Displayedname doesn't show up in PM or Rank msgs.

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BobKare
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Displayedname doesn't show up in PM or Rank msgs.

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When a guy named Vex0men15, but with displayedname Vexomen sends me a pm or rank msg, his NORMAL name shows up, instead of the DISPLAYED name. Like this:
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I don't know what might be the cause, but thanks looking into it.

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Re: Displayedname doesn't show up in PM or Rank msgs.

Post by Hellenion »

This is a feature, private messages do not use displayednames to make them stand out more and prevent confusion, rank prefixes/colors are not shown either.

staff is a different case, it is not a private message, but more like a different chat channel, because players from all ranks are using it the displayedname is used, with rank prefixes/colors you know exactly who you are dealing with.
A = {x ∈ P(U) | x ∉ x}
Mods:
  1. /Su - Allows players to temporarily become a different rank
  2. /Snap - Like /Line but only draws straight or diagonal lines.
  3. pre-0.630 skip/none block

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Re: Displayedname doesn't show up in PM or Rank msgs.

Post by fragmer »

There are several places where fCraft shows players' names without formatting (rank prefix, rank colors, frozen/banned stars, or custom DisplayedName stuff). For example:
  • logfile entries
  • incoming and outgoing PMs
  • /me
  • rank chat
I would not consider real names in log files, but in other cases (pm, /me, rank chat) it's pretty much cosmetic. I suppose I could change it to show DisplayedName, but then it wouldn't stand out as much against other chat.

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