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cclark@trentu.ca (J. Chris Clark) writes:

>In article <1992Nov4.214158.17392@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, vputz@nyx.cs.du.
du (Victor Putz) writes...
>>Secondly: I would like some information on name generation for
>>role-playing games.  Anyone have references/ideas/algorithms/code?

>Um..  What do you mean by this?  Do you mean generating monster/NPC/plac

>names?  If so, I thought the programmer just made them up!  :)

>>-->Vputz


>Sorry to be sarcastic, but I'm just not sure what you mean...
>Chris :)


Indeed I do mean generating monster/npc/place names.  However, name
generation is used for petty names (like monsters you are going to kill)--
par example, a friend of mine is setting up a mud.  It is much more
engrossing to run into a room and attack Herzog, Graash, and Turmak the
orcs (with associated messages, ie "Herzog slashes at you") than to walk
into a room and see "three orcs" with associated messages ("orc slashes at
you").

But I can see where this would have applications in computer RPGs as well.
 The nameGen the mud uses just assembles (for example) pairs from two
wsets of possible syllables, but I was wondering if there is'nt a better
way (this generates some impossible names if the syllables aren't all
compatible; it's only so much fun to take a wild blow at Hzzt)

-->Vputz