Wacky Names

Dr. P.R. Park III · 12-04-2008, 04:55 PM

In my latest test sims, I keep getting some wacky names spit out by the computer. For example, a lot of "Chris D?z" and "Allen19 Harper", but mostly the players (mostly Latin) have ???'s in their names. I've changed my names files a couple of times, and re-imported the files from in-game, with no luck. I'm working with real roster sets, so I'm nervous about changing names. Any ideas?

Jaxxvain · 12-04-2008, 05:20 PM

Sounds like you edited your names.txt file is something that could not handle special characters.

I would suggest reading the "editing names.txt" part of the online manual again and see what might have happened.

Probably best to start here...
OOTP Baseball Manual - Customizing OOTP

I had similar problems when I was playing with my nations.txt file.

Dr. P.R. Park III · 12-04-2008, 07:13 PM

I agree, but the odd part is that I took a rudimentary look at my names .txt files and didn't come across anything of interest. Also, I have overwritten those files with my OOTP 8 files, reloaded my game after, and there was no change. Lastly, this problem only seems to be affecting teams I created during the process, and is usually a mixture of ???'s or a weird mix of Japanese or Asian name sets and usually American first names.

Tony M · 01-29-2009, 05:45 AM

Did you ever resolve this problem? If you didn't let us know and we'll reopen this thread to continue sorting it.

12-04-2008, 04:55 PM	#1
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	Wacky Names In my latest test sims, I keep getting some wacky names spit out by the computer. For example, a lot of "Chris D?z" and "Allen19 Harper", but mostly the players (mostly Latin) have ???'s in their names. I've changed my names files a couple of times, and re-imported the files from in-game, with no luck. I'm working with real roster sets, so I'm nervous about changing names. Any ideas?

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12-04-2008, 05:20 PM	#2
Jaxxvain All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 531	Sounds like you edited your names.txt file is something that could not handle special characters. I would suggest reading the "editing names.txt" part of the online manual again and see what might have happened. Probably best to start here... OOTP Baseball Manual - Customizing OOTP I had similar problems when I was playing with my nations.txt file.

12-04-2008, 07:13 PM	#3
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	I agree, but the odd part is that I took a rudimentary look at my names .txt files and didn't come across anything of interest. Also, I have overwritten those files with my OOTP 8 files, reloaded my game after, and there was no change. Lastly, this problem only seems to be affecting teams I created during the process, and is usually a mixture of ???'s or a weird mix of Japanese or Asian name sets and usually American first names.