in the existing package with your new files (select the .simpe files, not the xml files).

Oh, and ignore the fact the file I uploaded contains German names: that is because I forgot to backup my English source files.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I seem to be a little lost. I've created a list of names, and I've double clicked on the program. I'm not sure if it's running correctly, since it simply opens a window, and then shuts down (doesn't say anything, but it does if I open it straight from WinRar, which doesn't actually help me much). Aside from that, I can't seem to be able to find Live.package anywhere. I'm definately missing something here, or at least misunderstanding something. Forgive my stupidity, but does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? :dunce:

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