Adding Names (Cultures.txt)

[Gongsun Zan]

Hi all,

I was thinking of adding more names into the game. So, the file looks something like this:

Albrikt_Albert Alf_Alf Algot Anders_Andrew Anund Arnbjörn Arne Arnfast Asbjörn Astrad Azur Bagge Bengt Bertil Birger Björn_Beorn Bo Borkvard Botulf Bror 
			Brynjolf Dag Dan Dyre Egil_Egil Emund Erik_Erik Eskild Faste Fredrik_Frederick Filip_Philip Folke_Folke Georg_George Greger_Gregory Gustav Håkan_Hakon Halsten 
			Henrik_Henry Holmger Inge Ingemar Ingvar_Ingvar Jedvard Johan_John Karl_Charles Kettil Kettilmund Klas Knut_Knut Kol Kolbjörn Magnus_Magnus Markus_Marcus 
			Mats_Matthew Nils_Nils Niklas_Nicholas Olaf_Olaf Peder_Peter Rörek Ragnvald Sämund Sörkver Sigbjörn Sigtrygg Sigurd Sten_Sten Stenkil Styrbjörn Sune Sven_Sven
			Sverker Tjudmund Toke Tolir Torbjörn_Torbjörn Torkel_Torkel Toste Totil Tyke Ulf_Ulf Valdemar Åke Öystein_Eysteinn

I figure if I want to add more names in all I need to do is add to the list. However, I'm a bit confused between the underscores " _ " and spaces between names. Anyone has any idea what they are for?

 

[Keanon]

The second name is the codename for other cultures who share name roots.

Like Kong Hans af Danmark, Sverige og Norge is King John of Denmark, Sweden and Norway in English today.

Edit: For clarification, if you add the name Hans_John under Danish and then John_John under English, then if you English child named John is culture shifted to Danish, because either hos mother or his teacher is Danish, then he'd suddenly be named Hans.

 

[Lambert Simnel]

Hi all,

I was thinking of adding more names into the game. So, the file looks something like this:

Albrikt_Albert Alf_Alf Algot Anders_Andrew Anund Arnbjörn Arne Arnfast Asbjörn Astrad Azur Bagge Bengt Bertil Birger Björn_Beorn Bo Borkvard Botulf Bror 
			Brynjolf Dag Dan Dyre Egil_Egil Emund Erik_Erik Eskild Faste Fredrik_Frederick Filip_Philip Folke_Folke Georg_George Greger_Gregory Gustav Håkan_Hakon Halsten 
			Henrik_Henry Holmger Inge Ingemar Ingvar_Ingvar Jedvard Johan_John Karl_Charles Kettil Kettilmund Klas Knut_Knut Kol Kolbjörn Magnus_Magnus Markus_Marcus 
			Mats_Matthew Nils_Nils Niklas_Nicholas Olaf_Olaf Peder_Peter Rörek Ragnvald Sämund Sörkver Sigbjörn Sigtrygg Sigurd Sten_Sten Stenkil Styrbjörn Sune Sven_Sven
			Sverker Tjudmund Toke Tolir Torbjörn_Torbjörn Torkel_Torkel Toste Totil Tyke Ulf_Ulf Valdemar Åke Öystein_Eysteinn

I figure if I want to add more names in all I need to do is add to the list. However, I'm a bit confused between the underscores " _ " and spaces between names. Anyone has any idea what they are for?

The underscores are for names that different cultures spell differently. For example, the block you posted has Henrik_Henry, while the English culture has Henry_Henry and French has Henri_Henry. This is used by CKII to determine reign numbers, so if a kingdom gets swapped around between rulers of different cultures you can get Henrik I followed by Henry II then Henri III.