I recently used a Captain rename token, to rename myself to the same name of my JHSS, thinking I'd go in and change the name of my ship after that. But now the game thinks my JHSS is me, and won't let me rename it, telling me I'm in space.

Anyone has any idea how to solve this?! I relogged, switched ships, etc., but it won't make any difference.
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In space, that is?
You have to be at a the likes of a ship selector to change your ship name. You probably are aware of this, but Trouble Shooting 101, check the obvious.
Yeah, of course I was at a ship selector.
Yeah, tried it all. I switched ships, relogged, doesn't make a difference: game always says I can't change that ship name because I'm allegedly in space.
Gratz on the 91k in a Nandi, btw!
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As you can tell, ship still has the same name as me, and it isn't even currently my active ship, yet I can't rename it.
P.S. The abilities to add pictures is one thing I actually *do* like about this forum!
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Thanks for your suggestion. But the thing is: it's not a duplicate ship name; rather, the ship has the same name as me, the pilot.
Short of plunking down another 700 Zen (for 2 extra Captain renames), I'm pretty sure I can't resolve this myself. A Dev will need to change the ship name on their end (via the database?), as the game simply won't allow me to change the name any more.
worth a try. go ask a dev about that
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Devs are kinda hard to reach.
http://perfectworld.vanillaforums.com/discussion/1140826/rename-tokens-do-not-really-work
http://perfectworld.vanillaforums.com/discussion/1150895/rename-token-bug
http://perfectworld.vanillaforums.com/discussion/1174866/captain-rename-token-issue
It seems that you have discovered a new bug with rename tokens. Your only hope is that a programmer will see your report and decide to fix the bug. You can try contacting PWE customer support, but they are unlikely to help. From my experience, their role seems to be limited to suggesting obvious things that customers can do on their own. If that doesn't work, they just tell you, sorry, there's nothing they can do.
You should be able to change your captains middle or last name without a rename token. Go to your character panel (press U) and when looking at your captain hit 'edit record' at the bottom. Maybe adding a middle name will make the name different enough that you can rename the ship?
Again, just a shot in the dark.. but you never know.
Yeah but for the CO forums it was a 100% downgrade, as we always could post pictures there.
I was very surpised you couldn't on the old STO forum.
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Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
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He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
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Yeah, I always knew there was a relationship between yourself and your ship (in space, you basically *are* the ship). But I had no idea it would bug out like that, of course.
Flying a ship that carries the same name as myself, that's kinda stupid. And since it's my expensive JHSS, I would honestly like to see it fixed.
I did contact them, of course; but they never reply (and the links you provided inspired little hope in that regard). Or, if they do, just refer you back to the forums.
I'd sincerely love to be able to help you with this, but I honestly have no idea what you can do in this situation, unfortunately. Given how I still have bug tickets unresolved that are dating to the winter of 2012, I suggest trying to accept the possibility of your JHSS bearing the same name as your character in the forseable future.
I see what you did there! :P
Oh, customer support replies eventually. It's July 4th, so you may have to wait till Monday. Whether they'll be any help is another matter. Usually, they just suggest obvious things and then say there's nothing more they can do. Sometimes, I know that a database admin could fix the problem with one SQL statement, but good luck getting in touch with one.
Btw, you can send a PM to Trendy or hail her like this:
@pwlaughingtrendy
Note that I haven't actually done it above, but that's how you do it.
Darn, I forgot, it's the 4th of July. Not really American myself, so I tend to forget.
P.S. I did send a PM to Trendy as well. Seems I can read other's people's PMs sent to her too! LOL. This forum is sooo broken!
I had trouble with a rename token as well. I renamed my reman, but it didn't change her name on the doff menu and when I use the shard of possibilities the clones are still using the old character name. I opened a ticket, but it was never fixed.
Please enable us to buy a token with Zen to faction change a 25th Century FED to a TOS FED.
Just curious.. did you try my idea about renaming your captain under your character panel? If you can just get the names different, that should fix it.
The idea to try from your bridge also just might work.
Thanks, guys. I tried both your suggestion, but neither of them worked.
The name on my character sheet was still my old name, btw. I can change that a bit, bit makes no difference as to my true Captain's name. And trying to rename ship from bridge (good idea, by itself), sadly didn't work either.
N.B. I find it really annoying that things that cost Zen, like a Captain rename token, are borked (and ignored).
I thought they had fixed that.
I know the feeling. In a previous conversation with them, I had to tell them twice that I had already submitted an in-game bug report and three times that I had posted it to the forums. From what I've read on these forums, my conversation with them was fairly typical.
i am Deaf Transgender girl. i'm Known to others as Korra.
you can find me on Tumblr, Twitter, Twitch
i am Deaf Transgender girl. i'm Known to others as Korra.
you can find me on Tumblr, Twitter, Twitch
Dang, ok.. I was hoping that would work.
If I think of anything else, I'll let you know, but it sounds like it's going to be up to Support. I hope they can help you out soon. Let us know if you figure anything out.
Do you mean the messages in her mailbox (private), or the comments on her profile (public). Those are very different things. I see your message on her profile, as a comment rather than a private message.
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