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Posted: **Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:01 am**

Unregistered guest players are subject only to the username requirements of the BZFlag software.
Registered players are subject to the username requirements of both the BZFlag software and the phpBB configuration of the BZFlag forums.

For example, I usually play as Tangerine Boogie Armada, which is 23 characters long. A fun name that works as a guest, but it can't be registered.

Please update either the forum configuration or the BZFlag software so that players have the same username requirements, regardless of registration status. Thank you.

BZFlag forum:

between 2 characters and 20 characters
alphanumeric, space or -+_[] characters

BZFlag game client

between 2 and 31 characters
no trailing, leading, or consecutive spaces
must not start with +, @, or #.
no single or double quotes
no non-printable characters
no invalid whitespace (tab, etc.)
mostly alphanumeric

See source code files: bzflag/src/game/PlayerInfo.cxx, include/messages.h, and include/global.h

Posted: **Mon Jan 08, 2024 1:55 pm**

Somewhat related:

There is a long term goal for overhauling the authentication system as a whole, if I remember correctly.

It would be less confusing for newcomers, as there would not be the tying of registering to a forum and the authentication of users in game.

Players wouldn't be subject to forum limitations for registering.(IIRC and AFAIK).

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For now, this gives me an idea for a plug-in:

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If ((CallsignIsNotVerified) and (CallsignDoesNotFailAuthentication))
{
  If (CheckIfCallsignMatchesForumRequirements(callsign))
  {
    SendMessage("This callsign may be registered on the BZBB");
  }
  else
  {
    SendMessagef("%s can't be registered for the following:", callsign);
    SendReasonsForNotMatchingForumRequirements();
  }
}

It may may make it slightly more intuitive for new players.

-Zehra

Posted: **Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:51 am**

Ah, so that's why I was having issues, thanks for the hint cidentan50. There was something about my forum password that the game authentication server did not like, either length or characters.

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The forums and the game client have different username requirements.

The forums and the game client have different username requirements.

Re: The forums and the game client have different username requirements.

Re: The forums and the game client have different username requirements.