[Xeno] Player names always show as "Unknown"

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[Xeno] Player names always show as "Unknown"

Post by Nightcaper » 02 Feb 2017, 17:58

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): When Xenos see players, their names do not show; They will instead show as "Unknown" or perhaps, Marine (15) numbered uniquely per marine, much like how xenos currently work. (Credit for the original idea: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=11107#p117706)

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Metatargeting is an issue that often comes up in discussion, and reducing metagaming and metatargeting will always be beneficial to the player experience on both marine and xeno side. I feel this benefits the game by reducing metatargeting potential, and the server (possibly, and I'm speculating here without any facts or evidence) by reducing possible ahelp reports regarding metatargeting or other synonyms of such.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): Marines show up either all as Unknown, or Marine/role name, possibly with a unique number identifier (much like Xenos, to ensure xeno player reports against marines go without a hitch). This means Xenos cannot single out a certain robust marine (unless they are wearing something that stands out of course) and metatarget. I feel this would be fair, since we cannot see specific xeno player names and single them out, so this keeps all sides fair.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): DM language more than likely, hopefully it's possible to reuse code from the Xeno implementation of naming. I do not know if it's possible to have one side see a different name compared to another side, and if a custom implementation is required I do not know how performance will be affected.


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Re: [Xeno] Player names always show as "Unknown"

Post by forwardslashN » 02 Feb 2017, 18:01

This is unfortunetly impossible. DM does not allow for a player to see a name based on a condition.
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