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cadon edited this page Apr 28, 2023 · 16 revisions

In the extractor, the "G"-button near the creature's name can be used to automatically create a name for that creature. The idea and first implementations are from @tsebring and @SkyDotNET, later @eaglexmw-gmail added some functions.

Usage

To use this feature, a naming-pattern has to be defined by right-clicking on the "G"-button near the creature-name input. E.g. a pattern like {species} {sex_short}-{hp} {dm} could create a name like "Argentavis F-38 40" for a female argentavis with 38 levels in HP and 40 levels in damage.

Any characters that don't match a key-word will not be changed. E.g. a pattern like {species} (Joe's) for an Argentavis will create Argentavis (Joe's).

Key-words

For a complete list of possible key-words see the pattern editor in the application. Listed here are some keywords as example.

  • {species}: species name

  • {spcsNm}: species name without vowels

  • {firstWordOfOldest}: the first word of the name of the first added creature of the species

  • {sex}: sex ("Male", "Female", "Unknown")

  • {sex_short}: "M", "F", "U"

  • {yy}: current year with 2 digits

  • {MM}: current month with 2 digits

  • {dd}: current day of the month with 2 digits

  • {hh}: current hours (24 h format)

  • {mm}: current minutes

  • {ss}: current seconds

  • {date}: current yy-MM-dd

  • {time}: current hh:mm:ss

  • {n}: if the name is not unique, the smallest possible number is appended (only creatues with a given sex are considered).

  • {highest1s}: the abbreviation of the name of the highest stat of that creature.

  • {highest2s}: the abbreviation of the name of the second highest stat of that creature. (works up to {highest4s})

  • {highest1l}: the level of the highest stat of that creature.

  • {highest2l}: the level of the second highest stat of that creature. (works up to {highest4l})

  • {n}: if the generated name already exists, the smallest number that makes the name unique is added. E.g. if you pattern is {species} {n}, and you have a creatures named Rex 1 and Rex 3, the next rex is named Rex 2 and then the next Rex 4, Rex 5 etc.

Breeding-levels

  • {hp}: Health
  • {st}: Stamina
  • {to}: Torpidity
  • {ox}: Oxygen
  • {fo}: Food
  • {wa}: Water
  • {te}: Temperature
  • {we}: Weight
  • {dm}: MeleeDamageMultiplier
  • {sp}: SpeedMultiplier
  • {fr}: TemperatureFortitude
  • {cr}: CraftingSpeedMultiplier

Breeding values

  • {hp_vb}: Breeding value of Health
  • {st_vb}: Breeding value of Stamina
  • {to_vb}: Breeding value of Torpidity
  • {ox_vb}: Breeding value of Oxygen
  • {fo_vb}: Breeding value of Food
  • {wa_vb}: Breeding value of Water
  • {te_vb}: Breeding value of Temperature
  • {we_vb}: Breeding value of Weight
  • {dm_vb}: Breeding value of MeleeDamageMultiplier
  • {sp_vb}: Breeding value of SpeedMultiplier
  • {fr_vb}: Breeding value of TemperatureFortitude
  • {cr_vb}: Breeding value of CraftingSpeedMultiplier

Other

  • {effImp}: Taming-effectiveness or Imprinting (depending if the creature was bred or tamed)
  • {gen}: Number of generations
  • {gena}: Number of generations in letters, e.g. generation 0 is 'A', generation 1 is 'B', generation 26 is 'AA' etc.
  • {muta}: Number of mutations
  • {rnd}: random number 100000 - 999999
  • {tn}: number of creatures of the current species in the library + 1

Functions

Functions can be used for more complex patterns. They are enclosed by double brackets and start with a hash. In general they look like {{#functionName: parameter1 | parameter2 | parameter3 }}. Functions can be nested, e.g. {{#casing: {{#substring: {species} | 0 | 4 }} | U }} will result in ANKY for an Ankylosaurus.

If

A conditional expression first checks for a condition and then creates text depending on if that condition is fulfilled. The only condition currently supported is a check if a stat is a top stat (i.e. the highest of all creatures of the same species in the library).

The syntax is {{#if: isTopXX | text if true | text if false }}. XX has to be replaced with the English 2-letter abbreviation of the according stat, e.g. Hp for Health, St for Stamina, etc. (see list above). The text if false can be omitted. For example {{#if: isTopHP | TopHP | noTopHP }} will result in TopHP if the creature has a top stat in health and in noTopHP else. You can also use other patterns in the conditional expression like {{#if: isTopHP | HP {hp} }}, which will result in HP 42 if the creature has 42 levels in HP and if this is a top stat.

Ifexpr

Tests if a given condition is true, e.g. {{#ifexpr: {species} == Ankylosaur | it's an Anky | it's not an Anky }} or {{#ifexpr: {hp} > 40 | good HP }}

Example for if-else-switch.

substring

{{#substring: text | start | length }}. Length can be ommited. If start is negative it takes the characters from the end. E.g. {{#substring: {species} | 0 | 4 }} will result in Anky for an Ankylosaurus.

replace

{{#replace: text | find | replaceBy }}, e.g. {{#replace: {species} | Abberant | Ab }} will result in Ab Rex for an Aberrant Rex. Spaces are removed and ignored from the find and replace string. If they should be considered, use &sp; for a space.

customreplace

{{#customreplace: text }} will check if the text is listed in a specific json file and then replace it with the according value. The file could look like

{
  "Allosaurus": "Allo",
  "Snow Owl": "Owl"
}

For this file, {{#customreplace: {species} }} will transform Snow Owl to Owl for a snow owl and will do nothing for a rex. That way for all species (or other text) custom replacings can be specified. That file has to be named customReplacings.json and needs to be in the json-folder of ASB (i.e. in the ASB folder for the zip-version or the local-data folder for the installed version).

div

Divide by. {{#div: number | divisor }}, can be used to display stat-values in thousands, e.g. '{{#div: {hp_vb} | 1000 }}kHP' will result in 12kHP` if a creature has a stat value of 12540 for HP.

float_div

Divide by with possible float numers as result. {{#float_div: number | divisor | formatString }}, can be used to display stat-values in thousands with decimal digits, e.g. '{{#div: {hp_vb} | 1000 | F2 }}kHP' will result in 12.54kHP` if a creature has a stat value of 12540 for HP.

padleft

{{#padleft: number | length | padding character }}, e.g. {{#padleft: {hp_vb} | 8 | 0 }}

padright

{{#padright: number | length | padding character }}, e.g. {{#padright: {hp_vb} | 8 | _ }}

casing

{{#casing: text | casingtype (U, L , T) }}. U for UPPER, L for lower, T for Title. E.g. {{#casing: {species} | U }} will result in REX for a rex.

format

{{#format: number | formatString }}, e.g. {{#format: {hp_vb} | 000000 }} For possible format-strings see Numeric format string.

Special character escaping

The characters {, | and } are used in the function syntax, if you want to literally use these characters in the resulting name, use

  • { for {
  • &vline; for |
  • } for }.
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