How to Change an AI/NPC name?

[iDrake]

tom3kb and MulleDK19

thank you both for your replies. I did not know that little tidbit about the description.ext file only being read in that fashion. After making the changes to the unit's init, and the descriptions.ext file, I saved the mission, reloaded it, previewed, and now it is working.

Thank you gentlemen for your support.

Semper Fidelis

[Huscurian]

@iDrake
Put unit in editor and in line Name write for example: unit1
In init write:

unit1 setidentity "John_Buckman"

Thank you for that! That gave me something to truly work with. I decided to go by class names as one singular word with an unit name functioning the same way. What I noticed was, if you forget to use the quotations between the classname after setIdentity, it won't work!

I finally put in the init line as: Firebird setIdentity "Firebird". It finally REMOVED Vadim Kropacek's name and showed the real name I wanted!

For future reference, do not type without the quotations: (unit's name) setIdentity "(classname)"

Ex: Spartan setIdentity "John_Spartan"

Spartan being the unit's name in the editor, and John_Spartan as the classname in the description.ext file.