Captain Dory
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Herro there
There have been a lot of threads popping up recently with concerns for name changing. Mainly it's "will my stats be carried over?" And "can banned players change their names?" So, I'm basically giving an essay of the new system. It's
Unique
Universal
Identification
Referred to as UUID's in this tutorial and most places that aren't essays. These are lines of numbers and letter. For example, my (Captain_Dory) UUID is
ba50aae029c74a489e0aba594224807
UUID was implemented late 1.6, 1.7 was the finalizing stage for Mojang and Developers to switch their systems over from Name based things to UUID. All minecraft names stored in the official database were changed to have a random UUID (Note, no 2 players have the same).
A month ago, the BukkitDev team made a thread on the bukkit.org homepage, telling plugin makers to switch to using UUID's. Basically, what this would do is, for example, store a players UUID, not name. Before 1.7, plugins would store players name.
Storing player names is not currently unsafe, but it will be when 1.8 is released. Say, using a permissions plugin- If a donator changed their name, they would lose all their permissions. Because a players UUID is always the same, this wouldn't happen if the plugin is updated to the new system.
Now for the actual FAQ (From Pixelatorx2);
Q. Will I lose my rank if I change my name?
A. No, your rank is tied to your UUID (unique/universal user identifier). Your UUID is a string of numbers and letters that are assigned to your Mojang account, and do not change even when you change your name.
Q. Will I lose my stats if I change my name?
A. No; same reasoning as above. Your stats are tied to your UUID.
Q. When will name changing be supported?
A. According to Mojang, you'll be able to change your name sometime after 1.8's release, after they have completed an update to their web services.
Q. I'm banned and I'm changing my name. Will this unban me?
A. No. Just like your ranks and stats, bans are also tied to your UUID.
Q. When will 1.8 come out?
A. As far as I'm aware, the last Mojang estimation was for a release sometime in May.
TL;DR:
You really have nothing to worry about. Staff members take care of this stuff. This thread is just to inform on what is going on.
Any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to ask me or a staff member ^_^
If I've got some false information in this post, please let me know
This was typed on my phone in an extremely long and boring car trip. I just want to be home! :c
There have been a lot of threads popping up recently with concerns for name changing. Mainly it's "will my stats be carried over?" And "can banned players change their names?" So, I'm basically giving an essay of the new system. It's
Unique
Universal
Identification
Referred to as UUID's in this tutorial and most places that aren't essays. These are lines of numbers and letter. For example, my (Captain_Dory) UUID is
ba50aae029c74a489e0aba594224807
UUID was implemented late 1.6, 1.7 was the finalizing stage for Mojang and Developers to switch their systems over from Name based things to UUID. All minecraft names stored in the official database were changed to have a random UUID (Note, no 2 players have the same).
A month ago, the BukkitDev team made a thread on the bukkit.org homepage, telling plugin makers to switch to using UUID's. Basically, what this would do is, for example, store a players UUID, not name. Before 1.7, plugins would store players name.
Storing player names is not currently unsafe, but it will be when 1.8 is released. Say, using a permissions plugin- If a donator changed their name, they would lose all their permissions. Because a players UUID is always the same, this wouldn't happen if the plugin is updated to the new system.
Now for the actual FAQ (From Pixelatorx2);
Q. Will I lose my rank if I change my name?
A. No, your rank is tied to your UUID (unique/universal user identifier). Your UUID is a string of numbers and letters that are assigned to your Mojang account, and do not change even when you change your name.
Q. Will I lose my stats if I change my name?
A. No; same reasoning as above. Your stats are tied to your UUID.
Q. When will name changing be supported?
A. According to Mojang, you'll be able to change your name sometime after 1.8's release, after they have completed an update to their web services.
Q. I'm banned and I'm changing my name. Will this unban me?
A. No. Just like your ranks and stats, bans are also tied to your UUID.
Q. When will 1.8 come out?
A. As far as I'm aware, the last Mojang estimation was for a release sometime in May.
TL;DR:
You really have nothing to worry about. Staff members take care of this stuff. This thread is just to inform on what is going on.
Any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to ask me or a staff member ^_^
If I've got some false information in this post, please let me know
This was typed on my phone in an extremely long and boring car trip. I just want to be home! :c
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