Your favourite settlement re-names

[Gimli2]

So in my Arnor campaign I'm making my way through Mordor and after taking the Orc Encampment and Cirith Ungol, I decided to re-name Cirith Ungol to Fornost Gorthad (which is what the Barrow downs used to be called I think?) but couldnt think of a name for the Orc Encampment. But this got me thinking whats your favourite renames of conquered terrority?Do you rename them after the victorious General? AragonstownAn iconic but long lost city? GondolinOr a random name? NewBastion

[Mank]

My best "fail" story related to this:

One of the last High Elf campaigns I played I totally nerded out and tried to look up the elven name for every region/ settlement I conqured so I could re-name it to something elvish. Gosh did that take a long time...plus the names just ended up looking silly because I couldn't add the appropriate special features.

Ugh, never doing that again...if I ever personally re-name settlements again I'll be like Alexander the Great and just call everything after my name. The whole of Middle-Earth will be called "Mankville"

[Lord Butters I]

As Gondor, once I've taken Minas Ithil and made things fairly secure in Ithillian, I like to move the capitol to (west) Osgiliath and rename Minas Tirith to Minas Anor. The high days have come again . Once inside Mordor, I rename the orc settlements to whatever their geography is called. I can't think of any examples; whatever the right-click on the ground says.As Elves (either one) I re-name Moria when I take it. Silvans call it Hadhodrond and the Noldor call it Casarrondo. Additionally, I'll rename "Goblin Fort" to "Mountain Fort", "Goblin Town" to "High Pass" and whatever the OotMM settlement northwest of GT is to "High Outpost".I have fun looking around Tolkien Gateway looking for names to rename faction-specific settlements.

[Carl Jung was right]

I renamed Orc Encampment in Mordor to "Detroit". I don't think orcs want to live there anymore.

[The Forgotten]

I was playing a Dwarven campaign and had finally eradicated the Orcs from the north. Happy to settle down a bit I began to rename all the settlements in the misty mountains and came up with several. But I never found one for Goblin Town. So I looked on line and eventually came up with Hadad-Dum, which means Severh Hall. Funnily enough by the end I had 7 great cities in my empire and Goblin Town/Hadad-Dum surpassed all in riches an glory. :haha:

[Gabrius]

Once while playing as Isengard on VH/VH I struggled against Arnor for a VERY long time, but then I captured Hobbiton in a massive battle. Because I knew I wouldn't be able to hold it (due to its lack of walls and such), I just named it "HOBBITS SUCK" and abandoned it.

[Jmonstra]

Curious... How does one rename settlements while in game...?

[Dude with the Food]

Bring up the city tab and click on the name at the top then just backspace the old one.

I usually rename Limlight Fort to Ost-en-Limlidh. It means city-by?-Limlidh (a sindarization of Limlight )
I also rename Thorin's/Beorn's Halls to whatever.

[Jmonstra]

Bring up the city tab and click on the name at the top then just backspace the old one.

I usually rename Limlight Fort to Ost-en-Limlidh. It means city-by?-Limlidh (a sindarization of Limlight )
I also rename Thorin's/Beorn's Halls to whatever.

Whatever seems like a strange name for a city, but to each his own.

Really though, thanks

[riuk881]

I renamed Orc Encampment in Mordor to "Detroit". I don't think orcs want to live there anymore.

boo

[Flinn]

Bring up the city tab and click on the name at the top then just backspace the old one.

I wonder, does the "in game" name remains the same? I mean, if I rename BREE in let's say BRUU, what will be console name?
Furthermore, how it works in this regard with "automatically" renamed settlements?

I should have posted these questions on the official thread, but as we are speaking of this matter here I wish to ask them directly, would be useful to know the answer for a project of mine.

thanks

[Loki_999]

Console name changes as well. So if you change Hobbiton to The Hicks and want to add population you would use: add_population "The Hicks" 1234

Not sure if this affects scripts though. For example if you change the name of Aunnuminas to Bob's Place, would this cause problems when it checks for the right regions to reforge Arnor? Perhaps it depends on whether it checks region or settlement names

[Flinn]

thanks, it is clearer now

some rep for you

[Dude with the Food]

I think scripts use regions rather than cities/castles for example Trollshaws rather than Imladris but I may be mistaken.

[Lord Butters I]

I think scripts use regions rather than cities/castles for example Trollshaws rather than Imladris but I may be mistaken.

No, you're correct. That's why renaming settlements will never interfere with scripts.

[Carl Jung was right]

boo

My apologies. I'll rename it to "Cleveland".

[RuleBritannia]

When I captured Minas Tirith in my Mordor campaign with the Witch-King, I thought it fitting to rename it to Minas Dûr, which at least in my reasoning means "The Dark City" or "The Dark Tower". I may still have Barad-dûr, but hey, gotta rename Minas Tirith to something evil, right?

[DrBeast]

In my Mordor campaign, Minas Tirith became Minas Sauron. Terribly original, I know

[Gimli2]

I've named Barad-Dur Amon Elessar, I'm quite happy with that!!

[skullripper]

I've named Barad-Dur to Mount Doosh