Prevent duplicate names from being generated across map? about fantasy-map-generator HOT 4 CLOSED

Having duplicates is not any sort of show stopping issue. Creating notes in Obsidian with the index as part of the name or using a tool that is now part of the JSON import plugin (processing of pseudo helpers on the import stage of filenaming) seems like good approaches to work within the existing system of having a map that may have duplicates.

Thanks for your thoughts. I think I'll close this issue and make use of the options I do have on the import side. No need to make any plans on FMG's end for now.

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Since the name generation is procedural, there's the risk that running a "remove duplicates" will return new duplicates. The cases to avoid repeating an existing name would probably be too heavy on the existing code, and a process that checks for duplicates and reruns the generation would probably slow down the tool by having to loop multiple times.
A recommendation for the time being would be to have the identifiers being a concatenation of the ID column and the Name column, that way will completely ensure no duplicates on the output. By this, meaning to adjust the process of the importer itself to simply create an index column that consists of "Name of feature + ID"

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Well, I can definitely remove the duplicated, but not sure that it's a common request and a lot of people need it. Generally you can just change your approach and add an index to the names to make them unique, so it should not be a problem. Also you can just ask AI to remove the duplicated for you or create a script to remove them.

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Please let me know if you have issues with that, I can probably help

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