Names for Units

[necrosmith]

Instead of just "Modern Armor" how about something like 1st Armored Division? The second MA you build would be named the 2d Armored Division, etc. You should be able to customize the names. The default naming convention should be tribe-specific and taken from history.

How about some sort of counter for the number of kills the unit has?

 

[Vizurok]

YOu can already name your units in C3C...
Turn on advanced options to see the button!

 

[Dell19]

You can also name units in PTW...

 

[Vizurok]

You can also name units in PTW...

Oops.. Well, I dont have PTW, only C3C.

 

[Dell19]

Neither do I but it was pointed out in the last thread on this issue...

 

[necrosmith]

What I mean is it should do it automatically. Renaming 300 units is a chore.

 

[ybbor]

not if you do it when they first get produced

 

[searcheagle]

I would be in favor of some sort of a counter in the unit name itself. Fighter #122, Helicopter #24, etc. This would be very valuable at times. The culture specific units names would be too much trouble both for me and for creators- how am I supposed to know what type of unit a specific name means?

 

[RussiaWarMachin]

Well that's for us to know, and for you to find out Besides, you could just look at the graphic.

 

[akillias]

I named one lucky bastard and he lost to a spearman

 

[The Last Conformist]

That was asking for it, not?

 

[Commander Bello]

Although you already can do it by hand, auto-numbering of units wouldn't be that bad idea, I guess. It just makes some units more identifiable when you are looking for them at the f3 screen. It is very easy to program, and would help the human player. That is, what computers are for, aren't they?

 

[sampedestal]

i always felt that if i named my units by numbers, i'd subconsiouslly group them accordingly. like armored divisions #1-10 would go together, even though #11 is in a better position than #7 for the given task