Mentioning that song gets you killed, OK?

[gridlore]

Saw something cool while playing Civilization the other day. I had downloaded a mod that names cities in their native language. Moscow becomes Moskva, for example.

Anyway, I was playing a game and encounter Sulieman and the Ottoman Empire. First time since installing the mod. Up until now, the home city of the Ottomans was Istanbul, which annoyed me, as that name wasn't formally adopted until nearly 400 years after Suleiman's reign.

But when my Scout found his capital, it was Kostantiniyye, which is the name used after the Ottoman conquest up until 1923. This made me absurdly happy.

EDIT: An idiot just got pushed out the airlock for mentioning that song. Guess what? My day is now fucked. I can barely type, forget reading, because one asshole can't read and after dozens of requests, still went there.

Comments

[digitalsidhe]

I was confused by your title, but started reading. Then I got to the new name of Kostantiniyye, and literally did burst out laughing. Out loud. Well played!

And I share in your happiness that it's being called correctly in your game now.

Civ names

[elderwitty]

Haven't a lot of long-lived cities had multiple names? How does the mod know which era you're 'arriving' in? Or do you set that info up as part of the gameplay?

Either way, it sounds like fun!

Re: Civ names

[gridlore]

In this case it's tied to the leader. Suleiman came to power when the city had been named Kostantiniyye for decades. If we ever get a Byzantine leader, it will be Constantinople. Unless Constantine I, in which case it will be Roma Nova.