I used to work with a nickname changer on BF1, but there's for BF2?
No. But there isn't a need for one. Since the GameSpy login doesn't work anymore, you can put any name you want in there and the game will use it.
Perhaps not a need, but I am sure some have a want :p like using the completed profile from moddb, it's called "Player 1" who want's to be called that? I was looking into editing the file recently, after hex editing and saving it doesn't load still so missing something.
Like you say though, there isn't a big need for it, but I have been looking into renaming an existing .profile file.
Nickchanger doesn't work in singleplayer.
There must be some way to change the name of the "Player 1.profile" file so that it reads your "Profile Name : YourName" instead of "Profile Name : Player 1" in the top left of the game.
Changing the filename changes what it says on the drop down and changing the gamespy login which doesn't work just changes what it says in the gamespy login.
My response was both a reply and a follow up question.
The first person asked about a nickchanger, I was talking about editing the .profile file manually to change the Profile Name.
Sorry for confusion.
You can change it through hex editing, but it has to be the same amount of characters as the original name, otherwise the file will be corrupted.
Ah I see, in which case there must be something that indicates how many characters the profile length is, trying to figure out how to rename to anything within the character limit / to have more characters.
Thank you though, that is good to know :)
Alternatively I suppose I could solve the issue I have by making a mod to remove the bonuses applied by the player profile, not sure, not a big issue for me for the moment, but thought I might ask about it while a similar question was here.
You can go into instant action and change your name there by using the cheat box or whatever with the command
name: <yourname>
you can also do it with cheat engine but the process is different obviously
Quote from: Jean on September 28, 2017, 12:16:27 AM
You can go into instant action and change your name there by using the cheat box or whatever with the command
name: <yourname>
I just tested that. It doesn't work for me.
Jean forgot to say that u need 1.3 to make use of that.
I have 1.3.
Quote from: Commander Awesome on September 28, 2017, 02:58:36 AM
I have 1.3.
Then u are doing it wrong.
It works for me and to the entire swbf2 eu community who have it.
Does anybody know if it can be changed without Hex Editing?
Renaming the file changes it in the drop down, but not in the top left / presumably in game.
But that is all I can manage for the moment, I am trying to figure out lots of little things at the moment.
Quote from: Thor110 on September 28, 2017, 03:16:45 PM
Does anybody know if it can be changed without Hex Editing?
Renaming the file changes it in the drop down, but not in the top left / presumably in game.
But that is all I can manage for the moment, I am trying to figure out lots of little things at the moment.
No, it cannot.