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Really disappointed with all these silly and stupid star names in the game. I haven't figure out how to change them, but is there any good or realistic star names mod out there, there isn't one on Steam.
http://www.nexusmods.com/galacticcivilizations3/mods/29/?
The above link will take you to a mod that replaces the system names with (in my opinion) slightly better versions. I use it as I hate the default star names on GC3.
Cool thanks, yeah imagine if you playing Star Trek with those names lol. Just weird ideas what Stardock allowed here.
Elite founders got to pick star names as part of their $100 package. Led to a lot of ridiculousness and many disgruntled posts. Plentiful Steak and Red Skittles aren't exactly immersion boosting names. Nonetheless, the milk has been spilt and I doubt Stardock will ever change it, nor should they, as a promise is a promise- no matter how annoying.
Agreed and as you can just mod them out its no big deal. Would've been nice if they'd screened the process a bit better but at least they left in the option to rewrite the list!
Has anyone managed to get this to work successfully in multiplayer?
Well, some modifications do work in multiplayer as long as you are willing to edit the original files (make a backup copy of the original first of course!). But this replacement star name file seems to crash multiplayer.
Here's a Python script I wrote to help me make my own list of star names, much cleaner than editing the xml directly - https://gist.github.com/pineapplemachine/4e1c22adafdb15eb064a
I would bet the name files have to agree on the name, thus crashing MP. Probably if all players had the same StarNamesText file it would work.
Yes, in hindsight giving Founders the right to name stars wasn't the best idea, or at least a "no that's too stupid" pass should have been made before names were approved.
Says he who named his Star Wishupona... Which, in my defence, I chose because I figured the Drengin, etc wouldn't know the reference so would think "Cool name" not "Duh, named after a line in a nursery rhyme!" No alcohol involved in that decision!
I'd say stevezar is right, all players in a MP game would need the same file otherwise the system would freak out and get confused, because Player 1's Star Orion IV is Player 2's Andromeda 1 is Player 3's Sentinel III....
I would think it would depend on whether the game internals are referring to the stars created for that game by a reference ID or by the star name. If by a reference ID then the other player could have completely different names and the code might be perfectly happy!
I have a star list that's heavy on classical names. PM me if you want a copy.
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