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Any way of changing my player name?

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It must be saved in a config file somewhere?

I tried via the games menu but it would not let me :(

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Don't have the answer - but also want to change my user name without having to start again with armoury missions etc.

Anybody know how to do this?

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go to your MyDocuments folder, find your arma user folder, duplicate your current user folder (along with saved missions, keyboard config etc) and then change the name?

I am not sure but I think that will work.

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Go to My Documents\ArmA 2\ and find the <your name>.cfg file.

Make sure it is NOT on "Read-only".

Now you should be able either to change it from the game or you can change the name of that .cfg files.

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Tried renaming it, this does not work, as soon as i startup the game my old name profile comes back from the dead, and now i have 2 profiles in the folder, but only 1 selectable one in the game.

It was not on "read only" either, any more ideas?

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Create a new profile and use that instead. You can edit the name of all custom profiles afaik. Just not the default one.

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The default profile is a complete waste of time.

Even the game thinks so, because it always defaults to my secondary profile (even when copied into the profile folder after a reinstall).

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Yes, you cannot edit the default profile, you must create a new profile, which can then be edited numerous times. Not sure why the did that, must not have needed it when they were making the game.

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Managed to sort mine out, thanks.

Created a new profile in game with the name I wanted. Then went to the folder in "My documents" and copied the contents of my original profile, to the new one. Hey presto, I select the new profile in game but still have all the key mappings and weapons unlocked from the armoury missions.

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I just created a new one

To be honest, i am only up to the Manhatten mission on the campaign, i have done no armoury stuff, and i have not touched the basic training bar the VTOL one (did the majority of the basic training in the steam demo upon release)

So i will probably just use the endmission trick on my new profile, to get me back up to the Manhatten mission, and continue that way :)

If i can ever be bothered to go back to the campaign, multiplayer is to much fun :D

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