toggleable name hider

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

please make a feature where we can toggle on and off our nametag when looked at and in chat

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

@winstxnhdw

[winstxnhdw]

I don't understand. You mean you don't want your name to be shown in chat?

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

basically, and also my nametag

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

yk, the name that shows over your head?

[winstxnhdw]

Sure, I'll take a look to see if it's possible.

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

alright keep me updated

[armorfid]

@AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer be aware, if you don't have a proper name, some hosts will start saying "who the fuck are you" and kicking you, I speak from experience from having my name set to ''' 😅

[winstxnhdw]

I am not even sure if it's possible to change your username in runtime via RPCs. They have a method that is called when you join a lobby but the method only accepts the Steam ID, and your username is resolved on their client

private void SendNewPlayerValuesServerRpc(ulong newPlayerSteamId)

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

@armorfid each time hosts try to kick me it never works for some reason

[armorfid]

what happens then? do they start raging? 😆

[tslpy1]

anti kick ? is it possible?

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

@armorfid sometimes, or they just restart the lobby

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

I am not even sure if it's possible to change your username in runtime via RPCs. They have a method that is called when you join a lobby but the method only accepts the Steam ID, and your username is resolved on their client

private void SendNewPlayerValuesServerRpc(ulong newPlayerSteamId)

Could you spoof the userid?

[AverageVirusTotalEnjoyer]

Hypothetically speaking

[armorfid]

very good question... 😈

[winstxnhdw]

Maybe @armorfid can try? 👉👈

[armorfid]

I dunno if it will prevent kicking, but looking at the code, it seems as it might possibly permit rejoining? 😆 will test!

[armorfid]

So if you spoof your Steam ID to a random value, the game will kick you on join due to this:

if (!GameNetworkManager.Instance.steamIdsInLobby.Contains(newPlayerSteamId))
{
    NetworkManager.Singleton.DisconnectClient(this.actualClientId);
    return;
}

However, if you cancel out SendNewPlayerValuesServerRpc with static bool Prefix() => false;, it seems the server fails to associated a Steam ID to your player object, so it can't resolve your Steam name and gives you an empty name tag, and you can most likely rejoin after being kicked (unconfirmed) since the KickedClientIds search never happens. Although, I can't tell so far if this prevents being kicked. Looking at the kicking code, I'm still not sure how a player would become unkickable.

[winstxnhdw]

The host keeps tracks of all players that it kicks.

if (StartOfRound.Instance.KickedClientIds.Contains(newPlayerSteamId))
{
	NetworkManager.Singleton.DisconnectClient(this.actualClientId);
	return;
}

If we randomise our steam ID every time we join, we can rejoin a lobby we've been kicked from.

[winstxnhdw]

KickPlayer eventually uses Unity's NetworkConnectionManager to kick you. Since the host receives an incorrect Steam ID, NetworkConnectionManager may not be able to resolve your actual Steam ID and fail to kick you.

[armorfid]

The host keeps tracks of all players that it kicks.

Yes but in KickPlayer, the value added to KickedClientIds is StartOfRound.Instance.allPlayerScripts[playerObjToKick].playerSteamId, which is never instantiated for you if your SendNewPlayerValuesServerRpc didn't run.

If we randomise our steam ID every time we join, we can rejoin a lobby we've been kicked from.

I tried that, like I said, it doesn't work due to the reason in my previous comment, you simply get instakicked on join.

[winstxnhdw]

You're right. Let me test.

[winstxnhdw]

Looks like they can't kick me LOL

[winstxnhdw]

Okay, so our names don't show up on their lobby. They can't kick me. They can only restart the server.

[armorfid]

with static bool Prefix() => false ?

[winstxnhdw]

Yeap.

[winstxnhdw]

Problem now is how do we make this a feature. I am sure not everybody wants to play without a name.

[armorfid]

Replace false with a Setting entry? 🤣 Although, you'd have to join/host a game first to toggle it on, then join a public game. I most definitely think having this enabled by default is not a good idea 😅

[winstxnhdw]

Feels bad but I might actually have to introduce a GUI :(

[winstxnhdw]

No, I refuse. I will make it a keybind instead.

[winstxnhdw]

Alright, I've pushed. Anti-kick has been added! It's funny as hell because your name becomes a random teammate's name and they kick their own friends thinking it's you.

You can toggle on Anti-kick with \. As mentioned above, this must be done before joining a game.

[armorfid]

[winstxnhdw]

Oh, and 100% thanks to @armorfid.

[armorfid]

I do feel like we may have opened a Pandora's box with this, but only time will tell

[armorfid]

I don't think your SendNewPlayerValuesClientRpc call works as intended, it's a ClientRpc so it's never sent to the server. All it seems to do is mangle up the player names on our end.

[winstxnhdw]

Names are mangled either way. With this, at least locally, you can see your own name.

[armorfid]

ah you're right, I got mixed up, with the anti-kick we don't receive any names until someone else connects either way