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Is there a way to change the player name in BallisticNG? Right now the game just defaults to "Player." I checked the game folder and edited the ...BallisticNG\User\Config\Ini\preferences.ini file, but the player's name still defaults to Player. Is there a way to fix this?

Also, BallisticNG needs to have its own forum. I checked the URL: https://www.gog.com/forum/ballisticng but it just 404's.
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IronArcturus: Is there a way to change the player name in BallisticNG? Right now the game just defaults to "Player." I checked the game folder and edited the ...BallisticNG\User\Config\Ini\preferences.ini file, but the player's name still defaults to Player. Is there a way to fix this?

Also, BallisticNG needs to have its own forum. I checked the URL: https://www.gog.com/forum/ballisticng but it just 404's.
Have you considered asking the actually useful forum on Boiling Water Vapor?
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Darvond: Have you considered asking the actually useful forum on Boiling Water Vapor?
I'm betting that that version uses your Steam username as your player name, and that this is a feature unique to the new GOG build...
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Darvond: Have you considered asking the actually useful forum on Boiling Water Vapor?
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maxpoweruser: I'm betting that that version uses your Steam username as your player name, and that this is a feature unique to the new GOG build...
Pretty much. But for the OP I'll fire that version up shortly and see if theres any light to be shed.
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Currently there's no way to change it, Player is a fallback for when the game hasn't intialized Steamworks. The setting you see in the preferences ini file is for multiplayer.

Thanks for posting about it because I had completely forgot! I'll address this in a future update by moving the multiplayer name to a general option, and also have the game pull a profile image in from a PNG file you can set so it's not just a white square.
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Vonsnake: Currently there's no way to change it, Player is a fallback for when the game hasn't intialized Steamworks. The setting you see in the preferences ini file is for multiplayer.

Thanks for posting about it because I had completely forgot! I'll address this in a future update by moving the multiplayer name to a general option, and also have the game pull a profile image in from a PNG file you can set so it's not just a white square.
I think (as i remember you're a dev) some kind of customisation option might be welcome generally tbh. so try push it a wee bit further?
Post edited November 26, 2023 by Sachys
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Vonsnake: I'll address this in a future update by moving the multiplayer name to a general option, and also have the game pull a profile image in from a PNG file you can set so it's not just a white square.
Thanks! I'll look forward to the update!