Large universe Rules and Whatnot - Page 5

CONN CHRIS · 08-29-2006, 04:16 PM

Sikkim: Ruled by a monarchy until the 70's when it became an Indian state

CONN CHRIS · 08-29-2006, 04:19 PM

Zanzibar : Merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania

CONN CHRIS · 08-29-2006, 04:19 PM

Tanganyika

CONN CHRIS · 08-29-2006, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a87star

I appreciate this whole thread you did. Glad you took the time to explain your universe. Did you post the announcer .dat file and photos yet?

Ok, they have been uploaded. You will have to side step Gene Rayburn, Monty Hall and the like, but most are real ring announcers.

CONN CHRIS · 08-30-2006, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a87star

I appreciate this whole thread you did. Glad you took the time to explain your universe. Did you post the announcer .dat file and photos yet?

A fighter photo file has also been uploaded containing just over 11,000 photos at the moment.

mh2365 · 08-30-2006, 08:17 AM

May have to download you photo file ... I quit saving them from the site a while ago .. Romul. wore me out.

CONN CHRIS · 08-31-2006, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swimmer

I tuned in to this thread late scoping out ideas for a large fictional universe I am developing. I love your ideas, and am going to steal many of them.

Anyway, earlier in the thread there was an exchange about name generation. I have developed a name generation spreadsheet for my universe, so I thought I would share it. It will generate realistic modern names for 220 countries. Hit F9 to generate new names.

I extracted the names from OOTP2006, giving credit where it is due.

I have posted it at http://home.comcast.net/~will.amos/NameGen.xls

Enjoy!

This is killing me. Is anyone able to figure out how to make the formulas calculate names in this spreadsheet? This thing looks fantastic; just the thing I have been searching for. I know Swimmer put a lot of time into it and I can't get it to work!

gocubsgo · 08-31-2006, 10:56 PM

I have had someone who knows excel and she said she will take a look at it in the morning.

CONN CHRIS · 08-31-2006, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

I have had someone who knows excel and she said she will take a look at it in the morning.

Great, I tried PM'ing Swimmer a week or so ago to no avail.

gocubsgo · 08-31-2006, 11:31 PM

My wife looked at it today and thinks it is something to do with the formula on the nations page in column L.

CONN CHRIS · 09-02-2006, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

My wife looked at it today and thinks it is something to do with the formula on the nations page in column L.

Are you having any luck with this yet? I still have not heard back from Swimmer - hopefully we can get this to work.

So tantalizing.

gocubsgo · 09-02-2006, 09:12 AM

Nope so far no luck and now my laptop crashed and she is sick. I will let you know if there are any changes.

Cap · 09-02-2006, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Are you having any luck with this yet? I still have not heard back from Swimmer - hopefully we can get this to work.

So tantalizing.

Tried to help out with my own humble knowledge of excel. Downloaded the file and could also not get it to do anything. We have Excel 2002 as well. Wonder what version Franklin has?

Cap

gocubsgo · 09-02-2006, 02:06 PM

I was kinda hoping he would have gotten back to Chris by now.

PublicEnemy · 09-02-2006, 07:49 PM

What problem is everyone having with the spreadsheet?

When you open the sheet do you have random names already there, but you can't use F9 to create new names, or do you get no names at all?

When I open it in Excel it does nothing at all, but when I saved it as an Open Office file I was able to generate names.

CONN CHRIS · 09-02-2006, 07:53 PM

How do you save it as an Open Office File? Perhaps that is my problem.

There are no names in the cells when I download it, just the formulas.

PublicEnemy · 09-02-2006, 08:16 PM

http://openoffice.org

It's a free office suite.

Download and install it, then right click on the name generation file (not the zip file, but the extracted excel file), and select Open With... select OpenOffice from the list and it should open up with the names generated.

Then save the file as an OpenOffice 1.0 file.

After that you can open it in OpenOffice all the time, F9 doesn't work, but if you close the spreadsheet and then reopen it you will have some more newly generated names.

It's not ideal, but at least it works.

gocubsgo · 09-03-2006, 12:30 AM

Wow opening it with Openoffice worked like a charm.

franklin_1 · 09-03-2006, 12:46 AM

I responded to Cap but I figured that I should just post it in here, I'm using Excel 2003.

CONN CHRIS · 09-03-2006, 01:07 PM

Thanks a bunch folks! I got it to work with Open Office. I still cannot get the calc function to work on demand but it re-calculates every time I open it which can serve the same purpose from my perspective.

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08-31-2006, 10:56 PM	#88 (permalink)
gocubsgo All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,298	I have had someone who knows excel and she said she will take a look at it in the morning.

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gocubsgo All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,298	My wife looked at it today and thinks it is something to do with the formula on the nations page in column L.

09-02-2006, 09:12 AM	#92 (permalink)
gocubsgo All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,298	Nope so far no luck and now my laptop crashed and she is sick. I will let you know if there are any changes.

09-02-2006, 02:06 PM	#94 (permalink)
gocubsgo All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,298	I was kinda hoping he would have gotten back to Chris by now.

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PublicEnemy Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 49	What problem is everyone having with the spreadsheet? When you open the sheet do you have random names already there, but you can't use F9 to create new names, or do you get no names at all? When I open it in Excel it does nothing at all, but when I saved it as an Open Office file I was able to generate names.

09-02-2006, 08:16 PM	#97 (permalink)
PublicEnemy Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 49	http://openoffice.org It's a free office suite. Download and install it, then right click on the name generation file (not the zip file, but the extracted excel file), and select Open With... select OpenOffice from the list and it should open up with the names generated. Then save the file as an OpenOffice 1.0 file. After that you can open it in OpenOffice all the time, F9 doesn't work, but if you close the spreadsheet and then reopen it you will have some more newly generated names. It's not ideal, but at least it works.

09-03-2006, 12:30 AM	#98 (permalink)
gocubsgo All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,298	Wow opening it with Openoffice worked like a charm.

09-03-2006, 12:46 AM	#99 (permalink)
franklin_1 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Heartland Posts: 122	I responded to Cap but I figured that I should just post it in here, I'm using Excel 2003.

09-03-2006, 01:07 PM	#100 (permalink)
CONN CHRIS Moderator* Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 21,115	Thanks a bunch folks! I got it to work with Open Office. I still cannot get the calc function to work on demand but it re-calculates every time I open it which can serve the same purpose from my perspective. __________________ REC World Prizefighter Rankings

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