How to change sons name?

[Invalidlinks]

So i named my son Vincent then two days later it just hit me that there is another Vincent in the valley! screwed up the heart and ift box thing. is there a way to change the name via files?

[Tellulu]

The save files are located at %AppData%\StardewValley
Standard xml...
You should be able to find and replace it with a simple textsearch.
Just make sure you don't rename the original npc because that would make your game crash.

[Invalidlinks]

Where can i find the file, is it located in the steamapp file? sorry if the question sounds dumb.. really lost here.

Originally posted by Nepnep:

The save files are located at %AppData%\StardewValley
Standard xml...
You should be able to find and replace it with a simple textsearch.
Just make sure you don't rename the original npc because that would make your game crash.

[Tellulu]

Open a windows explorer instance and put %AppData%\StardewValley in the path thing field.
That should geht you to your Stardew Valley folder inside the AppData folder.

[Hurodrik]

Originally posted by Invalidlinks:

Where can i find the file, is it located in the steamapp file? sorry if the question sounds dumb.. really lost here.

Originally posted by Nepnep:

The save files are located at %AppData%\StardewValley
Standard xml...
You should be able to find and replace it with a simple textsearch.
Just make sure you don't rename the original npc because that would make your game crash.

Open your files explorer thingie on windows, look for the adress bar and type %appdata%. That will take you to a folder. Inside it, find "Stardew Valley" and there "Saves".

[Invalidlinks]

okay i did exactly that.. but still nothing related to stardew valley showed up.. is there another way to find the file aside from searching it with the search bar? i appreciate the help guys!

Originally posted by Hurodrik:

Originally posted by Invalidlinks:

Where can i find the file, is it located in the steamapp file? sorry if the question sounds dumb.. really lost here.

Open your files explorer thingie on windows, look for the adress bar and type %appdata%. That will take you to a folder. Inside it, find "Stardew Valley" and there "Saves".

[Tellulu]

Search for a folder called StardewValley on your system drive.

[Invalidlinks]

so i found the file StardewValley with the file named saves and startup preferences.. and in that saves file there is my name on it.. and in it there is another file with my game name and a bunch of numbers next to it and a file called savegameinfo.. am i on the right track?

Originally posted by Nepnep:

Search for a folder called StardewValley on your system drive.

[Tellulu]

You want the file starting with your name and ending in some number.
It should have around 2 to 3 MB.
You should be able to find the name you want to replace with
<NPC xsi:type="Child"><name>Vincent</name>

Make a backup before you modify anything.

[Invalidlinks]

okay got that.. is it okay to open the file with a notepad? or there are better software that i should have used?

Originally posted by Nepnep:

You want the file starting with your name and ending in some number.
It should have around 2 to 3 MB.
You should be able to find the name you want to replace with
<NPC xsi:type="Child"><name>Vincent</name>

[Tellulu]

You can try it.
The files rather big. Some editors have a problem with that.

[Invalidlinks]

Awwww yeah! it worked! Really appreciate the step by step help man! for a moment there i thought i would be stuck with that problem. Again thank you!

Originally posted by Nepnep:

You can try it.
The files rather big. Some editors have a problem with that.

[Himura]

Originally posted by Tellulu:

The save files are located at %AppData%\StardewValley
Standard xml...
You should be able to find and replace it with a simple textsearch.
Just make sure you don't rename the original npc because that would make your game crash.

do you know how can i fix that crush problem?

[red255]

don't cause it, obviously.

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by Himura:

Originally posted by Tellulu:

The save files are located at %AppData%\StardewValley
Standard xml...
You should be able to find and replace it with a simple textsearch.
Just make sure you don't rename the original npc because that would make your game crash.

do you know how can i fix that crush problem?

You should make backup files of a file before messing with it, so that in case of problems you can just revert back to the original one.

If you've not made a backup file, then i guess you need to restore the file manually, preferably to what it was before.

[Nanny Jooj]

Originally posted by Maya-Neko:

Originally posted by Himura:

do you know how can i fix that crush problem?

You should make backup files of a file before messing with it, so that in case of problems you can just revert back to the original one.

If you've not made a backup file, then i guess you need to restore the file manually, preferably to what it was before.

I know this is an old thread but I thought I'd add to it for anyone searching, like I was. If you do mess it up, you can restore from the previous day save, the file marked _old. That's also a useful trick mid game if you make a complete bollox of a day and want a do-over. If you're not sure how to do that, there's a Reddit thread with step by step instructions here: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/196fi7u/going_back_a_day/