Is there a way to disable nicknames/aliases?

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#1

Hi, so I don’t know if player’s aliases (not their real name @etc.) will affect my game and the scripts there since I believe you can share the same alias in the game… First of all, when I use player.Name does that return the username or the alias and not the username? I don’t know this.

Second of all, if player.Name returns the alias than how can I turn off aliases? Thanks.

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#2

You can remove nicknames like this:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		char:WaitForChild("Humanoid").DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
	end)
end)
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#3

Thanks, also do you know if player.Name returns the username or the alias? ALSO, does the character’s name become a copy of the username or the alias in workspace? Thanks.

#4

player.Name returns the username, not the display name (alias)
This wont affect your game

#5

This should help clear up any confusion:

i.e Player.Name is separate from Player.DisplayName

#6

player.DisplayName returns the player’s display name. If the player doesn’t have a display name, it returns the normal username.

player.Name returns the username only.

#7

They’re both different properties

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/property/Player/DisplayName

You could just set the Player’s DisplayName equal to their actual ROBLOX Username

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
    Player.DisplayName = Player.Name
end)
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#8

Yes, but does the name of their character resemble their username or displayname? Thanks

#9

Player.Name represents the player’s username.

#10

I know that now, i’m talking about the character’s name… does the name of the character represent the username or displayname? Thanks

#11

Since the name of the character is the same as Player.Name (unless you changed it) it should represent the username.

#12

Thanks, I can personally try this… do you have any clue how to set a displayname? I can’t for the life of me find the function on the website.

#13

Most of the information you would need is in the article I linked. You can use Player.DisplayName to set the display name.

#14

For some reason I don’t see the option. It might have to do with the fact that my name is “unsuitable for Roblox” and that I can’t get past that to make a displayname. I’ll just take your guys’ word for it.

#15

Oh I see, do you want to set your own displayname via the website? Or are you trying to set the Player displayname via a script?

#16

Well my plan was to originally give myself a displayname and then join a game in studio to “check” if my character’s name would reflect the username or displayname. So not by script, but through the website… but I don’t have the option (maybe because my account is from 09?). I don’t know why it’s not giving me the option to set a displayname but ok…

#17

If you go into settings on the Roblox website and then look under account info you should be able to set your display name there.

#18

This is all I see:

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And if I click username it just says it’s 1000 robux to change it

#19

Weird. You could probably simulate it anyway by just setting your displayname via a script.

#20

Yeah, I guess I could still do that. It probably reflects the username anyways unless someone can try this for themselves and confirm for me. Thanks for the help.