Please expand characters allowed for names

Prime Lorca

OP @KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM is unable to start threads yet, so I am posting on his behalf.

KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM wrote: »

ok i cant make a discussion yet not sure how long i have to around to do that but im bringing back an older issue we had back in disaster beacons days far as limiting of letter spaces some of us have fleet tags and squad tags as well as the rip's wed like added into our names squished out by a 30 letter limit can we open back up to say 50-75?

I am unsure why the limit is set at 30 characters. As long as there's no display issues, it wouldn't hurt my feelings if names were expanded.

KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM

ive had make choices on who to tribute from lost players in our game and little in jokes i had in my name had to drop because of the stingy letter limit DB did open it up the where had more room just wondering why the harsh cut back to 30?

Capt. Caz Turnip RWO

an expanded length would be good. 30 seems overly restrictive

Data1001

Prime Lorca [10FH] wrote: »

"KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM" is unable to start threads yet, so I am posting on his behalf.

And you missed an opportunity to show the new guy that game-related requests go in the Make It So sub-forum.

Prime Lorca

Data1001 wrote: »

Prime Lorca [10FH] wrote: »

"KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM" is unable to start threads yet, so I am posting on his behalf.

And you missed an opportunity to show the new guy that game-related requests go in the Make It So sub-forum.

I realized it after posting. I don't think there's a way for me to move it now.

.•°rÅTT°•.

Can we have Color back too please?

Commander Sinclair

w h a t
c o l o r
do you want?

Commander Sinclair

But seriously, I remember someone in the old forums showing the way to do that, I just have forgotten what tool you need to do it now.

Prime Lorca

Commander Sinclair wrote: »

But seriously, I remember someone in the old forums showing the way to do that, I just have forgotten what tool you need to do it now.

I thought it only worked for squadron names now.

KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM

.•°ßrÅTT°•. [ST] wrote: »

Can we have Color back too please?

you remember what happened when wizz had that feature >.<

Data1001

There are still some weird things you can do in-game. I saw a player in my Gauntlet yesterday without a captain name, but when I clicked on them, their name was displayed normally. So some extra character or characters maybe glitched the system to show their name as being blank.

KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM

Data1001 wrote: »

There are still some weird things you can do in-game. I saw a player in my Gauntlet yesterday without a captain name, but when I clicked on them, their name was displayed normally. So some extra character or characters maybe glitched the system to show their name as being blank.

odd but im surprised wizz hasent twigged to them yet he's usually on top of that stuff

Data1001

KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM wrote: »

Data1001 wrote: »

There are still some weird things you can do in-game. I saw a player in my Gauntlet yesterday without a captain name, but when I clicked on them, their name was displayed normally. So some extra character or characters maybe glitched the system to show their name as being blank.

odd but im surprised wizz hasent twigged to them yet he's usually on top of that stuff

Even on the old forums, he was always the first to comment when something was changed that didn't allow him to customize his name (or formatting when chatting in UC) like he used to.

[TKO]TrainWay©

I hadn't even realised they had reduced the character limit. Guess I'm a boring name player lol

KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM

[TKO]TrainWay© wrote: »

I hadn't even realised they had reduced the character limit. Guess I'm a boring name player lol

lol well between fleet tags and 2 rips id like in my name(s) i find my 30 letter limit woefully small

~peregrine~

Oh, wow, this takes me back....

When DB introduced color codes for players, it was alongside type-size for player-names. This was late 2016 or early 2017, if memory serves.

The day after introduction, UC was overrun by huge typefaces for player-names. As in, one person’s name took up the entire screen. Wizzdome had nothing to do with that change, and had always been cognizant of when to post the (usually) cool ASCII art.

Today, squadrons & fleets can use the hexadecimal codes, subject to the character limit. I would personally love the option to add color to my handle again, but not at the expense of UC trolls hijacking the chat window with oversized type. Once was enough. 🖖

KHAN DB~DO WROSE RIP~FADM

~peregrine~ wrote: »

Oh, wow, this takes me back....

When DB introduced color codes for players, it was alongside type-size for player-names. This was late 2016 or early 2017, if memory serves.

The day after introduction, UC was overrun by huge typefaces for player-names. As in, one person’s name took up the entire screen. Wizzdome had nothing to do with that change, and had always been cognizant of when to post the (usually) cool ASCII art.

Today, squadrons & fleets can use the hexadecimal codes, subject to the character limit. I would personally love the option to add color to my handle again, but not at the expense of UC trolls hijacking the chat window with oversized type. Once was enough. 🖖

even wizzdome admits he didnt know that would happen lol but it was an epic time of it joking about it for awhile after it happened

Nautica1402

Maybe longer names mess up the coding somehow? Colors would be nice and at least there are tons of resources on hex code.