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[diantonio]

Hello ,
i made the mistake to create a character with a custom  name and i want to rename it without starting a new game.
I checked the "projects" , no luck finding what i need.

Any ideas ? Thanks in advance !

[diantonio]

bump

[Techie714]

Bump I too want to rename my character

[Emma-Lath]

I don't think it's possible, maybe if you messed around with the file that has all of the said character's data. I don't think it will work but if there is a way to change the name than it will involve those files.

[Roma Victa]

 
Woot! I have been wanting to do this myself and figured out how to do it, so I thought I'd share the solution. Apologies if this has been done before.

This does require that you have the DA Toolset installed. I also recommend an xml editor application. Many free ones are available.

With XP the default location of the folders/files will be: My Documents\\Bioware\\Dragon Age\\Characters

Before you do anything, back up the file for the character you are editing. I'm just sayin'.

Select the folder for the applicable character and change the name of this folder to reflect the new character name.

Inside of this folder, you will be re-naming the image files and the xml file with your new character name.

Open up the charactername.xml file. Right up near the top, you will see several values with the old character name. These are Name, Folder, Portrait, and Avatar. Change the name value to reflect your new character name.

Now you will go into the Saves folder within the character folder. To make things easy and to avoid possible conflicts, I deleted all but my most recent save. I have no idea if this is necessary, but you did make a backup anyway...right?

Open up the folder for the save you are going to edit. Rename the <char name>.jpg and <char name>_Story.xml files with the new character name.

Open up the <char name>.xml file and change the name as you did with the other xml.

Now you will need to use the Toolset to open up the xxx.das and xxx.das.met files. The “xxx” will be the name of your save. Such as Camp.das if you saved in the camp.

In the xxx.das file, expand SAVEGAME_PLAYERCHAR. Then expand SAVEGAME_PLAYERCHAR_CHAR. In this category locate SAVEGAME_OBJECT_NAME. In the Value column you will see a number string and a character name. ( ######:Name) Double click here and it will let you change the name value. Don't mess with the numerical data, just the name. Save and close.

In the xxx.das.met file locate SAVEGAME_META_NAME. Again, you will be changing the name in the Value column. Save and close.

Now, fire up the game and the character name is changed. 

On a side note, I also discovered that this is an excellent way to add special characters in your name. My character's name was changed from Mairead to the correct version Máiréad as you can see here...
Máiréad

[G.v.P]

Noob question here, are last names in the Char Creator not changeable?  Are they just part of the story?  And if they are editable, can you only change them with the special toolset stuff, and would it screw up the game to change the last name?

Modifié par G.v.P, 06 avril 2010 - 08:38 .

[Never]

Nope. Some of the names are reffered to quite a bit in the audio.

[G.v.P]

Hm okay thanks mynameisdanza for the quick reply! Very cool character creator, now to figure out how to use character in the actual game .

[G.v.P]

Okay one more noob question, how come when I have my created human warrior, human noble selected in DA: O, it says Dwarf Noble for class? lol oh well, I'll roll with it.

[KhaerGT]

Roma Victa - thanks for that great writeup. Renaming and modifying the text and XML files was easy, but I needed the magic touch to modify the saves.

(Later: ) Ahh, except that there's still a reference somewhere, my old character names keep appearing in the XML files, and the portraits and screenshots are wrong.

Ah well, it isn't really important. I just wanted slightly less generic character names in my profile

Modifié par KhaerGT, 10 décembre 2010 - 11:01 .

[Willkins]

There should be an easier way to rename your character that doesn't involve altering files.
My character and screenshots can't be uploaded because it says it's profanity, but 'Mongo' is not a curse word.
The FAQ says you "have to rename your character before uploading it." Like it's no big deal.

Modifié par Willkins, 08 janvier 2011 - 04:33 .