Has anyone figured out how to change the player characters name?

[you're ugly]

I chose an incredibly awkward and terrible name and I want to change it but I also don't want to completely restart. Anyone figured out where the name is stored yet?

[Sonar]

what did you name it

[Balrogix]

While not really a solution, you can rename the MC when you start NG+.

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Can anyone provide a comprehensive guide (step by step?) of how to use CE to change the name? Is it okay to use CE while being online in Steam or is there a ban imminent?

[Radiosity]

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Can anyone provide a comprehensive guide (step by step?) of how to use CE to change the name? Is it okay to use CE while being online in Steam or is there a ban imminent?

If you still need it, go to Static Address Base > Names > First Name/Last Name. Each character of the name you chose can be changed using the dropdowns.

And no, you won't be banned for using CheatEngine, for the same reason you won't be banned for using Reloaded II. It's a single player game. If you tried using CE in an actual multiplayer game, then yeah, you'd be banned, so don't do that ;p

[Roydoga]

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Can anyone provide a comprehensive guide (step by step?) of how to use CE to change the name? Is it okay to use CE while being online in Steam or is there a ban imminent?

If you still need it, go to Static Address Base > Names > First Name/Last Name. Each character of the name you chose can be changed using the dropdowns.

And no, you won't be banned for using CheatEngine, for the same reason you won't be banned for using Reloaded II. It's a single player game. If you tried using CE in an actual multiplayer game, then yeah, you'd be banned, so don't do that ;p

Could you perhaps be more specific?
I'm a complete neophyte to Cheat Engine and have no idea how to find the static address base

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Can anyone provide a comprehensive guide (step by step?) of how to use CE to change the name? Is it okay to use CE while being online in Steam or is there a ban imminent?

If you still need it, go to Static Address Base > Names > First Name/Last Name. Each character of the name you chose can be changed using the dropdowns.

And no, you won't be banned for using CheatEngine, for the same reason you won't be banned for using Reloaded II. It's a single player game. If you tried using CE in an actual multiplayer game, then yeah, you'd be banned, so don't do that ;p

Bump, for a more specific guide, would be really helpful :)

[Koros Antavo]

First, I will explain what Cheat Engine is and how it works. Then I'll give a rough overview of what to do in your particular situation.

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Cheat Engine is a memory editor. Its primary function is to search you RAM for specific variables and then edit the values inside those variables to your liking, which would then be reflected in-game.

Let's say, you want to have more money. You can earn more through in-game means, or you can find the variable that holds your current money total and edit that variable to the value you want. CE gives you the means to do just that.

Variables have two important for our purposes components: its address in RAM, and the value it holds. In order to edit your wallet specifically and not some other random variable, you need to find the wallet's RAM address.

You don't know the address, but you do know how much the wallet currently holds. CE allows you to find the address of the variable by knowing its value. CE window has 3 main areas. The central-right area is an elaborate filter, which gives you many conditions to potentially impose upon the variable's value.

You input into this filter your current amount of money, and in return CE will present in its cetner-left area all variables that currently hold that value. One of those variables is the wallet you need, but most of the others are probably unrelated and just happen to hold the same value.

To find the specific variable you need, you go back inside the game and buy something or earn a bit more money, thus changing the total amount. Then in CE, you filter all the variables you got from the previous step for those that have also changed to the new total you got in-game. Those that didn't change or changed to something other than the new total are probably unrelated to the wallet, while those that do follow the total likely are the variables you need.

You repeat this process until you are sure you are left with a variable or variables that are directly responsible for your wallet. Then you simply edit your newly-found wallet variable and observe the magic in-game, as your in-game balance sddenly changes. Congrats, you're a certified CE user now.

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It is possible you can use the method above to find the variable which holds the character's name, but since it is a string and not a number, and since you cannot change it on a whim, this process might not be quite as straightforward.

Luckily, dedicated and hardworking people before you have already done all this work for many of the in-game parameters and compiled their findings in a CE table, which you can use with little fuss.

How to use it?

First, you open the table itself. Then, you press on the glowing icon in the top-left corner. This will prompt you to select an app you would like to mess with today.

You will be presented a list of al the apps you currently have running on your PC. Remember, CE is a memory editor; it edits memory, which means it cannot do anything for apps that aren't running. Thus, make sure the app of your choosing, P5R, is running, and select it from the list.

CE might throw a pop-up message at you asking whether you want to keep the table values. Yes, using that table is the whole point, so you say you want to keep them.

The actual "meat" of the table is displayed in the bottom area of the CE window. It is displayed in form of a, well, table. The table consits of 5 columns, from left to right:
"Active" - displays whether the instruction in the current row is active or not;
"Description" - allows a human being such as yourself to navigate the table without superfluous instructions;
"Address" - the addresses of those variables we were searching for in part 1 of this guide, and the addresses whose values we will be editing;
"Type" - the type of data the variable holds, such as text, integer, floating point (real number) etc;
"Value" - the coveted value itself, editing which should reflect the desired changes in-game.

I don't have this table you speak of and haven't edited P5R myself, but the general process is always the same.

You search the table for the values you need, namely the character's name in your case. Then you edit the "Value" column to your liking. Then you enjoy the result.

CE tables often contain not simple variable addresses, but also complicated scripts that enable more complex manipulation than simple value editing. They also may contain nested entries, so that related entries can be grouped together and be easier on the eyes.

That is what the "Active" column is for. The Active column in CE consists of a square, which can either be empty or checked with a red "X".
If the entry is a script, checking the column will enable it and keep it running.
If it is a "folder" - container for nested entries - then checking it will open or unfold the folder.
If it is a simple variable, then checking it will fix the value in place. If your wallet currently holds 20k, and you find the "Wallet" variable and check it, then go and buy somehting, say for 2200 yen, your wallet will still have 20k after the transaction, because the "Active" checkmark has fixed that value for you. If you then earn 5330 yen after that, your wallet will still hold 20k regardless, because that value is fixed for you.

If the table of your choosing has lots of folders, you navigate it by opening up the folders using the "Active" column. Folders themselves can also be nested. You search for the description you need in the folder (character's name). If you don't find what you need in the current folder, you can close it by checking the "Active" column again, so that it doesn't distract you any more than necessary.

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And that's how it is. You load up the table, load up the game, keep the table values, navigate the table by opening and closing the folders it contains by checking the "Active" column, find the parameter you need by its "Description", edit the parameter's "Value" column, and observe the changes in-game.

[∞]

Thanks a lot! I managed to do it now :)