This is a simple addon that replaces a lot of the generated last names with real surnames commonly found in the Ukraine. This file does not edit Bandit, Duty, Military, or Unique npc names. Click read more for details.
Info: I may be in the minority but one thing that has always bothered me about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was the silly randomly generated last names of most of the characters. So I have made this addon that replaces those names with 300 + real surnames from the Ukraine area. I had to double list the names as the game did not like me simply taking away some of them and when I did it simply showed a string variable instead.
Installation: Download and extract the gamedata folder into your CoTZ main directory.
Uninstall: Go to gamedata/configs/text/eng/st_generate_snames.xml and delete the file to uninstall. A new game may or may not be needed as I have not tested.
Notice: I may update this in the future by adding more names to the list. I'm not a glutton for boredom and so stopped around 300 something names.
![Real Last Names [1.2]](https://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/215/214489/realnames.jpg)
300 random Ukrainian people, plucked from their beds in their sleep, wandering around confused and lost in the Zone.
Dude.
That's harsh.
Welcome to The Zone.
Please add my name (Pashchenko).
It's actually pretty simple to edit any name you want into it. Simple open up st_generate_snames.xml and find and edit a section like so:
<string id="lname_stalker_835">
<text>Pashchenko</text>
</string>
Just don't add any new entries. The game doesn't like that and I've yet to figure out the cause.
Could use a bit of proofreading, if that's humanly-possible with all entries. I had an entry that just showed the string "lname_stalker_650".
Still an excellent Mod, definitely recommend.
Yeah, I'm sure I missed a few key details with this addon as with all my addons. I'm still learning and eventually will improve everything I release (hopefully). That or work on an actual mod/pack.
I miss really obvious details with each addon I release.
Never ever download a v1.0 addon of mine (except for the Better Vanilla Headlamp, that version number is a lie - I just called it that because the original release wasn't even packaged properly and did NOTHING) because there's bound to be a patch for it within minutes of release.
You do get better at it with experience. Live and learn!
As a little suggestion, for the Mercenary Faction being hinted as hired foreigners, perhaps you could create a separate name pool for them using a couple of European languages? If anything basic, English (UK), French, and German last names seem minimal.
German more than anything, iirc at the conceptual phase they were supposed to have german accents.
Hey, if you're still checking up on this Mod, I checked the files to fix some of the typos of the strings and I noticed "lname_stalker" 645-654 are completely missing. You mentioned that adding more strings would crash the game, but I want to ask what should be done, other than manually edit all 300+ strings to match up correctly.