Where can i change my ingame name ?

[KHSOLO]

It says IBM- Home....LOL

Thanxs in advance.

 

[Thunderfall]

I think there is an option to change your in-game name when you set up a game.

You can also change it by editing the game's ini file. You can find the file under "My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4".

 

[Psyringe]

Either when you setup a new game, or (when you're already playing your game) by pressing Alt-D and changing your name in the popup that appears then.

Taking the name of the *Machine* it's installed on as username is actually a strange decision ... as a game developer, *if* I'd want to take a name from the system settings as standard (which I'm not sure whether it's that good an idea), I'd choose the user name and not the machine name.

 

[KHSOLO]

Thanxs guys, very helpfull indeed.

S!!

 

[walt526]

Didn't know about Alt-D. Thanks!

Another way that I found was to go into:

C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\_Civ4Config

Game Name (or whatever) is about a page down.

 

[Sandman2012]

Either when you setup a new game, or (when you're already playing your game) by pressing Alt-D and changing your name in the popup that appears then.

Taking the name of the *Machine* it's installed on as username is actually a strange decision ... as a game developer, *if* I'd want to take a name from the system settings as standard (which I'm not sure whether it's that good an idea), I'd choose the user name and not the machine name.

Once you play online the default name becomes your online name rather than the machine name. I agree that the machine name is a weird choice.

Interesting little bug I discovered: if you load a saved game by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer, rather than loading it from the game interface, it changes your chosen name to the default machine name. This was before I did any online gaming, so I don't know if it uses the online name instead if you've set up an account. In any case, I didn't know you could change the name, so now I have a win listed in the gallery of my game by "SANDBOX of India."

 

[Psyringe]

so now I have a win listed in the gallery of my game by "SANDBOX of India."

That would make you the Thar desert. Nice to meet you again. Do you remember the days when I rode through yo on a camel?