Slitherine

Hey guys,

I think we could use some more faction-specific city names, if you have any cool suggestions please throw them in here and we'll consider adding them to the game. They are language-independent, so they can also be in a foreign language, as long as it fits to the faction in question.

Cheers,
Rok

Togra:
They are scientist they don't care much about names. Their 1. City A-Town, then B-Town, C-Town, ...

Terra Salvum:
Terran Flower names.
Acacia, Basil.

How about...

Girus Tarasii - for the Divine Ascension.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_ ... t%C3%BCmer
This is a German list of titular sees of the Catholic Church. So it is mostly Latin and has a religious touch which suits the DA.

For the Solar Republic this might be a nice inspiration:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China
I like Ordos and Holinhot.

For Terra Salvum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_na ... ted_States

Yosemite, Yellowstone, Shenandoah, Acadia...

I will think about some names for the Imperium and the other Factions tomorrow.

Canute wrote:Togra:
They are scientist they don't care much about names. Their 1. City A-Town, then B-Town, C-Town, ...

Omg! i'm shocked...

I rename all of my cities generally to cities near my home. Old habit...

I just wondered if there is a list of city names that already exist, in which file do I have to look?

Nova Roma, Carthage - for the Imperium e.g..

Should be in Data/Core/Languages/English/Cities.xml.

Zakharov's Landing is my go to Capital name for the Togra. ;D

Terra Salvum- Names of trees and/or plants. But only pick cool-sounding names. That's the most important.

Noxium Corporation- Enterprise,

Divine Ascension- Millennium, Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Light, Light & Truth,

Solar Dynasty- I have no idea.... Just watch; now when the games releases there's gonna be a base named "I have no idea"

Imperium- Names of famous military divisions from history and present time. Example: 101st Airborne. Or famous battlegrounds (but it seems you already have that)

Togra University- Names of famous scientists. Tesla, Faraday, ...

Togra: Researchers Outpost, Transnewtonian, Tesla Towers, Pythagoras Tri-Towers, Pascaliantowne, Gallileo, Gallilei, Einstein Berg, Copernicus Observatory, Wilbur&Orville Aerodron, Edison Valley, Kepler Observatory, Curie Reactors, Eckert Core, da Vinvi Mechayard, Marconi FarCom (Far Communications - radiotelegraph inventor), Watt SolFarm, Faraday's Keep, Rutherford Reactors, Fahrenheit Outpost, Celsius Outpost, Dalton, Darwin City

more later maby ;P

EDIT: yeah Tesla Towers definetly best

Tesla should have towers, not villes.

I have thought about the structure "Name Place". Was it present in SMAC? I don't remember right now. I think it will be a bit strange if only one faction uses this structure.

Noxium Corporation:
- Pandora LLC
- NoxCorp Index
- Preston Tower
- NoxCorp Financial
- Pandora Free Zone

Terra Salvum:
- Pandora Preserve
- Gaia Conservatory
- Terra Arboretum
- Harmony Park

Bortville.

Please

Inside the city control interface, there ought to be a box below the title of the city that you can click on and write whatever you want there in the form of notes. Example:

City Name: Manifest Destiny
Notes Box: Food, Research

The purpose would be to help keep things straight when players have more than 30 cities. They could quickly discern what they should produce next. This is also helpful if you haven't played that saved game in a few days. The box doesn't have to be obtrusive... it will typically only have a few words in it. Some will argue that it isn't necessary, but those people don't have to use it... just leave it blank. I would even go as far as to say that this would be useful if the user could decide whether or not to display the "note box" underneath the city name on the normal map (not in the city control interface) because it would make terraforming decisions a lot more seamless.

Currently I name all my cities after their focus.
-"Research"
-"Production, Minerals"
-"Minerals"
It has been extremely useful but it is super boring. I would like to name my cities cool things without losing the functionality of these few words of notes. I think that a lot of other people would use such a note space. It could come in handy for a lot of things. You could make notes like: "Keep morale and habitation high for growth."