Names

names.toml holds the lists random NPC names are drawn from. A mobile template names a list with name_list; INameService.RandomName(listId) picks one name from it.

[[names]]
id = "male"
names = [
    "Aaron",
    "Abbott",
]

Field	Meaning
id	The list id, unique ignoring case
names	The names

The shipped file has UOX3’s twenty lists (namelists.dfn), converted by moongate-convert uox: male, female, orc, daemon, ratman and so on. The loader trims ids and names and returns one NameList per list.

Validation at startup

The server stops when:

• names.toml does not exist;
• a list id is empty, or used twice ignoring case;
• a list is empty, or a name is empty after trimming.

See also

• Data files overview: file locations, loading order and shared value formats.
• Check your changes: validate edited data before restarting.