Can't find ships names lists

[Pocus]

I have been looking at words like 'Glowing' and 'Bastion', using notepad++ on all txt and xml files and there is no relevant return on this.

So where would be located the ships names and how ship name generation is done? I guess there is a list for civilian and another for military, but the granularity seems to stop there. So I can probably get an escort named "Wrath of the Universe", while a battleship can be named "Sting"? I'm interested in such modding, I know it will never go to the precision of the nerdy Aurora, but that would be cool to have something more diverse here.

[ThunderCBR]

I was looking for this last night and couldn't find it either.

Ideally the developers can basically copy a system and GUI like Stellaris has an allow for the selection of custom name lists per empire when starting a new game. Then we can edit simple text files.

[StormingKiwi]

Not exactly like Stellaris however.

Something that has always annoyed me about the Stellaris implementation is that the name lists interfere with the checksum, and so disable achievements etc.

[Miletkir]

This is part of all the stuff that's still hardcoded.

[ThunderCBR]

This is part of all the stuff that's still hardcoded.

Well that's a bummer. Hopefully once the dev team gets the game stabilized from a patch and performance standpoint they can open up some of those areas and others to modding. Its not a huge deal but just adds to the immersion factor and race customization. My earlier post referenced Stellaris and I agree we don't want a direct copy of their system. Since most of the ships are two name, to start it would be nice to come up with a list of the randomly chosen first and second words.

Either way, I'd definitely chalk this up as a lower priority quality of life update.

[Emperor0Akim]

As long as renaming works, I agree.
I wish I could rename ships directly in the sidebar list.

[rxnnxs]

I think I can push this. I do not have to make a new thread, do I?
Its not a necro if its still DW2 and it is still not implemented, right?