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Help with star name mods! :(

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June 16, 2007 12:10:03 AM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Hello.

Personally, I HATE the default Galciv star names. "Skowbo" and "Kwilas" come in almost every game, and beside them being dumb*** names in my opinion, they get really repetitive.

I've downloaded some star name packs, randomized them, etc., and replaced the STARS.txt file in C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Data\English. The game, nevertheless, used the default star names still... I then even took out the STARS.bak file, so it couldn't POSSIBLY remember any of them, and have to use the new ones.... but still, Skowbo and Kwilas plague me. How can the game possible be using the same names?

Thanks guys.

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Reply #1 June 16, 2007 5:12:27 AM
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Actually, I'd like to know the same thing... I have over 2000 star names, replaced the original files, even put the file in the Metaverse/English folder, but no luck. Still the same old names.
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Reply #2 June 16, 2007 10:49:30 AM
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Actually, I'd like to know the same thing... I have over 2000 star names, replaced the original files, even put the file in the Metaverse/English folder, but no luck. Still the same old names.


I think that may be because the game will only accept a file with 1,000 names. Or so I've heard... I'm not going to count all my names but the mod sais its 1,000 count.
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Reply #3 June 18, 2007 10:24:46 AM
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I think that may be because the game will only accept a file with 1,000 names.


The default has more than that, so that wouldn't really make sense.

To the OP, are you playing DL or DA? If you're playing DA, make sure you replace its copy instead. Normal sandbox games should definitely use the stars defined there.
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Reply #4 June 18, 2007 5:40:19 PM
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The default has more than that, so that wouldn't really make sense.


Everyone sais that star mods won't work unless its 1000, or under, listed names. That's why they come in packs of 1000. That's what I thought atleast.

Anyhow, I'm using DA. What do you mean by its copy?
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Reply #5 June 18, 2007 5:58:41 PM
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There is a stars file in the Dark Avatar subfolder of GalCiv2. However, replacing that doesn't seem to work for me, either. Is there any definite answer about the 1000 lines limit?
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Reply #6 June 18, 2007 6:00:01 PM
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There's a STARS.txt for DA in GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Data\English (the only difference from DL being the addition of a 'Kryo' star ).
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Reply #7 June 19, 2007 8:37:06 AM
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There's a STARS.txt for DA in GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Data\English (the only difference from DL being the addition of a 'Kryo' star ).


Lol. Yeah, that's the one I replaced with a new STARS.txt containing the other star names... and it still uses the default ones in the original STARS.txt even though its basically a ghost file now aside from the new one.
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