In-Game Typos

[lch]

In Patch 3.23, the unit Davana has been renamed to Danava. The old "Davana" is still used in the following descriptions, though:

• Rakshasi
• Manushya Rakshasi
• Raksharaja
• Rakshasa
• Rakshasa Warrior
• Summon Davanas

[Gregstrom]

I had a Crystal Priestess called Kemma #addname turn up in a SP game. I'm guessing this counts as a typo rather than a bug. In the squad setup screen, she shows as:

Kemma
#addname the Crystal Priestess (blessing)(blessing)(blessing) Spells

which is a bit odd.

Also: Leroy Jenkins as a random name? Good grief...

[vfb]

Are you sure that's not from the map you are playing? Please look in the .map file. Unless you're playing on a random map, of course.

[Gregstrom]

There are no unit names in the map file - I've just checked. I recruited the priestess normally, by the way.

[lch]

Originally Posted by Gregstrom

Kemma
#addname the Crystal Priestess

Originally Posted by Gregstrom

Also: Leroy Jenkins as a random name?

The base game doesn't use mod commands to construct its name tables. It also doesn't have any "Leroy" or "Jenkins" in it. Look for mods that were enabled while you set up the game, they're the culprit.

[Gregstrom]

Fair enough - in that case, I take it all back.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by ryo_akashi

The LA Man summon, Bean Sidhe, M1776, uses the same description as the previous EA and MA Bean Sidhe, M1774. Can you please check if this is a description override bug as have occurred before?

Ok, this one is really bugging me. Baen Sidhe, not 'bean'. For those of you not up on the intricacies of gaelic pronunciation, 'Bean Sidhe' ~= bawnshee, whereas the (presumed) intended banshee = Baen Sidhe. Just think about what the dipthong is doing (both vowels are treated as separate and short by english standards). Also, i guarantee if this is supposed to be 'banshee', the anglo-gaelic mythological creature, the correct gaelic spelling is most certainly "Baen Sidhe".

One might consider using "Banshee" for the LA Man one, however, since I see them as more english and thus the anglicized spelling would be appropriate. But that's a matter of interpretation.

Text quoted because he has the unit reference numbers (and i didn't even know about the LA Man summon).

[lch]

Originally Posted by Squirrelloid

Ok, this one is really bugging me. Baen Sidhe, not 'bean'. For those of you not up on the intricacies of gaelic pronunciation, 'Bean Sidhe' ~= bawnshee, whereas the (presumed) intended banshee = Baen Sidhe.

As much as I like your analysis of the gaelic language, and I'd like you to be right, I don't think that's true. It seems like it's really spelled correctly. Google for "Bean Sidhe site:.ie" for hints that support this.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by lch

As much as I like your analysis of the gaelic language, and I'd like you to be right, I don't think that's true. It seems like it's really spelled correctly. Google for "Bean Sidhe site:.ie" for hints that support this.

So, first of all, every time i've seen it spelled in the gaelic mode before now, its always been 'baen sidhe'. That said, i did some googling and some dictionary etymology checking.

Baen sidhe is more popular than bean sidhe, but its close (25000 vs. 16000 google hits) - the bean sidhe hits are higher quality though and include wikipedia (which actually favors bean si - apparently there's a more modern mode of rendering gaelic...).

Etymology supports Bean Sidhe. Even stranger, pronunciation guidelines (from the dictionaries) have banshee as 'bahn-shee' a reasonable fraction of the time, which is close to the 'bawn-shee' suggested by 'bean sidhe'. I don't think i've ever actually heard anyone say that, but its certainly what the gaelic looks like...

So apparently I'm confused, but it looks like 'baen sidhe' is a phonetic reconstruction back into gaelic from 'ban-shee' as it is commonly pronounced in english-speaking countries (certainly the US), and a popular one at that, which means I'm confused for a good reason.

I withdraw my objection, although it still looks weird to my apparently addled brain. Also, most people pronounce it wrong - who knew?

[Sombre]

Who knew that people wouldn't pronounce sidhe as 'she'? Heh.