Character disappeared after rename

[BlackthornVcr]

Excelsior server - Went to rename character -typed in new name and got the successful rename message. When I clicked ok, the renamed character disappeared. The name I renamed to is listed as unavailable, so I’m thinking my char is still out there in the ether? I know I didn’t delete as I would have had to type the old name not the new.

 

Character was named Romulus Mark I and was supposedly renamed to Romulus Princeps. 

 

‘’Is this a known bug?

 

 

edit - just noticed that it says I have 10 used character slots but only 9 show. There is an empty character slot in the middle of the list.

Edited September 11, 2019 by BlackthornVcr

[TexasSlacker]

Did you ever get a fix for this problem? My daughter just renamed a character on Everlasting and it disappeared. Exactly the same situation as you described.

Edited May 3, 2020 by TexasSlacker

[EmmySky]

Drag the characters around, one may be hiding under another.

[Takehai]

You could also go in to your COH folder, find the folder with the same name as your username, and inside that delete the file named "playerslot.txt". This is a preference folder that tells the client what order to display the characters. Deleting just causes the client to create a new one based off of what the server reports to it when you log in, and it's possible the client isn't displaying the renamed character because it's not in that file.

[TexasSlacker]

Thank you so much, we dragged the characters around and boom....thank you both for the suggestions. Best damn game and community ever.

[RCU7115]

I renamed a toon and the toon ended up 2 rows over in my 23rd character slot. The toon was in the 10th slot. Once he got renamed and was moved I was unable to move him back. I did the playerslot.exe thing and it just put all my toons into their original creation order. Once I did that they've been stuck there since. 

[Takehai]

Since it's just a plain text file (.txt) you can edit it using a text editor, or create a new one if the Client isn't doing so for some reason. The format in the file is as follows:

 

"Username" "Shard Name" "Character Name" "Slot Number"

 

The first slot is "0", and each character slot is a separate line in file. So the first line in mine reads:

 

"Takehai" "Everlasting" "Leather Fyre" "0"

 

Keep in mind the order in the text file doesn't matter, it's the slot number that tells the client where to display the character in question.