Model Names

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I can't use v0.3 until it comes out for Mac, so I have to ask this question rather than look for myself:

In CORE, has anyone been able to rename the advanced Doomsday-only unit models (like supersonic fighters), so that they have nation specific names instead of generic names? I can't figure out how to do it and it's been bugging me.

 

[HistoryMan]

You need to add the relevant entry to the models.csv file (in the config folder). Just a question of getting the right model number and name, etc, in the usual format - eg :-

MODEL_ARG_5_3;M4A1 Sherman;M4A1 Sherman;M4A1 Sherman;M4A1 Sherman;M4A1 Sherman;M4A1 Sherman;;;;;X

as opposed to (entry in unit_names.csv) :-

MODEL_5_3;Improved Medium Tank;Char moyen II;Carro medio migliorato;Tanque medio mejorado;Verbesserter mittlerer Panzer;Ulepszony czo³g œredni;;;;;x

Hope that makes sense.

Tim

 

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I do that. And it works for low-level models (the ones that already have model names).

But it doesn't seem to work for models that don't already have names. For instance, I made up some hypothetical aircraft names for Germany to use if it survives into the late '40s and the '50s (Me 362 'Superschwalbe', FW Ta 240 'Thor') based on analogies to historical aircraft (the F-100 Super Sabre and the HF-24 Marut that Kurt Tank designed for the Indian Air Force).

And when I put them in the models.csv folder they don't stay.

Is the problem that I'm using a text folder to insert them?

 

[baylox]

Can you copy/paste from your models.csv file to the forum here so we can see how it actually looks in print?

 

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MODEL_GER_12_4;Focke-Wulf Ta 152H-1;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_12_5;Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a Schwalbe;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_12_6;Ho 229 Flying Wing;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_12_7;Messerschmitt Me 262B-1 HF III;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_12_8;Messerschmitt Me 362 'Superschwalbe';;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_13_0;Arado Ar 65;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_13_1;Heinkel He 51;;;;;;;;;;X

MODEL_GER_15_6;Junkers Ju 287;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_15_8;Focke-Wulf Ta 240 Thor;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_16_0;Dornier Do 18;;;;;;;;;;X

The boldfaced lines are the ones I added. I can't see where they're different from the ones around them, but they don't seem to work...

 

[HistoryMan]

Do you have "generic" entries in the unit_names.csv for these models ?

Are you therefore getting "blank" (or UNKNOWN_STRING_WANTED) entries ? Or some Generic "Advanced Fighter Jet" type entries ?

Tim

 

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Generic entries.

 

[baylox]

Is this under Windows XP or Vista?

 

[dec152000]

Hi,

Cut and pasted:

MODEL_GER_12_7;Messerschmitt Me 262B-1 HF III;;;;;;;;;;X
MODEL_GER_12_8;Messerschmitt Me 362 'Superschwalbe';;;;;;;;;;X

Worked like a champ in my files. No idea why it isn't working for you.

mm

 

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Maybe it's a bug in the Virtual Programming version.

Well, with any luck I'll figure out a fix someday.

Well, one of my names stuck- the 'Me-262 HF III' model. The HF III was a high-speed variant that was still on the drawing boards in 1944, so I figured that if Messerschmitt had been able to work on it for a few years it might have evolved into something comparable to the early versions of the F-86 Sabre.

 

[ShadoWarrior]

Worked like a champ in my files. No idea why it isn't working for you.

It works for me too, not that this helps Simon any.