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<LI><em>From</em>: Shawn Halpenny <<A HREF="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:56:40 -0400</LI>
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Oliver Jowett wrote:
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> I have a sneaking suspicion that I've seen discussion on this before, but
> FWIW..
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> I'm slowly setting up a system where some NPCs (not the major ones, and
> not the minor - ie. animal-level - ones) are generated with unique names,
> physical characteristics, and personalities. As part of this I need some
> way to generate random names or words in a specific language.
[ implementation snipped ]
> Any suggestions for improving this?
I've been thinking about something similar for spell names, but rather
than do all the work myself, started toying with pronounceable password
generation programs. Results have been promising. The one I've been
using can be found at
<A HREF="http://www.best.com/~thvv/tvvtools.html">http://www.best.com/~thvv/tvvtools.html</A>
It uses trigraphs taken from the language in whatever dictionaries you
feed it, so it should be adaptable without too much trouble to whatever
sort of language you'd like if you've got a nice sample size.
--
Shawn Halpenny
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like a house on fire."
- "From Dusk Till Dawn"
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01348" HREF="msg01348.html">Name/language generation</A></strong>,
Oliver Jowett <a href="mailto:oliver#sa-search,massey.ac.nz">oliver#sa-search,massey.ac.nz</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 06:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01352" HREF="msg01352.html">[MUD-Dev] Name/language generation</A></strong>,
Jamie Norrish <a href="mailto:jamie#sans,vuw.ac.nz">jamie#sans,vuw.ac.nz</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 14:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01373" HREF="msg01373.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Name/language generation</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 20 Jun 1997, 13:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01353" HREF="msg01353.html">[MUD-Dev] Name/language generation</A></strong>,
Brandon Cline <a href="mailto:brandon#merlin,sedona.net">brandon#merlin,sedona.net</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 16:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01357" HREF="msg01357.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Name/language generation</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 20:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01360" HREF="msg01360.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Name/language generation</A></strong>,
Brandon Gillespie <a href="mailto:brandon#roguetrader,com">brandon#roguetrader,com</a>, Fri 20 Jun 1997, 00:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01379" HREF="msg01379.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Name/language generation</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Fri 20 Jun 1997, 14:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01331" HREF="msg01331.html">Persistancy</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 17 Jun 1997, 03:53 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01324" HREF="msg01324.html">Testing.</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Mon 16 Jun 1997, 04:58 GMT
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