Roman family names

AdmiralJello

Unless I messed something up somehow, it does not appear as if Roman children inherit their fathers' names. Like before the ancestral update, Roman children appear to have random names.

One of the biggest things I was looking forward to with a family tree was proper Roman family names -- the default family trees have them, but any on-going children appear to be random.

Is there a chance this can be addressed? (I realize there's a chance this is WAD to avoid having too many characters with the same name -- but if so, could they at least retain the family name -- e.g., Julius -- even if they are randomly given cognomina for gameplay reasons).

BillyRuffian#6250

It's not just that you can't see the full name unless you select the character?

MorticiaIuniaBruti#8997

Julii is the name of the "gens" / clan, Caesar the family name. New characters should spawn only with different forenames.

AdmiralJello

MarcusIuniusBrutus said:

Julii is the name of the "gens" / clan, Caesar the family name. New characters should spawn only with different forenames.

Yep -- they should all be named "X Julius Libo" -- I could understand them *not* doing that for gameplay reasons because otherwise characters are too hard to distinguish, but I'd at least like to see "X Julius Y" for all the family members.

MorticiaIuniaBruti#8997

But it would still be immersion breaking, when the famiies of Bruti and Scipii would die out soon. It makes a family tree for Romans pointless. I would make a mod instead, which adds more historical Bruti and Scipii to the game and adopt them then instead of marriages.

dge1

This naming thing has always been one of my personal peeves in Rome II. One of the few things I get hung up on, though it is not a big enough deal to keep me from playing the game. A little more consistency in General and faction character names would be most welcome for me.

Benjin#3371

Agreed, having consistent family names would be a good feature for the family tree.

CA_Grimfeld

I'm glad to inform you that we're working on this.

AdmiralJello

CA_Grimfeld said:

I'm glad to inform you that we're working on this.

Thrilled to hear it! Thank you.

Benjin#3371

Awesome! Glad to hear that it's being worked on

CA_Grimfeld

Propagating family names is ready for the next build.

the_real_weed

CA_Grimfeld said:

Propagating family names is ready for the next build.

OMG after all these years this game will become so much better. Thank you. Can you fix this in Attila too? Please i know its not a big title as Rome 2 but it´s such a good game.

UMCenturion

As a member of the mod team Ancient Empires, I would certainly second this update to Attila - however, I will not make my plea here. Instead move it to the Attila forums.

the_real_weed

UMCenturion said:

As a member of the mod team Ancient Empires, I would certainly second this update to Attila - however, I will not make my plea here. Instead move it to the Attila forums.

Yeah, this would be very nice. It bothers me when there is no "Flavius" anymore. Also the Sassanids have surnames...

slapnut1207

CA_Grimfeld said:

I'm glad to inform you that we're working on this.

Oh thank you! I will be happy seeing Roman families having the same nomen.....

TyphoonBlaze

other familly did not get it , like sparta athens macedons , every faction outside rome have familly name troubles too much random