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Unable to change in-game username (SOLVED)

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October 27, 2022 3:24:01 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire II ForumsSins of a Solar Empire II Forums

So I just tried out the new Sins II gameplay and I noticed that my in-game username was my real first name with an underscore after it, no caps. For now I'll just show it as "myrealname_". This wouldn't be a problem at all except I'm trying to record my gameplay and upload it but I don't want to dox myself.

I searched all over the place but couldn't find any settings in the game to change my in-game username. It's really weird because my Epic Games username is Visual 39, so I don't see why Sins II would find/use my first name. It should use my regular username. 

Is this just me or is anyone experiencing this? Any help on how I could change it?

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Tatiora
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Reply #1 October 27, 2022 3:35:18 PM
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Hey there!

I'm sending this thread along to my friends in Support and will get back to you with an answer as soon as we can.

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Yarlen
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Reply #2 October 27, 2022 3:57:48 PM
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Known issue - it's something you'll be able to do in the future.

For now, you can manually change it in \Documents\sins2_pre_alpha\settings\settings.json

Change the value on row 307 (at the very bottom) to the name you want.

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Reply #3 October 27, 2022 4:28:53 PM
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Thank you Tatiora and Yarlen. Sorry I didn't see your replies sooner. Your solution worked Yarlen. Much thanks!!

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Reply #4 October 27, 2022 5:28:42 PM
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You're welcome. I had to do the same thing.

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Reply #5 October 29, 2022 12:07:02 PM
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Just bought and installed the game, and I used this trick to change my player name, too.

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