Grrr!

[clomaka]

"I don't really feel like restoring the long name, playing 20 games, then removing the long name and playing 20 games to see if there's a difference in how often it crashes."

I employ a team of trained monkeys to do that I like the rebooted mod idea of naming stars for their quest. you could try making *all* the names the extra long length; that way it'll be an all-or-nothing situation.