Identity change

[Sir stats worthy 0]

Yo!

I want to know how to change the name of a unit, hopefully without using scripting commands. I'm not 100% sure on how to use them.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

[RED 0]

Do you mean change the name of a unit when the game is running, it is not possible. You can however, edit the unit name from in the editor by making sure you are in advanced mode and double clicking on the unit.

RED

[Sir stats worthy 0]

Ahh Damn!

I need to change the names. For example on the radio when they say something the name comes up next to your number. Can you help RED ma man?

[Rexxenexx 0]

I think I'm lookin' for the same thing. I'm trying to name a unit so when he says something it shows something like:

(MonkeyNutZ): Hi I'm MonkeyNutz!

not like:

Echo Black 1:Hi I'm MonkeyNutz!

[russin 0]

yes ive searched this but seem to find nil anyone ?

[Sir stats worthy 0]

YES!!! I've just thought and found out!

In the guys init field put: this setIdentity "anything"

Then come out of the game (ALT+TAB), go into the notepad and type:

Cfg Identities

Class anything

Name:"anything"

Face:"FACE anynmber"

And I can't remember the other stuff. But thanks for replying anyway!

Yours greatfully, Sir Stats Worthy

[RED 0]

Yes you put that in your description.ext, sorry I forgot to post a reply to this.

RED

[Sir stats worthy 0]

No worrys RED.

[Rexxenexx 0]

can you give another example for description.ext?

I keep getting this error:

Users\Rexxenexx\missions\missionname\description.ext.Class': 'I' encountered instead of '='

[Rexxenexx 0]

AAARRRRGG!!!

I thought I got it, but now I get:

Users\Rexxenexx\missions\missionname\description.ext.classify': 'c' encountered instead of '='

I tried the example from here

the init of char is: this set Identity id_MonJoueur;

in description.ext is:

classify cfgIdentities {   classify id_MonJoueur{        name = "Max Imum";     face = "Face35";     glasses = "sunglasses";     speaker = "Greg";     pitch = 1.0} };   ;;

[Rexxenexx 0]

OKOK I think I got it!!!! I'm not getting any errors so I think its working. My PHP class is paying off I cleaned the example like this:

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class cfgIdentities

{

class id_MonJoueur

{

name = "BigDog";

face = "Face35";

glasses = "sunglasses";

speaker = "Greg";

pitch = 1.0;

};

};

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And now it seems to work cause OFP doesnt crash out and the guy its for has glasses, but his name doesnt show. I'll save it and put it on server it might work only in multiplayer???

[Rexxenexx 0]

nm it doesnt show name   just number

At this time i'd like to quote a character from Diablo 2

"HELP ME!!!!HELP!!!............HELP ME!!!!HELP!!!"

[Sir stats worthy 0]

Here ya go. Quit panicking!

class CfgIdentities

{

class David Armstrong

{

name = "David Armstrong";

face = "Face7";

glasses = "none";

speaker = "Jonah";

pitch = 1;

Does this help?

[Rexxenexx 0]

Just like before it still says "Delta Red 1: Yo!" (for example) instead of the name I want like "PeePeeNewton: Yo!". The face and sunglasses etc work.

A side note: Do you all crash if you dont have a "this setIdentity "Name" and load the mission? Cause that's when I get the error I said before. So I renamed description.ext to xdescription.ext then open the mission, setIdentity, then rename description.ext back. Then it doesn't crash.

[Sir stats worthy 0]

Does the name you want come next to Delta 1 in brackets?

You can't exactly have the name on its own.

[Rexxenexx 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sir stats worthy @ Oct. 11 2002,19:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Does the name you want come next to Delta 1 in brackets?

You can't exactly have the name on its own.

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Nope, I wish it did

Like this would be good:

"Delta Red 1(MonkeyNutz): Yo!"

I guess it ain't possible unless someone is actually playing that character. Looks like I'll just have to settle with:

myunits select 0 sideChat "(MonkeyNutz) Yo!"

   

[Sir stats worthy 0]

No way! Your not going to suffer the problem I had.

I know! Try making the description.ext first (remember to put it in the mision folder) and then type the setIdentity in the units init. field after! Does that help Rexxenexx my man?

Sir Stats Worthy

[Rexxenexx 0]

Thats exactly what I'm doing. like I said before the voice sunglasses and face work, but the custom name doesn't show.

I'll try again. btw does it work for you? Like if you have a AI on your team you named BillyTWilliams(w/ description.ext) and he says something like "ROGER" does it look like this?

2 (BillyTWilliams): "ROGER"

And like if you named him billy and script:

billy sideChat "WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

It would type:

2 (BillyTWilliams): "WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

[Rexxenexx 0]

Well again name didn't do anythin'

what is the name = for?? I tried to see if it names the character w/ the setIdentity but it doesn't. It seems so straitforward

[Sir stats worthy 0]

Make sure your doing everything correctly.

I'll type this up myself. Here:

class CfgIdentities

(press tab once) class WHATEVER

(press tab twice) name = "WHATEVER"

" " face = (e.g.)"FACE7"

" " glasses = (e.g.)"none"

" " speaker = (e.g.)"Jonah"

" " pitch = (e.g.)1

Make sure the WHATEVER after the class is the same thing as the setIdentity in the init field.

Does this help Rexxenexx?

[Sir stats worthy 0]

RED!!!!!!!!!

Do you think you can give this guy a hand?

[RED 0]

You can't change the identity of a non player unit,

But you can do this in a trigger (no unit required for this):

[west, "hq"] sidechat "Testing testing 123"

RED

[Rexxenexx 0]

9--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RED @ Oct. 13 2002,119)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You can't change the identity of a non player unit,

But you can do this in a trigger (no unit required for this):

[west, "hq"] sidechat "Testing testing 123"

RED<span id='postcolor'>

Darn, thats what I thought

btw whats the diff. between

[west, "hq"] sidechat "Testing testing 123"

and

[west, "base"] sidechat "Testing testing 123"

same huh?

What else is there other than base and hq

[Rexxenexx 0]

4--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sir stats worthy @ Oct. 13 2002,104)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Make sure your doing everything correctly.

I'll type this up myself. Here:

class CfgIdentities

(press tab once)   class WHATEVER

(press tab twice)          name = "WHATEVER"

       "     "                  face = (e.g.)"FACE7"

       "     "                  glasses = (e.g.)"none"

       "     "                  speaker = (e.g.)"Jonah"

       "     "                  pitch = (e.g.)1

Make sure the WHATEVER after the class is the same thing as the setIdentity in the init field.

Does this help Rexxenexx?

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But everytime I leave out the { }; and ; OFP crashes when I hit save.

crash:

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class CfgIdentities

class Booger

name = "Boogie"

face = "Face1"

glasses = "sunglasses"

speaker = "Paul"

pitch = 1.5

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no crash:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

class CfgIdentities

{

class Booger

{

name = "Boogie";

face = "Face1";

glasses = "sunglasses";

speaker = "Paul";

pitch = 1.5;

};

};

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[Rexxenexx 0]

Thanks Sir and RED!!    

I had to thank you all, you've helped soooo much. forgive me for dragging this thread till Xmas almost:p