Way to populate tokens with names randomly

[Shadow Wizard]

I thought before I build a macro I should ask if such a thing exists somewhere? Something that will take a map, and populate all the NPC's with random names?

[aliasmask]

As with most things MT, you can, but it'll take work. See Wiki: copyToken() and Wiki: createToken(). There may be a name generator around here somewhere, but it all depend on how fancy you want to get. Sounds like a BoT project. May want to check out the BoT and see what he has. There may be relevant code if nothing else. Latest builds/links in Discord.

[taustinoc]

If you're talking about just changing the name on existing tokens, you want the setName() function:

https://wiki.rptools.info/index.php/setName

Easiest would be to set up a table with name and use it in the macro. Shouldn't take more than a few lines of macro code at that point (assuming you have a list of names).

If you need a list of random names, give me a theme and I can make it happen.

[Shadow Wizard]

Yea, I think I will create a macro to do it. I have already done 1/2 the work.
And thank you taustinoc for the reply. I know how to do it, I was just curious if anyone had created a macro to do it, but I do thank you for takign the time to reply.

[taustinoc]

I have a macro, but it's outdated. Still works, but does stuff that hasn't been needed for quite a while (like padding leading zeros on token IDs to make them the proper length). You'll get a cleaner job of it if you do it yourself.

[Jmr3366]

Wolph has a macro on the discord channels that does this and even attempt native names (eg. dwarfs are dwarfy names, elves are more elfie LOL )

discord link: https://discord.com/channels/2962308222 ... 8393101362