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Old 04-20-2022, 05:06 PM   #26
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Thanks to Joe in Chicago's template I have managed to create a names file to suit my needs. I will share it here but understand it may not be perfect but looks stable enough under my test.

I wanted 1900-50 sounding names for my solo fictional historical leagues and I think this does the trick. To make the file easier to work with I deleted all ethnicities from it except for 0,1,32,33 and 39 which are American modern, spanish, french Canadian, Canadian and US african american. So I expect if you use any other ethnicities than those you will get Joe Unknowns showing up.

I took the first names files I had from this board for early 20th century names and replaced all of the American modern and African American first names with them. I also removed some last names as well. I did not really touch the nicknames but in hindsight I would likely just delete them all (although I am not sure if that would create a problem.

Anyway, feel free to try it if you like and if you notice issues let me know. It goes in your OOTP23/database folder and replaces the names.xml file. Remember to back your original one up and to keep a backup copy of this one if you are going to use it because any new patch will overwrite that file.

I attached a screenshot of the HR and W leaders from a quick test league I ran with it to give you an idea of the names it generates.


Thanks again to joefromchicago for the template. Made it easy enough even for me to catch on (after a couple of minor mistakes on my part).
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