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person012345

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Simple nickname question
« on: November 21, 2011, 06:46:16 pm »

If I give a dwarf a nickname and a professional name, when something related to them is announced will it just announce that, for example, "[nickname] [professional name] has started a mysterious construction". Or will it use the last name instead? If so, is there a way to change the last name (or change what the announcements display)? And I assume it is the same for all announcements (has gone insane/cancels action etc) right?

Edit: I'm aware it's a dumb question I could probably find out with a fairly small amount of actually playing for a while, but I can't remember what it displayed before, and almost certainly won't remember to check this time. >.>
« Last Edit: November 21, 2011, 06:48:25 pm by person012345 »
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Re: Simple nickname question
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2011, 08:08:25 pm »

In one of the init files, there is a line that allows one to customize what custom names replace.
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Re: Simple nickname question
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2011, 09:58:33 pm »

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give that a militia dwarf
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