I want to be able to name and re-name many different things in Civ IV:
All units should have a random unique name based on city and culture in addition to what type of unit (example 100th London Rifles, 2nd Isandlwana Armoured Division)
This is similar to the old White Wolf Studios game 'Empire Deluxe' 1 and 2.
We can re-name them at anytime to give them appropriate 'battle honours' or make 'personal guards' units without affecting stats or having to make whole new units.
Thus I can have the 1st Republican Guards, Praetorians, Fusiliers, Queen's Own Rifles, HMS Victory, LZ Hindenburg, the Yamato, the Enola Gay, all the unique unit names that would add to immersion.
I mean now, you play the Russians, you attack with your tanks. And all your tanks are just plain-vanilla, no distinctions. With this you could have your 'lead' tank named Zhukov's Heavy Assault Breakthrough Division. Your German Zeppelins would have individual names, your British Fighter Squadrons the famous names of the past.
However, past units it would be fun to have the option of giving names to terrain features. No default random ones to clutter the map, but (deleteable) ones you make like 'Monte Cassino', 'the Little Big Horn', the Mississippi, the Rhine, the Urals, etc. Names for map places that you can put anywhere and turn off if you don't want to see them.
Maybe even the option of renaming Great Leaders and City Improvements (in case you wanted 'Maple Leaf Gardens' or 'the Forum' instead of a plain-jane Colloseum or Stadium).
All units should have a random unique name based on city and culture in addition to what type of unit (example 100th London Rifles, 2nd Isandlwana Armoured Division)
This is similar to the old White Wolf Studios game 'Empire Deluxe' 1 and 2.
We can re-name them at anytime to give them appropriate 'battle honours' or make 'personal guards' units without affecting stats or having to make whole new units.
Thus I can have the 1st Republican Guards, Praetorians, Fusiliers, Queen's Own Rifles, HMS Victory, LZ Hindenburg, the Yamato, the Enola Gay, all the unique unit names that would add to immersion.
I mean now, you play the Russians, you attack with your tanks. And all your tanks are just plain-vanilla, no distinctions. With this you could have your 'lead' tank named Zhukov's Heavy Assault Breakthrough Division. Your German Zeppelins would have individual names, your British Fighter Squadrons the famous names of the past.
However, past units it would be fun to have the option of giving names to terrain features. No default random ones to clutter the map, but (deleteable) ones you make like 'Monte Cassino', 'the Little Big Horn', the Mississippi, the Rhine, the Urals, etc. Names for map places that you can put anywhere and turn off if you don't want to see them.
Maybe even the option of renaming Great Leaders and City Improvements (in case you wanted 'Maple Leaf Gardens' or 'the Forum' instead of a plain-jane Colloseum or Stadium).
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