Hey, I think the reason that it's not working for so many people is that his name changes from "Dog" to "Dogmeat." This mod only changes the display name of the NPC, so that when the player learns the dog's real name from Mama Murphy or Nick Valentine, the game updates the name to "Dogmeat."
You need to edit DogmeatNameMSG "Dogmeat" [MESG:000552CD].
I just tried this in my game, and it went from Dogmeat to Bruce.
Instructions not 100% clear. Mention of the file name having an * at the start, but Windows won't allow a file name to use some symbols, including that one. So I can't figure out how to make the thing work.
a friend of mine has a black german Shepered called Mythra. Could you please add this into it so I can hhave her dog in game? I already repalced the skin with a block dogmeat skin. :)
i named him Max and it was working, as soon as the kellog mission started(part where you hunt him down using his nose) it reverted back to dogmeat. Tried reinstalling and even changing the name but no dice, and i cant find a strings file either in the data folder as i have seen you can alter the name that way. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm trying to rename him to Shadow (thank you for having the exact name I was looking for!), but it's not working yet. I installed through Vortex (putting the single esp file in a zip folder) and I've checked my data folder to make sure the file is there. I tried looking for the appdata/local/fallout4 folder you mentioned in the manual install directions, but I can't find that folder at all.
Edit: And I just noticed the sentence in bold letters where you say it's not working for you anymore either. Oh, well. Appreciate the effort nonetheless!
Not sure if anyone is still checking here, but can you have a different name between saves, or would I have to go in and swap names when I want to move between characters?
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Well, it worked for a split-second, once, but then immediately un-worked.
You need to edit DogmeatNameMSG "Dogmeat" [MESG:000552CD].
I just tried this in my game, and it went from Dogmeat to Bruce.
https://imgur.com/a/ZNbFv
robot dogmeat is a thing with mods T.T and rename anything wont rename dogmeat !
its my irl dogs name <3
Edit: And I just noticed the sentence in bold letters where you say it's not working for you anymore either. Oh, well. Appreciate the effort nonetheless!