Ive downloaded the mod but it doesn't show up in the mods list so I can turn it on. Any suggestions? Thanks for your time!

The mod should definitely still be compatible and working, it was made with the last patch and I still use it in my own game.

Fnord Jun 13, 2017 @ 5:02pm 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\UI\InGame\Popups\

Find Set unit name... I made mine 45 char...

<Box Anchor="C,C" Size="286,22" Color="0,0,0,255" >
<EditBox CallOnChar="1" EditMode="1" Size="284,22" Anchor="C,C" ID="EditUnitName" Font="TwCenMT20" MaxLength="45" />

@Fnord Can you point me towards where exactly in the files I should go; I couldn't find where I needed to change up the unit names.

You can actually go into the files and make city names longer yourself.

Hi there, is this mod still working? Just wanting to check to see before downloading; hope you respond.

Is there a mod where you can make the names shorter? I want to name my cities "A", "B", "C" etc lol.

please add option "rename sity" in mod

Please Update?

@SpaghettiCarwheels
Let me guess... Flying Spaghetti Monster? lol You'll have to use 'Fly Spaghet Mon' I guess if you want that religion. I actually know a guy who has a tattoo for the Flying Spaghetti Monster, guess he takes it pretty seriously. He also says that white South Africans deserve the genocide against them because apparently they were bad to black South Africans in the past, or some nonsense like that.

@SpaghettiCartwheels
I never tried to make the religion names lnger than 15 characters, but yeah, the mod works great for unit names and city names. For units I like to number and date them as they're made and track them as they upgrade.

Warrior I 4000BC Swordsman I 1000BC
War I 4000B Sword I 1000B LS I 800A
(LS means Longsword)
W1 4000B S1 1000B LS1 800A M1 1300 R1 1750 I1 1890 GW1 1910

After the first AD I stop using it to save space since nothing comes after AD. I'm kinda OCD in how I like to date things and it seems to have crept into the Civ games. I also number and date my cities as I settle/capture them. I almost ALWAYS play games on the 'Accurate Earth' map which generally automatically changes the city name to whatever major city is on that part of the world, which is nice, but I often check Google Maps myself to make sure it's accurate. This has greatly helped me to learn more of world geography, as it turns out.

Managed to get the mod working thanks to using the 7zip method, however it seems my Religion is still limited to 15 characters? City names work fine though.

How do I install it? As in, where do I put the extracted files?

Subscribed and it doesn't work, just played an entire marathon game with no change

Don't worry. I just change the Oriental Orthodoxy file name into the one I wish intead of changing it ingame. Thanks anyway.

Theres a separate file for that one I think. Not sure where.

I have tried what you said also with the Cities files, but I didn't manage to change the limit for religion names... Still, thanks for your time.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\UI\InGame\Popups\

Find Set unit name... I made mine 45 char...

<Box Anchor="C,C" Size="286,22" Color="0,0,0,255" >
<EditBox CallOnChar="1" EditMode="1" Size="284,22" Anchor="C,C" ID="EditUnitName" Font="TwCenMT20" MaxLength="45" />

Actually, I don't know what shall be modified, that's why I asked for an update. ^_^

Its actually very easy to do yourself in the files. Its just a matter of modifing one line to a higher number

Hi:

Would you mind updating the mod again with an easier way to use it? I have already tried other solutions, but I didn't manage to make it work...

Stupid question.. once I download the link from CivFanatics, a box opens up and asks if I want to save or open the file. I have tried both, but trying to open it doesn't do anything, and when I save it, it just saves as an internet explorer icon in the folder. Is this icon the zip folder? If I'm not seeing an option to extract it do I need to download extraction software? I want to get this figured out, getting this mod to work will be awesome.

Actually you can mod this pretty easily yourself.

I solved it by reading the forums. Anyone who cant get this to unpack, download 7-Zip and extract the civ5mod file into its own folder in Civ 5/mods/

Neither the manual download or the subscription buttons are working. The mod won't show in my mod list. I've deleted mods folder and cleared cache.

Has anyone gotten this to work?

So, thoughout the civilization games I've been a "namer" - not only was I annoyed that I couldn't give my cities standard size names, but particularly annoyed that the game itself used longer names than it allowed me! Thank you for this!

@Abu Hajaar Yes, this works with pre-existing saves.

Will this work with pre-existing saves?

@Firearm Encyclopedia, I thought you could do that anyway, by right-clicking the name? or maybe that's just with the enhanced UI mod?

It's okay guys, the download is a little buggy. Here's what you have to do - Go to the civ fanatics page and download it directly (or use the steam workshop downloader). this will give you a .zip file. open it with winrar or 7zip. go to LMy Computer/Users/[your user]/my documents/my games/sid meyer's civilization 5/MODS. then create a new folder and call it "Longer City Unit Religion Names". Extract the files from the zip into the new folder, then launch civ. that should work.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\UI\InGame\Popups\

Find Set unit name... I made mine 45 char...

