Edit race name in save

[Didymus]

Hello!

A little question...
I have a nasty typo in my races name and it drives the neurotic part of my brain crazy.
But I started a really good campaign with it...
How could I edit the race in the save?

Thanks!

 

[Cyber Cavalier]

You should be able to edit the Species name once you're able to genemod them, and the Empire Name can always be changed, I believe.

 

[Ryika]

If you're not in Ironman Mode, it's probably much easier to do it via the console.

While having nothing selected, use:

effect species = { rename_species = { prompt_country = prev name_list = ascension_list } }

This will give you the popup where you can change your founder species name, plural and adjective.

If you need to change another species, you can get a popup for each of your species with this instead:

effect every_owned_pop_species = { rename_species = { prompt_country = prev name_list = ascension_list } }

 

[Didymus]

Thank you!
But it may not work, I play in Ironman, even if it says the checksum is wrong (I have some custom systems).

 

[Didymus]

Well, console is no option...

 

[TrotBot]

you can change species names in the species list. as said above, you may need genemodding researched first.

 

[Ryika]

Other than that, there's a guide on how to do general save game editing on the wiki:

Save-game editing - Stellaris Wiki

stellaris.paradoxwikis.com

Never done it myself, but since they seem to be in plain text, I'd assume that if you extract it and search for the species name, you'll probably find it.