Is there a way to rename drugs?

[BigBossJuicey]

title. named one something i don't like be accident

[Harmonica]

Someone mentioned you can rename them in the save file, make sure to copy it before editing though in case of mistakes.

[BigBossJuicey]

oof i'm not a good technical type of person idk if i'm gonna risk that lol. hopefully theres an in game way in the future, if there is a future with DDS developers being jealous of this game

[Harmonica]

Well I'm sure there's probably a guide out there already. It's not super technical honestly. All the files that need changing are just text files so you just need a decent text editor like Notepad++ since Windows Notepad tends to be a bit imprecise for this kind of editing.

The names of your mixes are in several files and you just replace all instances of the old name with your new name (have to do it in multiple files and multiple places in some files but that's about as complicated as it gets).

If you can't find a guide online with visual examples... edit: okay, now this should probably be a Guide itself but...

The mix files are in:

C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\LocalLow\TVGS\Schedule I\Saves\[a long number]\SaveGame_1\Products\

(assuming you only have one save game, otherwise it'll be a higher number)

Before you begin:

• Make a copy or zip/rar archive of the entire 'SaveGame_1' folder (or later numbers if you have them) before beginning so you can just replace it back if there's an issue.
  
• Disable Steam Cloud Saving before making these changes as otherwise it might replace your edits with files from the cloud. (right-click Schedule 1 in the game library > properties... > toggle 'keep games saves on the cloud') You can turn it back on after you've played the game with your edits.

Notepad++ makes this very easy because you can use its powerful 'Find in Files' function (CTRL+SHIFT+F) to search all files in the save folder for the exact name of your mix, and replace all instances with your new name.

Using Notepad++ find and replace:

However one note of caution as I always mention with this function, to begin fill both 'Find' and 'Replace' with the same exact word - the full name of your old mix (eg both to OG Kush) - before using in case you accidentally hit Replace. This has saved me in many occasions!

• After that always check the Directory field is set to the correct folder path before using it - in this case it is the save game folder above eg ending in '...SaveGame_1\Products\'. If you open Products.json you can toggle (check then uncheck) the 'Follow current doc' box to put the path in that box for you, or use the '...' button to browse to the correct folder. I say toggle because generally it's good to not have this Directory box change unexpectedly.
  
• Check the 'In All sub-folders' box so it searches the 'CreatedProducts' subfolder too.
  
• In the 'Filters' box, type *.json so it matches only the json type files (currently this is the only file type in these folders anyway but you could leave it blank to match any files)

Always re-check the Directory before clicking anything especially Replace on this screen otherwise you will replace words in files in other folders on your PC and you don't want this to happen (speaking from experience).

• After searching the full name you should find there will be one instance of that as you created it ingame (eg capitalised with space between etc).
  

      "Name": "Old Name",

  Change that to your desired new name as you want to see it in-game.

      "Name": "New Name Goes Here",

This is honestly probably enough to get the name to change visually but just for future sanity's sake you can make a few more edits:

• Then remove all spaces from the old name and first copy this into the replace box for safety. If you search for this instead the results will be all lowercase with no spaces or other punctuation.
  

      "ID": "oldname",

  There should be at least four instances (in two files), but if you've used your custom mix in other mixes it will also show up as part of the recipe in those mix files. You can open these files by double clicking each search result to edit them manually - type your new name in lowercase with no spaces or punctuation between the "" double quotes. Or use the Replace function to fix them all bearing in mind the safety caveats that I mentioned above!

      "ID": "newnamegoeshere",

  After that you just have to rename your mix's file in the CreatedProducts subfolder - its the same lowercase new name with spaces removed

Editing the mix files manually:

Before you change anything, in-game, check whether the custom mix you are changing the name of was used in any other mixes. Write down the names of the other mixes it was used in.

In the file 'Products.json' you'll see your mixes named along with the defaults like ogkush etc. There's two mentions of the mix name to replace in that file (CTRL+F to find them) without spaces between the name and all lowercase.
In the subfolder 'CreatedProducts' there will be a file named the same as your mix. You need to rename the file to your new name (again without spaces) and then open it and change the 'Name' and 'ID' entries to the actual name with spaces and the name all lowercase without spaces, respectively.

So eg I have a product called Island Haze with a file called 'islandhaze.json' and the relevant entries to change would be:

    "Name": "Island Haze",
    "ID": "islandhaze",

but Icould rename it to

    "Name": "Island Banana",
    "ID": "islandbanana",

and use 'islandbanana' for its filename, and 'islandbanana' instead of 'islandhaze' in Products.json.

Editing it manually is a little more effort since now you also have to change the files belonging to the other mixes that it was used in. Find them in the same CreatedProducts folder and in their recipe replace the old lowercase single-word name of your mix with the new one.

When you reload your save it should be changed!

If it doesn't load or there's a problem, just copy back the original folder eg 'SaveGame_1' that you hopefully backed up before making your edits. In the TVGS\Schedule I\Saves\longnumber folder, delete the 'SaveGame_1' folder and then copy in your original (if you archived it, open it and then drag that folder from the archive into the longnumber folder).

Please ask if you have any questions!