Lobby name change error

[mert574]

When I change the lobby name to anything from default random string; lobby is not becoming joinable.

I also tried this:
Copied the first random name, changed it and then tried to connect with both the random and the changed name. Both doesn't work.

Error: Could not connect to peer TEST

at Peer../node_modules/snex/dist/snex.js.Peer.emitError (snex.js:1694)
at Peer../node_modules/snex/dist/snex.js.Peer._handleMessage (snex.js:1527)
at Socket.<anonymous> (snex.js:1434)
at Socket.emit (snex.js:351)
at WebSocket._socket.onmessage (snex.js:557)

[pomle]

Hey, thanks for the report. Is this reproducible on your end. I followed the instructions and works as expected. Please provide more detail on how often this happens, what you did before etc.

[mert574]

Easily reproducible even with clean install. I'm able to reproduce with these steps:

1. git clone https://github.com/pomle/draw.git
2. cd draw/, npm update, npm start

3. 2 incognito chrome windows with ctrl + shift + N
Window 1: started to host with default random name 'LEPA'
Window 2: Successfully, joined the room named 'LEPA'

4. Refreshed both incognito windows.
Window 1: started to host with a lobby name 'test' Says:

Welcome to the Lobby
Join the game at
test

Window 2: Cannot join the room named 'test'. Says:

Could not connect to peer TEST

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Versions

Chrome: 63.0.3239.132 (64 bit)
npm: 5.6.0
node: 8.9.4

[mert574]

Found it! the problem is this:
When hosting a lobby, the name has to be uppercase. From joining side it doesn't matter.

Forcing uppercase can be the solution.

[pomle]

@mert574 great!

I remember this. I uppercased the input when I created random session words.

I think the solution we should try, is normalize it to uppercase when it is sent to the server for peering, but keep it as entered in the client. That way the room name when given can be displayed with picked case, while still be case insensitive when entered.