player.communityname

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Use account name for identification and nick name (or community name) for displaying.

We do... It's the inconsistencies that are the problem (clearly labeled in the original post), and here's one simple way to fix that.

1. Force new players (without a community name) to pick a community name off the bat (first client login).

a. Allows players to be more memorable within the community.
b. Fixes the issue with player.communityname equaling ""

2. Guest (pc:######) accounts should community name should default to something like Guest######.

The way it's setup right now makes us jump unnecessary hoops when a presentable default identifier could easily be provided without having to use a hack like this:

PHP Code:

public function getProperName() {
  if (player.account.starts("pc:")) {
    return "Guest" @ player.substring(3);
  }
  return (player.communityname ? player.communityname : player.account);
}