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Kaelem Gaen

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Outsiders and Language Files
« on: July 30, 2011, 07:23:57 pm »
Do the outsiders of a specific race (Outside human) always get randomly generated languages  for their names in Adventure mode,  I added a Language for a modded race called Mardven (that's the language)  but when I do an outsider of  that race, the language seems to be randomly picked.

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Re: Outsiders and Language Files
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2011, 08:27:40 pm »
It is always chosen at random, and it chooses a new language every time you 'r'andomize your adventurer's name.

The language is always the one used by your civ if you play as a civ member, however.

Note that these languages are not themselves created at random, its just choosing one of the languages described in the raws (human, dwarf, goblin, elf, Mardven, carp-man etc...)
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Kaelem Gaen

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Re: Outsiders and Language Files
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2011, 08:51:13 pm »
Ah okay, thank you... I can remove the Marsh Dwarf from the indiv control list finally just caved and made them civ controllable so I could see if Mardven took and how it handle words with  -  in it...


Mardven is Egyptian and Dwarven derived using  DFlang
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Re: Outsiders and Language Files
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 10:11:35 am »
Would that be Coptic or some older Egyptian?
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Re: Outsiders and Language Files
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2011, 04:49:45 pm »
I got it off a site I can't actually tell if it's Coptic,  modern Egyptian (A form of Arabic) or based off Ancient Egyptian

Here's a sample from language word list/file

(bast basutent setut tut sem naiph)

think it might be Ancient Egyptian, I know Bast was the name of an Egyptian Goddess
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Re: Outsiders and Language Files
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2011, 05:35:13 pm »
That seems very interesting. Could you share the whole word list? I've been on the lookout for cool languages to base my recently made modcraft cultures' languages on.
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Re: Outsiders and Language Files
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2011, 12:00:16 am »
I grabbed it from this site, which is also mentioned (but a tad buried) in the DF Lang Topic


http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/
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Re: Outsiders and Language Files
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2011, 11:20:15 am »
Ah. Bookmarked. Thanks for the pointer.
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