<Box Anchor="C,C" Size="286,22" Color="0,0,0,255" >
<EditBox CallOnChar="1" EditMode="1" Size="284,22" Anchor="C,C" ID="EditUnitName" Font="TwCenMT20" MaxLength="45" />

I could not get this mod to work...

UI - EditUnitNames by Kalurak. There, try that one out. Combine that mod with this mod, and you're set to give your units special names WHENEVER you want. Just left-click the name on the bottom left of the screen. Yeah if it's too long it'll kind of cut itself out, but once you make the name, eventually, you'll be able to hold your mouse over the symbol for it on the map, and it'll show the entire length of that name, even if it's like 50+ characters long, as you can see in one of my images.

Very cool, tilarium, but I'm still quite new to modding Civ5. Trying to help you out would likely be like the blind leading the slightly less blind, because you probably know more about it than I do. Don't think I'd be of use, but I hope someone here will pipe up with good fix. Once the thing is activated though, you'll be able to make quite lengthy names. I don't really go too crazy with city names, my schtick is using the map Accurate Earth, and naming the cities based on cities on that part of the world. Also kinda helps me learn more about geography since I end up referencing a map often to do this accurately.

You MIGHT want to look into a mod that lets you rename units at will, too. Even before promotion, you just have to left-click em, you can rename your very first unit on your very first turn, which I'm sure you know is generally impossible. I'll try to track it down for you, maybe once combined they'll sort of... activate themselves together? I don't know, I'll take a look.

Firearm, I've done all the standard things over the past couple weeks and nothing seems to do the trick. I like to give my units names the represent an action or city of promotion or creation and also numbering them (1st, 3rd, 12th, 101st, etc).

I've got it working, tilarium. Even have pics of it available where I show my OCD-like tendency to name/number/date my units as they're made and upgraded. Couldn't really suggest anything useful to help out, maybe restarting Civ5, which is a stupidly obvious suggestion that anyone could suggest, but just letting you know that I did get it working, and it works quite well.

Anyone been able to get the mod working? Can't get it to appear in my mods selection list, using either subscribing to the steam version or DLing the manual version.

Absolutely, Cmdr. Harrington. I wouldn't consider the game playable with this character limit mod for names and the mod that allows you to rename troops before they level up. Gotta say though, even with these mods... something just seems off about Civ5, I'm definitely not taking to it as easily as I did Civ4, the one-Military-unit-per-space thing is interesting, but I don't think I'm going to be a fan of it. I think it's going to make the maps feel REALLY small, but we'll see. Maybe it'll still end up being a fun game... just finding it REALLY hard to give it a fair go. So far, I don't think I've even gotten into Annos Domini, or After Death. Some day I'll just want a Civ fix, and actually sit down for a couple hours with Civ5 to see if it's for me, but right now, I'm thinking I might be better off sticking with Civ4, hopefully I'll come to find Civ5 even better though. That would be nice.

This is so needed.

Neeeeeevermind! I derped! Didn't really understand that the MODS folder was in a DIFFERENT directory than the game in Steam, I thought when they said My Games they meant if I perhaps bought the game on disc or something. Yeah, just change the file's extension to ".7z", make a folder for it, extract it into the folder, bam, good to go. Hell yeah! Now if I can just get an Earth map which spawns us all in the appropriate places, like CIv 4's "Earth 18 Civs" custom map. I played the HELL out of that one!

Anyways, great mod, thanks a ton, and yes, it does seem to work just fine with the EUI thing which allows you to edit unit names BEFORE they've been promoted! So stoked to learn the differences to this game now!

Yikes, last comment was Dec 4. So, has anyone actually gotten this mod to work? As for "Your Mom Was a Lobster"'s suggestion, I can't find any MODS folder in my Civs 5 directory, or whatever it's called. I've modded before, I've even customized STALKER: Call of Pripyat to be more realistic in terms of firearm weights, accuracy, reliability, recoil, damage, and the like. I'm not computer whiz, but I've been dealing with mods for a couple or three years now. Having difficulty with this... REALLY sucks that I'm limited to a mere 15 characters.

Does this mod work with EUI?

For some reason, I can't get this mod to work

THX U!

i still cant seem to get the mod to work after trying that method

Awsome!!!!

THANK U!!!!!!!!

@Your Eternal Amoeba, you sir, are my f*cking hero!
what you said almost worked for me, when it was a WinRAR pack all i had to do was to unpack it
Thanks!

IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS MOD:

Navigate to your documents folder, then "My Games", then "Sid Meier's Civilization 5", then "MODS". In there, you might have a file with the name of the mod, along with the extension ".civ5mod". CHANGE THE EXTENSION ".civ5mod" TO ".7z" and EXTRACT THE FILE into its own folder. It worked for me, so it might work for you.

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