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Forum Archive 2023 => Call of Duty => Games of old that no longer float our boat........ => dMw Gaming => Gaming Archive => CoD4 Help Section => Topic started by: Penfold on July 14, 2008, 12:48:30 PM

Title: names
Post by: Penfold on July 14, 2008, 12:48:30 PM
When I join - the name is always defaulted back to my account name rather than the dMw|Penfold game name.

How can I make it remember my multiplayer name? (I couldn't do the | for the account name).

Thanks

PEN
Title: names
Post by: Anonymous on July 14, 2008, 12:52:07 PM
Start CoD4

Go to Options
Then go to Multiplayer Options
Select Player name and enter dMw|Penfold in the box.

Apply changes and you should be set to go (if it doesn't work we'll put it into the config-mp.cfg manual using a text editor but more of that if needed :)
Title: names
Post by: Penfold on July 14, 2008, 12:53:56 PM
OK but I have to do that every time I join. Is there no way to make it default to that name?

It's irritating that it doesn't remember the last name you input.

PEN
Title: names
Post by: Alma on July 14, 2008, 01:21:38 PM
If you change your multiplayer name while youre not in-game (in the main menu i suppose..) it should remember your new name. It does with me anyway..
Title: names
Post by: Anonymous on July 14, 2008, 01:31:46 PM
Quote from: Penfold;237649OK but I have to do that every time I join. Is there no way to make it default to that name?

It's irritating that it doesn't remember the last name you input.

PEN
Lets do it manually then :)

Using Windows Explorer go to where your player profile is stored (mine is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\players\profiles\BlueBall)

In that location there will be a file called config_mp.cfg

Open it in wordpad (notepad doesn't read the line breaks properly)

Search for "seta name" without the quotes.

Edit the value to be your desired name - my entry reads as follows:

seta name "dMw|BlueBall"

save and close the file
Title: names
Post by: KKND on July 14, 2008, 02:34:51 PM
Sjees that is an long list,toke some time too find your name..
Title: names
Post by: Penfold on July 14, 2008, 07:35:01 PM
OK done. thanks team

PEN