unit naming

[Winged Hussar]

Hi all,

What do I need to change in order to have the ability to name my units right from the start instead of on the 2nd promotion?

 

[LeeS]

It's not directly exposed to an XML field anywhere I can find. It is controlled in the UI by this chunk of code in the unit-panel lua-file

elseif (actionHash == UnitCommandTypes.NAME_UNIT) then
	local bCanStart = UnitManager.CanStartCommand( pUnit, UnitCommandTypes.NAME_UNIT, true) and GameCapabilities.HasCapability("CAPABILITY_RENAME");
	if (bCanStart) then			
		local toolTipString = Locale.Lookup(commandRow.Description);
		AddActionToTable( actionsTable, commandRow, isDisabled, toolTipString, actionHash, OnNameUnit );
	end

"CAPABILITY_RENAME" is merely defined in the GameCapabilities.xml but no useful settings are included there related to when things can be renamed. Rename as a GameCapability seems to be treated as a boolean as to whether you can ever rename anything such as a city or a unit in the game.

"UNITCOMMAND_NAME_UNIT" in <UnitCommands> isn't useful really either as it has no values to set that would effect when a unit can be renamed.

From what I've looked at so far it appears you would have to re-write the UnitPanel.lua file since there doesn't seem to be anything related to the unit's level as a setting anywhere in the xml that controls when a unit can be renamed.

 

[Winged Hussar]

That's a shame :/