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When generating a name for a new soldier, a random first and last name are picked from a random set. If ''femaleFirst'' or ''femaleLast'' are omitted, then respectively ''maleFirst'' or ''maleLast'' are used for both genders.
When generating a name for a new soldier, a random first and last name are picked from a random set. If ''femaleFirst'' or ''femaleLast'' are omitted, then respectively ''maleFirst'' or ''maleLast'' are used for both genders.
Soldier names should only use the basic A-Z alphabet, since they are shared among languages, to ensure everyone can read them.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 14:47, 16 May 2013

OpenXcom allows customization of the soldier names used when generating new soldiers. They are stored in the Data\SoldierName folder with a .nam extension.

Format

Each file contains a set of soldier names stored in YAML format.

maleFirst:
  - Austin
  - Calvin
  - Carl
  ...
femaleFirst:
  - Barbara
  - Catherine
  - Evelyn
  ...
maleLast:
  - Bradley
  - Bryant
  - Carr
  - ...
femaleLast:
  - ...

When generating a name for a new soldier, a random first and last name are picked from a random set. If femaleFirst or femaleLast are omitted, then respectively maleFirst or maleLast are used for both genders.

Soldier names should only use the basic A-Z alphabet, since they are shared among languages, to ensure everyone can read them.

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