I've just sent a new file to OOTPmods.com with upgraded versions of my name sets for OOTP 14.
From the readme file:
There are three different name sets to choose from: the 1870 set, the 1970 set and the 2000 set.
All three sets have been upgraded from the OOTP 14 release.
OOTP 15 has 40 different name ethnicities. The following ethnicity groups have been redone by me:
0 (US - Modern)
1 (Hispanic)
2 (Japanese)
39 (US - Historical)
The above 4 groups have completely new sets of first and last names. Group 39 is now used for African American names.
3 (Korean)
6 (Dutch)
7 (German)
10 (Norwegian)
14 (Czech)
15 (Polish)
16 (Scottish)
18 (Irish)
20 (English)
The above 9 groups have only new last names so far, except in the 1870 set, where the Germans and Irish also have new first name sets and the Scottish and English are given a copy of the set 0 first names.
All names have been painstakingly proofread for spelling and punctuation errors as well as for appropriateness for their group, but if you find any mistakes, please let me know (but I’m not responsible for sets other than those mentioned as changed, though I did fix a lot of typos and errors in the others). All groups created by me have no diactritical marks or special characters. Also, if you feel there is a name missing from a set that should be there (maybe yours?), let me know and I'll add it.
Here are the quantitative change comparisons based on the 2000 name set versus the OOTP 15 default files. Of course, the QUALITATIVE changes are immeasurable.....
Code:
Ethnicity - Number of last names - (Default file number) - Number of first names - (Default file number)
US (Modern) 129,591 (15,264) 1,128 (2,041)
Hispanic 16,656 (12,781) 829 (341)
Japanese 3,123 (1,599) 2,614 (736)
Korean 489 (153)
Dutch 9,422 (1232)
German 3,781 (2351)
Norwegian 961 (3219)
Czech 8,470 (1307)
Polish 20,290 (1217)
Scottish 305 (428)
Irish 3,917 (3004)
UK 4,901 (3714)
US (Historic) is now US (African-American) and has 17,988 last names and 1,627 first names
The huge increase in US last names (almost 10 times the default number) makes for much greater variety and splitting the African-American names into their own set makes for much more believable combinations and allows facegen to sync properly.
"QD_beard_frequency_default.txt" is set up to allow no beards for any players. If your league is set between 1900 and 1972, this is the file for you. To use it, you need to install it like the files above and then import it from within the game. You can uncheck the box in all of your teams' uniform set up pages that allows beards for that team to accomplish the same thing.
"Demographics.csv" and "Demographics.ods" are the same spreadsheet in two different file formats that shows the proper player origin percentages that you should enter in league set up for each decade of major league baseball to recreate the mix of players that actually existed. These numbers are for initial overall player percentages and will work for draft percentages as well, if you disable all the other ways players can enter the league. If you allow international free agents and discoveries, you need to figure out the numbers on your own.
A big thanks to Randy Andrews for the Polish last name set. It meets or exceeds the Questdog Standard of Excellence.
Thank you and enjoy!
P.S. These files will also work for OOTP 14 and some earlier versions.
You can download the files here:
OOTP Community Wiki | Questdog's Names for OOTP 15
OOTP mods (In the 'Other' Section)