Clan tags

[Wadeski]

Quick question - i want to put my clan tag into the box provided at the login screen, but it includes a character that doesnt seem recognised (the $ sign).

Can someone in the US try this, because it sometimes is in these games that they are only set up to recognised US keyboard locations for things like £ signs, $ signs and euro signs...

Its annoying because without the $ sign the tag looks a bit lacking :p

[The_Misfit]

Re: Clan tags

lol, just like the CS:S tags using all the arabic. Stick to a tag that employs the 'alphabet'. :) :) :P

I'll try it to see if the $$ sign is ok or not though...

[DeathGiver]

Re: Clan tags

Wish i could remove my clan tag without making a new account. I just kept the SFA tag because of my rank awards medals etc etc.

[Wadeski]

Re: Clan tags

/blatant bump

someone let me know if they try this out :)

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Clan tags

I can't get the $ or | characters to work either.

[Wadeski]

Re: Clan tags

****...thanks EA.

this clan has only used this tag for the last 6 years.... :/

[imported_sabotage]

Re: Clan tags

I can't believe we can't change our names.

[TGL|Badlizzard]

Re: Clan tags

****...thanks EA.

this clan has only used this tag for the last 6 years.... :/

We had the Yen sign in our tag a long time ago, and had to change it because you can't use ASCII characters in matches. Just start a vote on your new tags and get over it. Not that big of a deal.

[SaladFork]

Re: Clan tags

I know it's been stated before, but it was always as a reply to a thread, which will be rarely seen by those who need it most. Therefore, here is a thread dedicated to teaching you how to manually edit your prefix.

First of all, you're probably asking yourself why you would want to do this. The answer is quite obvious when you think about it. One reason is because your prefix contains illegal characters that the text box won't accept (Something like - < > { } \ / | , . $). Second, the prefix box does not use escaped charaters, so if you set your prefix to use certain characters, the prefix will be 'stuck', and the only way to remove it is to manually edit it.

Let's begin.

1. Open up Windows Explorer, your Terminal, or whatever file browser you may be using.
2. Navigate over to your "My Documents" folder (Default: C:\Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\My Documents\).
3. Navigate into \Battlefield 2\Profiles\.
4. Open up Global.com using any text editor (Notepad will do).
5. There should be a line that contains the GlobalSettings.setNamePrefix command. Usually, this will be the second line in the file.
6. Whatever is in between the two double quotes following this command will be your prefix. Edit it to your desire. (Example: GlobalSettings.setNamePrefix "-{SF}-")
7. Save the file (File -> Save), and exit out of your text editor.
8. That's it, you're done! The next time you login to BF2, you should now have the correct prefix. Note that if the changes are made while BF2 is open, it will NOT work. You must have BF2 closed.

That will work fine with $ as far as I know...

~Salad

[Wadeski]

Re: Clan tags

That worked a treat :)

thanks

]$[ Wadeski