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Immersive Dynasty Names
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Immersive Dynasty Names

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The vanilla "last names", being very basic/well-known last names (and predominately of English origin), really broke the immersion for me and prevented me from feeling that it was a true sci-fi, neo-feudal political space opera in the way that the game otherwise tries to get you to feel. It's just hard to take an intrigue seriously when the guy trying to murder you is named "Charlie Johnson" or something silly like that.

So this adds effectively the same number (1000) of names as in vanilla, completely done from scratch, with a lot of variance in terms of names, styles/linguistic origins, and so on. Some of them are completely made up, some of them are reminiscent of names or words which I modified, others are names that (at most) a hundred or so people in the world have. My criterion in terms of what does/doesn't get included jumped around a bit.

I would recommend pairing this with my "Condensed Male Names" and "Condensed Female Names"; partly because the current names are also immersion-killers, but also because you need recognizable first names to 'anchor' the last names (see: Paul Atreides, Vladimir Harkonnen, etc). Otherwise, two unknowns together can feel like gibberish. Also pairs nicely with the "All Factions are Houses" mod, if you want that Dune feel.

I'll add more names progressively when I feel like it. Or if someone wants to contribute their own names/name lists, just let me know.
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Stormfront 2 Jul @ 3:00pm 
you have to understand that space is really just for anglos and asians maybe hispanics no the other ones ya know
Layna <3 15 Sep, 2024 @ 6:26am 
Helped remove the Angloid infestation in my game, thank you :D
monsterfurby 26 Jan, 2023 @ 2:19am 
Thanks for this mod - the weird naming scheme always felt really half-arsed to me and really broke immersion.
noah  [author] 16 Jan, 2023 @ 12:50pm 
I admittedly find that very puzzling, but you're of course welcome to that opinion and to enjoy the game in whatever fashion you like.

For me it's a mixture of things; the lack of any diversity in the names/linguistic structure makes it seem that this is a universe composed entirely of Americans/English. Which is a weird concept and I don't see any rational basis in lore as to why that would be the case. As well as the fact that it renders the entirely thing silly in appearance (moreso the case with the first names, but also an issue of blending said /serious/ first names with proper last names). Shorthand names like 'Charlie' for Charles or 'Bob' for Robert, while potentially used in private, are definitely not what a monarch would be referred to in pretty much any capacity. Lots of King Roberts in history, not one King Bob. But then to have one (serious first names) and not the other (unique last names) gives you things like 'Constantine Smith' which just looks ugly.
Martello 15 Jan, 2023 @ 4:58pm 
I actually think the Charlie Johnson thing is one of the most refreshing things about this game! It makes it MORE immersive for me, not less.
noah  [author] 8 May, 2022 @ 1:17pm 
@Jakoporeeno; no, because mods are only attached to a playthrough at the start/when you designate which mods to add for a new game. You will have to start a new playthrough with the mod activated for it to take effect.
Jakoporeeno 8 May, 2022 @ 5:21am 
Does this change names in a playthrough that's already started prior to installing this mod?