renaming units doesn't seem to always stick....

[kohlenklau]

I am doing my Sauvignon Sahara campaign and often in the editor I rename a unit to give the trooper a specific name but later in the battle even without starting the shooting, the name does not stay but a different one is there.

Uh oh, as i am writing this I just thought that I DO have 50% casualties selected. Maybe it randomly kills off the first guy I gave a specific name to and renames the survivor before battle even starts? I had wanted to have the casualties but have the survivor have my picked name.

I will test it later today by having no casualties and see how the names stick.

[Seedorf81]

Eh, the name of that first trooper wasn't Eddie Slovik, was it?

[George MC]

I am doing my Sauvignon Sahara campaign and often in the editor I rename a unit to give the trooper a specific name but later in the battle even without starting the shooting, the name does not stay but a different one is there.

Uh oh, as i am writing this I just thought that I DO have 50% casualties selected. Maybe it randomly kills off the first guy I gave a specific name to and renames the survivor before battle even starts? I had wanted to have the casualties but have the survivor have my picked name.

I will test it later today by having no casualties and see how the names stick.

you're correct - the % casualty limit will have killed off your man hence no show.

[kohlenklau]

yep, confirmed by test. set to full and names stayed as renamed.

Of slight interest, the CO HQ group had 5 men if full and I HAD made it 50% casualties.

The renamed name always seemed to stay in there as I was editing the various scenarios.

I guess it either doesn't kill off the named leader or the higher number of choices for other guys to whittle away just had me always lucking out.