Can't rename ship

[Arson Comitter]

I have been building a pretty big and extremly expensive ship which used to be a spacer coyote. I have tried to rename it several times though after i leave the editor it reverts to spacer coyote. I have also seen alot of people talking about the same thing though i havent found an answer and i am honestly just hoping there is some random solution that works for me :)

[StormhawkV]

There's this button 'rename'. You have to use it alot more than you might think and you also have to use it to exit the screen. Using ESC will undo the change. It catches me off guard all the time even after putting so many hours into the game.

[Arson Comitter]

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

There's this button 'rename'. You have to use it alot more than you might think and you also have to use it to exit the screen. Using ESC will undo the change. It catches me off guard all the time even after putting so many hours into the game.

Hey man i might have missed something but i dont really know what you mean with exiting using the rename button. If you mean exiting from the rename menu i have tried to do so though just like before it reverts to spacer coyote.

[StormhawkV]

Originally posted by Arson Comitter:

Hey man i might have missed something but i dont really know what you mean with exiting using the rename button. If you mean exiting from the rename menu i have tried to do so though just like before it reverts to spacer coyote.

Hold on, I'm going to get some screenshots.

[Zuleica]

1. Enter Ship Builder
2. Flight Check
3. Rename Ship
4. Rename
5. type new name
6. Confirm
7. if #6 doesn't exit you from the Name screen then click Confirm again
8. Close
9. Exit

[Ihateeverybody]

I have run into a similar issue every once in a while. Renaming a Crimson Fleet Ghost that won't stay renamed.

I never really found a solution, Since I always get the Razorleaf around level 15-20 I just sell the Cursed ship.

I don't know what your options are but Getting another ship works.

Edit: To be clear, it has happened in multiple playthroughs. This is not an issue where I neglected to do things. Its just the nature of the beast. I have renamed captured Crimson Fleet Ghosts successfully. Its just a weird bug that shows up every once in a while.

[StormhawkV]

So you open the ship builder, click on 'Flight Check', then 'Rename Ship' and click on 'Rename'. You enter the new name and click on 'Confirm' TWICE. After that you leave the ship builder and if the game asks you for confirmation again you click on Accept (Enter). That's how it works for me.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

I have run into a similar issue every once in a while. Renaming a Crimson Fleet Ghost that won't stay renamed.

I never really found a solution, Since I always get the Razorleaf around level 15-20 I just sell the Cursed ship.

I don't know what your options are but Getting another ship works.

Edit: To be clear, it has happened in multiple playthroughs. This is not an issue where I neglected to do things. Its just the nature of the beast. I have renamed captured Crimson Fleet Ghosts successfully. Its just a weird bug that shows up every once in a while.

I had the same problem until I found step #7 in the steps I listed above. Normally Confirm should exit the rename screen but often it seemed I had to hit Confirm a second time. After that you have to Close and Exit, ESC will ditch the change.

[zpc]

Curious if that fixes the problem for the OP - it's basically confirming the name entry in the pop-up and then confirming the ship [data] change (=the name).

[Arson Comitter]

Originally posted by zpc:

Curious if that fixes the problem for the OP - it's basically confirming the name entry in the pop-up and then confirming the ship [data] change (=the name).

I have tried all the methods and sadly they havent worked so i guess ill just have to wait for bethesda to fix the issue, if they even do

[StormhawkV]

Originally posted by Arson Comitter:

I have tried all the methods and sadly they havent worked so i guess ill just have to wait for bethesda to fix the issue, if they even do

If it doesn't work at all the ship is bugged. This can have several causes, one of them is it was part of a quest but sometimes they just bug out for no apparent reason. In an earlier playthrough it happened to me multiple times with the ships eventually deleting themselves.

[Arson Comitter]

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

Originally posted by Arson Comitter:

I have tried all the methods and sadly they havent worked so i guess ill just have to wait for bethesda to fix the issue, if they even do

If it doesn't work at all the ship is bugged. This can have several causes, one of them is it was part of a quest but sometimes they just bug out for no apparent reason. In an earlier playthrough it happened to me multiple times with the ships eventually deleting themselves.

I see and theres no way to fix a bugged ship? I really dont wanna rebuild the entire thing

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by Arson Comitter:

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

If it doesn't work at all the ship is bugged. This can have several causes, one of them is it was part of a quest but sometimes they just bug out for no apparent reason. In an earlier playthrough it happened to me multiple times with the ships eventually deleting themselves.

I see and theres no way to fix a bugged ship? I really dont wanna rebuild the entire thing

try making a change to the ship modules, saving it, exiting, reload game and see if the steps I enumerated above help.

[StormhawkV]

Originally posted by Arson Comitter:

I see and theres no way to fix a bugged ship? I really dont wanna rebuild the entire thing

Unfortunately I wasn't able to fix the ships when this happened to me. To get a non-bugged version of a ship I had to get myself a completely new one (buy or steal) then I rebuilt it until it looked exactly like the old one, renamed it and sold the bugged ship. Back then I think what broke the ships was capturing them in orbit but it appears they fixed this version of the bug quite some time ago.

[Arson Comitter]

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

Originally posted by Arson Comitter:

I see and theres no way to fix a bugged ship? I really dont wanna rebuild the entire thing

Unfortunately I wasn't able to fix the ships when this happened to me. To get a non-bugged version of a ship I had to get myself a completely new one (buy or steal) then I rebuilt it until it looked exactly like the old one, renamed it and sold the bugged ship. Back then I think what broke the ships was capturing them in orbit but it appears they fixed this version of the bug quite some time ago.

Well guess ill just have to save up again