Same here. Unfortunately that's the dark path Paradox walks, even EU5 is going to have long-ass, wacky TikTok-esque names...

I wish this was an option in vanilla a lot of communist countries have bizarre names

Must be the same error that made Poland still show up as Kingdom of Poland a while back. For some reason the countries_cosmetic file isn't always replaced properly by the mod.

I have a workaround in mind that might work. Thanks a lot for the pointers!

I may have been able to change the "Dominion of Canada" to just "Canada" by going into the same file "countries_cosmetic_l_english".

https://i.imgur.com/Grdisfk.png

https://i.imgur.com/wLMKX4T.png

I managed to do the same with India as well:

https://i.imgur.com/j92ntTs.png

https://i.imgur.com/GS5eMqz.png

I don't really know much about modding so I would assume it's not as simple as just changing some lines like I did to get it to work the same way it does in your mod, so I'm not sure if this might help.

I can't see why Canada is named like that. Apparently every single line related to "Dominion of Canada" inside the game files has been correctly changed: https://imgur.com/a/OUOUc94.png

I need more time with this one.

Looks like they changed something regarding British dominions, I am investigating.

I did find out why Germany was called German Empire and it is fixed. I will upload the update tonight.

Yes that makes a lot sense about China! I actually wasn't aware of the "Red China" name before so good to know.

Also, I did find another name which you've probably already noticed yourself, Canada has gone back to being "Dominion of Canada" rather than just Canada. Don't know how I didn't see that since it's quite a long name.

Not nitpicking at all.

"Red China" was intentional. After research I found out Mao Zedong's cell wasn't organized as "Soviet" for very long (stopped being so in 1937) whereas the moniker "Red China" was not only ubiquitous throughout that era but also earnestly embraced by the communists themselves.

No idea why on earth India and Germany got the vanilla names back, I will fix this.

I'll apologise beforehand because I feel I'm really nitpicking here. I've noticed that India (as one of Britain's puppet nations) has gone back to being called "British Raj" instead of "British India". Germany, with Wilhelm II, has gone back to being "German Empire" instead of just "Germany" and lastly, Communist China is now "Red China" instead of "Soviet China". Just pointing these out because I know they were named these in the mod before. The mod is still awesome, keep up the great work!

Oooh nice to hear guys! Please enjoy the mod and let me know if you have any feedback to share.

Update worked! No issues so far. Thanks for working so hard to get it sorted, much appreciated!

Port to 56 and KX

New update initially wasn't working for me, but after I uninstalled the mod, cleared cache in launcher, verified game files, reloaded mods in launcher, reinstalled mod, deleted all playsets, created new playset with just SCN, then things started to work. No idea what step in that process fixed things but it's working now. I'm on Linux running NixOS if that's at all relevant.

Update is out, this time I mixed around the folders - judging from the HOI4 Wiki's updated guide, the /replace folder should have been inside the /english folder.

Maybe that's it? If not, again, I appreciate reports so I can try something else.

Well that certainly helps narrow down the issue, thank you once more!

Other than this one, I only ever use the sensible country flags mod you've made and I've never had any issues with it, still works like a charm.

Huh. That got me wondering... Do any of my other mods work? Or is it just this one? Gotta test them all since I updated them in a pretty much identical way.

Huh, looks like one of those weird ones. I will check it again and be more thorough this time. Thank you for reporting back.

Thanks for working on an update but I'm sorry to say, but I'm still getting the error. Sometimes the error wont even show and instead the launcher closes after trying to launch the game. I'm making sure to turn off other mods when trying and its only doing this with this mod.

An update is out, I think I had messed up the descriptor.mod file and included the /path line by accident, which made it impossible for the launcher to find the mod even when installed.

Please guys, try it again and tell me whether it works or not.

Thanks guys, I will check & update it tonight.

Hey hey, I have the same issue as niku below, I'm getting an error from the game launcher when when trying to load the game (made sure to load the game with just this mod). Thought it might have been something on my end so I verified the game files, didn't work, and re-installing the game didn't work either.

"An Issue has occured."
The Game seems to have stopped or crashed. etc. etc.

Thank you <3 If you spot any long names or weird stuff please tell me. :)

the best name mod on the workshop is back tysm! <3

Sorry for the necromancy but in case you still care, new version is up updated for 1.15.4!

