Rename Characters & Dynasties

Allows you to rename characters and dynasties via the right-click context menu.

1. Allow Renaming Characters: You can change the name of any character via the right-click context menu.
2. Allow Renaming Dynasties: You can change the name of any dynasty via the right-click context menu on any character.

1. Right Click Any Character: This will open the context menu for character interactions.
2. Mark Character: Select the "Mark Character for Renaming" interaction.
3. Select Rename Character/Dynasty: Select the "Rename Character" or "Rename Dynasty" interaction.
4. Choose a New Name: Fill in the text box with the new name and click "Change Their Name!".

Note: Unfortunately, I could not find a way to make this into a single interaction. This is the best I could do to make it work within the EU5 modding system.

Currently, even through the vanilla child naming interaction, regnal numbers are not correctly applied when your heir has the same name as your ruler. Paradox has already confirmed the bug report on this here.[forum.paradoxplaza.com]

They *will* work correctly with my mod, but only with characters that have been renamed using it, not including your current ruler.

I.e., if you rename your heir to "John," and then rename your next heir to "John" as well, the regnal number will correctly become II once the next heir takes the throne.

If you want to have the correct regnal number appear immediately, you can use debug mode to determine the actual name key of your current ruler and then rename your heir to that, which will also work correctly (name keys are different from the displayed name, i.e. "Baldwin" is "name_baldwin").

It is not technically possible to rename any existing dynasty. What is actually happening is the founding of a new dynasty that can be renamed, then moving all the characters into it. However, this will not include deceased characters, and it will change your dynasty’s emblem.

Once your dynasty is renamed (/replaced with the renamable one), then these actually can be renamed without issue (no more emblem changes or loss of deceased characters).

Also, there is a limit of 10 renamed dynasties. I can add more if requested; it’s just a matter of putting them in one at a time. Currently, only the first dynasty has an emblem I picked out, and the rest use the same generic emblem. I’ll accept any suggestions for better emblems on the other 9 dynasties (either send the definition or make a pr with the new emblem).

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See the Change Notes on the workshop page.

• Not Achievement Compatible.
• Fully save game compatible.
• Should work with any mod.
• I may add compatibility patches upon request.
• Will not work in ironman or multiplayer games.

In addition to the pinned suggestions discussion, you can also ask any questions, report bugs, or make suggestions in the #utility-mods channel of the EU5 Community discord server[discord.gg]. And if you are interested in joining in the development of this or one of my other mods, you can ping or add me on Discord @arealconner. All contributions are welcome.

The source and dev versions of the mod are available on GitHub.[github.com]

• Chinese / 中文
• French / Français
• German / Deutsch
• Japanese / 日本語
• Korean / 한국어
• Polish / Polski
• Portuguese (Brazil) / Português (Brasil)
• Russian / Русский
• Spanish / Español
• Turkish / Türkçe