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jackrabbitslim

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stupid question
« on: October 19, 2010, 11:50:17 pm »
is there a way to translate dwarf names to English in the wiki or some other way? one of my custom named dwarfs has a huge nickname that goes off the screen and i want to read it all
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2010, 11:55:49 pm »
In the root of your DF folder:

raw/objects/language_DWARF.txt

It's a text file containing the english translations of all the Dwarf words. If his name goes off the screen, though... you can only translate what you see.
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 11:58:14 pm »
would looking him up in legends help to see the full name?
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2010, 12:03:12 am »
In legends mode, the names have the whole screen to use. The problem is that you have to abandon your fortress to open legends, then find your Dwarf in there... somehow. Amongst thousands of historical figures. I'm not sure if there's a fast way to look him up, but if you really want to, just backup your save folder, abandon, and open legends.
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Quote from: shadowform on August 29, 2010, 03:05:49 pm
Think of it like Sim City, except with rival mayors that seek to destroy your citizens by arming legions of homeless people and sending them to attack you.
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2010, 12:03:28 am »
well i can see his whole dwarf name just not his english name.and actually 2 seconds after i posted this i figured out an easier way. look at the dwarfs profile and roll your mouse wheel out to zoom out and it shows up at top.

And i'm begining to think my dwarves are all porn stars... "Carth Thayden II" Keycrews the Praised Naughtiness of Corridors, and Fikod Abirfikod- Glaze Romanceglaze...
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2010, 12:08:30 am »
Quote from: jackrabbitslim on October 20, 2010, 12:03:28 am
Glaze Romanceglaze

Was it fat of me to think "Erotic Donut" when I read this?
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2010, 12:18:38 am »
Quote from: jackrabbitslim on October 20, 2010, 12:03:28 am
well i can see his whole dwarf name just not his english name.and actually 2 seconds after i posted this i figured out an easier way. look at the dwarfs profile and roll your mouse wheel out to zoom out and it shows up at top.

And i'm begining to think my dwarves are all porn stars... "Carth Thayden II" Keycrews the Praised Naughtiness of Corridors, and Fikod Abirfikod- Glaze Romanceglaze...
*facepalm* I didn't even think of that... but yeah, there seems to be a lot of vaguely erotic Dwarf names floating around lately...
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Quote from: shadowform on August 29, 2010, 03:05:49 pm
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2010, 12:21:21 am »
got another one with the last name glazeace... wtf is toady doing to this game?
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2010, 01:44:45 am »
It's clear you should stop trying to make a fortress and make the worlds largest mightiest most blood soaked bakery ever, everything must have a delicious glaze on it.
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2010, 12:49:40 pm »
Not just dirty dwarf names...my new embark is called 'ChanneledBodice'.  I'm gonna make two big glass domes...
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Re: stupid question
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2010, 02:12:10 pm »
I had a dwarf adventurer named "Lömü Boneholes"
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