how to change NPC name?

[skilla]

is it possible to change the NPC name? i checked the npc packed but the name name there is just code. Where can I find all the eng strings in client side?

[MentaL]

[souqyband]

Change on npc template

[quasaralpha]

Hello.

Changing the name of an NPC or a Monster inside the server files will not visually change the name, so to speak.



If you want the names to be visible to you (the way you want), you need to find .xml files located within the client.

The first location is here Aion\L10N\enu\data\data.pak (This is the file for west client users,the whole folder ,to be precise).

In your L10N folder you might find different folder depending on where you've downloaded your client from.
It could be en , deu , eng , us and so on ,regardless of what that folder is named ,the content distribution within is similar.
All of these folders should contain the data.pak file.



Second location is in Aion\data\Strings\Strings.pak (This is the korean version and it will load by default if L10N is missing).


You will , however, need to extract these files ,because they are encrypted.
NOTE : (.pak files in Aion are similar to a zip or 7zip archive with the difference that they are encrypted due to copyrights)

You will need a program called AION Encdec if you want to unpack them.

In order to unpack a .pak file (with this specific encoder) ,place the file inside the PAK folder (PAK folder will be created when you start the encoder exe file) and press "Extract PAK" button.

After you unpack them, the .xml files will be encrypted as well (NC Soft <3). Press the decode button in AION Encoder to decrypt the .xml files.


The file that you need (in your case) is client_strings_npc.xml.

Path in data.pak from L10N is data.pak\strings\client_strings_npc.xml

Path in Strings.pak from Aion\Data\Strings is Strings.pak\client_strings_npc.xml

Tip: If you want to just do this regularly and you don't want to play around with the encoder , you can:

• Archive your .xml files with 7zip (or other archiver) and store them as Strings.pak (not .zip) .
• You can also have the .xml files separately in the folder (as files ,instead of being inside an archive).

Please find the Aion encoder file by visiting the the link bellow.
https://mega.nz/file/Aah3xLBQ#X7rwwV...FF-JdmPzFG9MT8

If you have any questions , I will be happy to help.