how to add new commander names theme?

[joeclark77 (OP)]

I figured out that you can add an empire theme from the main menu-bar, Game menu, Add Theme.  There's also an option in that menu to provide a new list of ship names.  What about commander names?  Is there any way to add to the game a new set of commander names, or modify one of the existing ones?

[Steve Walmsley]

No, this isn't possible. Commander Name themes don't all follow the same rules so I have to code the differences. However, if you have the names for a new theme I can add it to the next version

[83athom]

So, can anyone give a step by step of how to add ship names as I can't quite get it to work.

[joeclark77 (OP)]

No, this isn't possible. Commander Name themes don't all follow the same rules so I have to code the differences. However, if you have the names for a new theme I can add it to the next version

What I wanted to do was create an English or American theme with only male first names.  It breaks the suspension-of-disbelief for me when I have female officers getting blown up in the thick of a space battle.  (It's not as bad as Dwarf Fortress, though, in which female axe-dwarves carry their babies into combat...)

[Steve Walmsley]

Sounds like what you need is an option to exclude female names, rather than a new theme. That would be simpler and also work for all themes (although I think there may be one or two that don't flag female names).

[Garfunkel]

Would be useful to be able to exclude male names as well, for those times that you want to play as the Matriarchy

[joeclark77 (OP)]

An option would be great, but I would have assumed that'd be a lot of extra work for you, compared to simply uploading a modified list of names.  If you can squeeze it into a future release, that would be wonderful.  Thanks for developing a great game.

[Vandermeer]

Would be useful to be able to exclude male names as well, for those times that you want to play as the Matriarchy

+1

[joeclark77 (OP)]

As long as we're piling on requests for new features for Steve to implement, why not ask for toggles so that naval and ground forces could be all-male, while scientists and civilian administrators could be either sex?

I also see the potential for a "war between men and women" campaign in the future...