I'd like to point out that Reichskommissariat Ostland is called "Belarus" with this mod. It would be really cool if it was called Ostland like when Latvia goes down its tree.
Tho, seeing the latest comments, it seems while the Mod still works, it's never getting new updates

Last time the author updated any of his workshop uploads was in January of 2022... Shame because this mod specifically was really great for a more visually appealing gameplay experience.

by blood alone update?

Update for By Blood Alone?

Are you going to fix Poland? It's been a few months, and the glitch is still happening.

@Fireseth I will add a countries_cosmetic_I_english.yml file alongside the one I use, with the only entries on it being those related to the "Kingdom of Poland". Mighty strange though... thanks a lot for tracking down the issue! Wll update soon.

@Enriador I figured out how to fix the issue on my end.

Your localisation file seems to be perfectly normal and up to date with No Step Back, but for some reason, if you go down the "Assemble the Regency Council" path in Poland, it will still become "Kingdom of Poland'. (This is the only way to see the issue)

Apparently, using the localisation/replace method doesn't work for Poland (I believe it's working for other countries, like Canada and British India)

When I copied the cosmetic country names from your mod and paste it into a new mod, not using localisation/replace/SCN_Countries_l_english.yml but instead localisation/countries_cosmetic_I_english.yml, it works perfectly fine.

It could just be a HOI4 bug.

@Enriador Makes sense, thx for the answer

@Fireseth I will take a look at it. I thought I had No Step Back fully done, probably overlooked Poland.

@Guilhoerme this mod doesn't change the checksum. It will work perfectly in multiplayer and won't affect other players, only your own game.

This needs an update for Poland. Non-historic focus tree paths can result in Poland changing it's name to "Kingdom of Poland", etc.

didn't work in multiplayer for my friend

Okay, let me be straight - do you plan to update this mod at all?

F Yemen - Federation of Southern Arabia
N Abkhazia - Abkhaz Military Authority
N Georgia - Free State of St. George
N Papua NG - Federation of Papuan Peoples
N Philippines - Philippine State
C Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
C Vietnam - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
C Korea - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
F Kazakhstan - Kazakh Khanate
F Uzbekistan - Uzbekh Khanate
F Turkmenistan - Neo-Seljuk Empire
F Tajikistan - Bekstvo of Matcha
D Germany - German Republic
F Germany - German Reich
N Uruguay - Colegiado Uruguay
D Bolivia - Plurinational Bolivia
N Libya - Kingdom of Libya
N Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt

And these are only some I found, there are many, many more.

Are you still working on this mod? I found a few examples that broke with the NSB.
N - Neutral
F - Fascist
C - Communist
D - Democratic

N Honduras - Atlas Honduras
N Dominican Rep. - Santo Domingo
C Venezuela - Socialist International Venezuela
D Guyana - Co-operative Republic Of Guyana
D Suriname - Republic Of Suriname
N Zambia - Kingdom Of Zambia
F Somalia - Ajuuran Empire
F Sudan - Nubia
N Sierra Leone - Kingdom Of Sierra Leone
N Guinea Bissau - Consititual State of Guinea Bissau
N Gambia - Islamic Republic Of The Gambia
F Equatorial Guinea - Equatorial Empire of Guinea
N Liberia - Independent Liberia
F Western Sahara - Empire of the Desert
N Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco
D Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
D Slovakia - Slovak Republic
D Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
N Moldova - Moldavia
N Kurdistan - Kingdom of Kurdistan
F UAE - Arab Emirate
N Kuwait - Kingdom of Kuwait
F Iraq - Baathist State of Iraq

Could you please fix the simple names for many African, Asian and American releasables? Also, German Reich.

The mod stopped working since NSB.

Do you think you'll be updating this for No Step Back anytime soon?

Please add compatibility for Beautiful States Reborn

Probably because of the last patch. I will work on a fix.

Doesn't work.

Yes, it has.

Has this been updated to include formables (like Portugal-Brazil) and the latest two DLCs?

I've tried with and without other mods, SCN has worked for me in the past. I've tried verifying files and deleting my cache just in case something from a different mod stayed after being deleted and was interfering with SCN.

@Early Onset Feline Diabetes

Are you using any other mods that add new factions, events etc? I checked but seems OK on my end.