Town names NML question(s)...

[Trond]

Is it possible to have an if/else or something block to check random generated town names?

Something like this:

If the townname part 2 ends with 'SS'
and the townname part 3 starts with 'S'
then remove one 'S' so we dont get names with 'SSS' in them?

[Eddi]

no. but you can work around that by separating the sets of prefixes that end with 's' from the ones that end differently, and provide different sets of suffixes for each set of prefixes

[Trond]

Thanks for the answer Eddi!
Thats what I was thinking about doing if there wasnt a way to achieve it with if/then... So I guess its back to work(around) then

One more question: the probabilities... never mind, I cant even formulate the question so that I understand it myself :/

[planetmaker]

Is it possible to have an if/else or something block to check random generated town names?

Something like this:

If the townname part 2 ends with 'SS'
and the townname part 3 starts with 'S'
then remove one 'S' so we dont get names with 'SSS' in them?

No, not directly. You need to tailor the composition rules such that it doesn't happen.
EDIT: yes, and Eddi was much faster

[leifbk]

I'm just starting with NewGRFs, and thought that it would be nice to create my own Town name generator. I have read most of the documentation on the wiki, and have created a project directory called "My_Norwegian_TownNames" with the following contents:

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leif@balapapa ~/projects/openttd/My_Norwegian_TownNames $ tree
.
├── custom_tags.txt
├── lang
│   └── english.lng
└── sprites
    └── My_Norwegian_TownNames.nfo

2 directories, 3 files

When I try to run grfcodec, this is what I get:

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leif@balapapa ~/projects/openttd/My_Norwegian_TownNames $ grfcodec -e My_Norwegian_TownNames.grf
Encoding in temporary file My_Norwegian_TownNames.new
NFO file missing header lines and version info

Here is the start of my .nfo file. I've tried to follow the "Town Names" example of the wiki:

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//
// Alternate Norwegian Town Names for OpenTTD
// Leifbk 2014
// Version 1, 2014-06-12
//

grf {
    grfid: "LK\01\01";
    name: string(STR_GRF_NAME);
    desc: string(STR_GRF_DESCRIPTION);
    version: 1;
    min_compatible_version: 1;
}

town_names(one) {
    {
        text("Alme", 1),
        text("Alve", 1),

What am I missing?

[Transportman]

You are coding in NML, not in NFO. You need the purl=http://bundles.openttdcoop.org/nml/]nmlc[/url] program to compile them.

[leifbk]

You are coding in NML, not in NFO. You need the nmlc program to compile them.

Great! I had nmlc installed already on my Gentoo Linux system. After a quick bug squash (a semicolon in an inappropriate place), I was able to successfully compile the .nfo. I've put the .grf file in the .openttd/content_download/newgrf folder, activated it in the NewGRF Settings, and started a new game, but my names don't show up. Is there a way to disable the original town names?

[Transportman]

You are coding in NML, not in NFO. You need the nmlc program to compile them.

Great! I had nmlc installed already on my Gentoo Linux system. After a quick bug squash (a semicolon in an inappropriate place), I was able to successfully compile the .nfo. I've put the .grf file in the .openttd/content_download/newgrf folder, activated it in the NewGRF Settings, and started a new game, but my names don't show up. Is there a way to disable the original town names?

To activate a Town name NewGRF, you also have to set the town names in the Game Options window to use your town names.

Another small remark, if you download/compile a NewGRF, you should place it in your .openttd/newgrf folder, not in the content_download folder.

[leifbk]

To activate a Town name NewGRF, you also have to set the town names in the Game Options window to use your town names.

Right, I understand what you mean. But when I look at that list, I can't find it. How do I set the label?

Another small remark, if you download/compile a NewGRF, you should place it in your .openttd/newgrf folder, not in the content_download folder.

Thanks for the hint. I've done that now.

[leifbk]

To activate a Town name NewGRF, you also have to set the town names in the Game Options window to use your town names.

Right, I understand what you mean. But when I look at that list, I can't find it. How do I set the label?

I found it myself - I had to provide the "styles : string(STR_STYLES);" with a meaningful text. And now I'm in a game with my very own town names, which feels good. The list needs a little tweaking though

A lot of thanks for your quick and very helpful hints

Edit: In case anybody finds this topic, the following may be helpful:

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$ nmlc --grf=mytownnames.grf sprites/My_Norwegian_TownNames.nml
$ cp mytownnames.grf ~/.openttd/newgrf/