Change unit name

[gc8 970]

Hi

when I place unit called beggar in the editor is it possible to change the name to something else than beggar?

 

setName does not seem to work.....

 

thx!

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

What did you try?

Seems you mistake name with class name.

 

Cheers

[gc8 970]

1 hour ago, Grumpy Old Man said:

What did you try?

Seems you mistake name with class name.

 

Cheers

 

I tried the examples in setName wiki page.

[HazJ 1288]

In the role description, you might need to expand the boxes to see it. In the Eden editor.

Or did you mean variable name for the unit?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleVarName

[gc8 970]

@HazJ I tried that but it only changes the unit name for lobby. In game the name remains the same.

 

Edit: setVehicleVarName also does nothing...

[M1ke_SK 230]

You need https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setIdentity

[gc8 970]

10 minutes ago, M1ke_SK said:

You need https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setIdentity

 

Nah that's not it, atleast i couldnt get it working. thanks though.

 

here's a pic of the problem (To be clear):

 

 

[M1ke_SK 230]

That is class name description. Not sure if you can rename it with SQF. You need to rewrite config to be able to do so ( e.g. make a config / mod ) and everybody need to download it.

[gc8 970]

I put that in  Description.ext.

 

from the wiki:

 

class CfgIdentities
{
    class MyLittleSoldier
    {
        name = "Givens";
        nameSound = "Givens";
        face="WhiteHead_06";
	glasses="None";
	speaker="Male05ENG";
	pitch=1.1;
    };
};

 

then in units init field: 

 

this setIdentity "MyLittleSoldier";

 

 

[HazJ 1288]

What you are after isn't possible, not without re-writing the config (mod)... As @M1ke_SK said. You can disable it completely via difficulty settings and create your own tag on them using drawIcon3D command.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawIcon3D