Item Name Generator v1.0.1.1

[Moderator]

07:23, 17th Mar 2013
Magtheridon96: I think the names need to be diversified :/
Hey, remember that idea about generating names like "Hammer of <HeroNameHere>" or even "<HeroName>'s Mace of <NounHere>"?

I can send you my name generation code and you can use that to generate hero names for this project
The quality would be way more awesome then

By the way, when I generate single names, it doesn't seem to be scrolling down to the end
I'm running an x64 build of Windows 7 Ultimate and I have .NET Framework 4.0

Another thing, when I hit "Cancel" in the Generate List window, it pops up an error message when it shouldn't :/

 

[Adiktuz]

I hope you find this one useful even in its simplicity...

I might add save option next time so that you won't need to CnP to notepad anymore to save your generated names...

 

[Magtheridon96]

Cool

- Before you attempt to load a custom text file, check if it's null so the application doesn't return errors (Unless you're actually popping those errors manually o
- Same for giving a count to the list (It pops a "You must give an integer value" error. I don't know if this is hardcoded or custom by you )
- Could you make it scroll to the end of the list upon clicking any of the "Generate" buttons?

 

[Adiktuz]

All the error messages are added by me, I just thought it's better to let the user know that he has done something that is not right...

as for the auto-scroll, there updated!

 

[D.O.G.]

This program doesn't generate names - it only loads them by selected category from predefined list and adds prefix/suffix. So there isn't big variety of names.

 

[Adiktuz]

The names itself is yeah, low, around only 5-15 per item-type [bow class have 16 base item names]... Then you have around the same number for prefix and suffix... But considering the available combinations, it produces a lot of possible items... Considering a list without suffix, using prefix list Effects and item-type bow you will have a 12x16 combinations which is 192, now let's add suffix Elemental (22 possibilities), so it will now be 192x22 which is 4,224 possible items...

You can say that it is only numerous when we consider suffixes and prefixes but I believe that is already useful as it is... After all, in most games items only actually have quite a few types then they all just vary depending on their effects [I have played games where there were only around 6 basic bows + maybe 4 unique bows but have lots of possible custom effects that are shown by their prefix/suffix]...

Also, that is why you can use your own list... I can/will upload new/updated lists and other users can also do it...

Also, I do believe that there is no such thing as a generator that has no list inside the code... Of course we can do it per letter but that would result to lots of names that wouldn't make any sense wouldn't it?

Basically, this is for making common item names/modifiers and not for unique items because well, they are supposed to be unique to your games/maps/world... But then of course, I can still create a list for "uniques" when I have time...

 

[D.O.G.]

I understand what you mean. So you should only too add more entries to your lists.)

 

[Magtheridon96]

Try doing what I did and combine consonants with vowels in certain patterns in combination with certain prefixes and suffices.

You can generate a random name and then do something like:

XXXXX's Bow of Dexterity


My name generator gives 70,000,000 possible names, so if you do the same thing that I did, you could easily exceed 1 trillion possibilities

 

[Magtheridon96]

What I noticed is that this scrolls to the end when you hit Generate List but doesn't do that when you spam Generate Single :/