[MC-12393] Players do not show their custom name, and their name can be a max of 16 characters long or the client disconnects Created: 19/Mar/13  Updated: 10/May/17  Resolved: 11/Jan/14

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.5
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Stefan Pelskamp Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Incomplete Votes: 0
Labels: None

Issue Links:
Relates
relates to MC-13502 Server crashes when displaying invali... Resolved
relates to MC-16008 Customized Team Prefix on Multiplayer Resolved
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed

 Description   

If you set a players custom name (ie. through nbt editing) or change their custom name by code. Their name will not update, and still show their login name.

Forcefully making them display another name also maxes it to 16 characters, even though other entities can have a name up to 64 characters.



 Comments   
Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 11/Jan/14 ]

This ticket is incomplete without the requested information, no response has been received within a reasonable time and we are assuming the issue has been resolved. Should your issue return please submit a new complete ticket with all available information.
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Comment by Talven81 [ 26/Nov/13 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.7.2 / Launcher version 1.3.4 ? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by Stefan Pelskamp [ 20/Mar/13 ]

Yes, it was hardcoded to 16 characters because that was the max playername you could get for a minecraft account, however with the custom names that limit was extended to 64 characters for custom names on anything other then players.

Comment by dirk (switched to Minetest) [ 20/Mar/13 ]

Afaik player names are hard-coded limited to 16 characters.

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