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how to add new themes?
« on: November 04, 2014, 04:21:08 PM »
Related to my other post (about creating a commander-names theme), I'd like some help creating a new theme.  I created the three files as required, and put them in the Aurora directory, then selected "create theme", and this is the error I get:

I can see the theme name in the drop down (i.e. in the Race Details screen) but it doesn't do anything -- I still get ship and system names from the theme I was using before.
Is this broken, or am I doing it wrong?
 

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Re: how to add new themes?
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2014, 10:29:00 PM »
Related to my other post (about creating a commander-names theme), I'd like some help creating a new theme.  I created the three files as required, and put them in the Aurora directory, then selected "create theme", and this is the error I get:

I can see the theme name in the drop down (i.e. in the Race Details screen) but it doesn't do anything -- I still get ship and system names from the theme I was using before.
Is this broken, or am I doing it wrong?

What's the longest name you tried to include in the theme? That's what this error is telling you happened.

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Re: how to add new themes?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2014, 12:00:37 PM »
Any idea what the limit is?  I have a system name 28 characters long, a class name of 14 characters, and a rank name of 25 (just using the same ranks as the United States theme).

By the way, does the Ranks.txt file just take 8 naval ranks?  How about ground forces ranks, civilian administrators, etc?  Should those be added to the end of the list, the beginning of the list, or edited some other way?
 

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Re: how to add new themes?
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2017, 09:23:50 AM »
I am resurrecting this thread because I am having same problem.
Having created all three txt files, I try to create a "Suomi" theme, only to get error 53 "File Not Found" with the title of "Error in mnu AddTheme_click"