Premise
The dwarf fortress offers an amazing system to create translations and custom words, and use any fantasy language for your entities you want.
The problem is when you try to make a modern/futuristic/space/reality-connected and less "fantasy" mod. Suddenly the names do not match the narrative.
Solution
I've decided to make a pure english language + make my entity name people with names that fit almost any gender and look memorable.
There are 300 unisex names taken from here:
https://www.emmasdiary.co.uk/pregnancy-and-birth/unique-baby-names/our-top-300-unisex-baby-namesThere is an error "impoverished word selector" spamming error log during worldgen, but otherwise everything else works perfectly.
Code
Language file:
https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15898Words: add this to your language_words file :
https://pastebin.com/ygH4auKKSymbols: add this to your language_sym file:
https://pastebin.com/Q5wrLffzAnd finally, setup the symbols this way for your entity, and they will name people with common Earth names, and other things properly:
[TRANSLATION:ENGLISH]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:CIV:NAME_ENTITY_NATION]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:CIV:LEADER]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:SITE:NAME_ENTITY_TOWN_FOUNDER]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:SITE:LEADER]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:MILITARY_UNIT:NAME_MILITARYUNIT]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:MILITARY_UNIT:VIOLENT]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:MERCHANT_COMPANY:NAME_MILITARYUNIT]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:MERCHANT_COMPANY:LEADER]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:CRAFT_GUILD:NAME_ENTITY_MERCHANT_COMPANY]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:CRAFT_GUILD:ARTIFICE]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:WAR:NAME_WAR]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:WAR:VIOLENT]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:BATTLE:NAME_BATTLE]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:BATTLE:VIOLENT]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:SIEGE:NAME_SIEGE]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:SIEGE:VIOLENT]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:RELIGION:NAME_COMMON_RELIGION]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:RELIGION:MYTHIC]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:ROAD:NAME_ROAD]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:ROAD:COLOR]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:TUNNEL:NAME_TUNNEL]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:TUNNEL:COLOR]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:BRIDGE:NAME_BRIDGE]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:BRIDGE:COLOR]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:WALL:NAME_WALL]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:WALL:COLOR]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:TEMPLE:NAME_BUILDING_TEMPLE]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:TEMPLE:MYTHIC]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:LIBRARY:NAME_BUILDING_LIBRARY]
[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:LIBRARY:MYTHIC]
[SELECT_SYMBOL:REMAINING:NAME_PEOPLE]
Example
Credit and abbreviation
I plan to use it for my total converion mods, but it is free to use for anyone without any extra approval from my side. A small credit would be nice.