[MC-10125] People can't see my skin because my username is too long. (Sounds weird, but true)

When I'm on certain servers, my friend, caboj8, says he can't see my skin, even though I can see it on me. I started typing to people asking if they can see my skin, but they tell me I look like Steve. I looked at some other people who have their names cut off like mine (probably because it is too long) and I can't see their skin either, they look like Steve. Everybody who has a short name has a custom skin, not sure if this has to do with anything, but maybe. Please Help if it is not a bug.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 2

MC-28448 Long names lost skin when coloring name tags Resolved

MC-35826 Name Glitch - The game doesnt display skins do to thinking your a different player. Resolved

Attachments

crash-2013-02-21_20.20.54-client.txt

Comments 28

kumasasa 2013-02-21T23:19:23Z

Please attach screenshots of yourself in F5 mode and please force a crash by pressing F3 + C for 10 seconds while ingame and attach the crash report here.

kumasasa 2013-02-22T07:26:08Z

The crash report is unspectacular besides that both your Java and graphics driver are outdated:

Java Version: 1.7.0_03, Oracle Corporation
OpenGL: AMD Radeon HD 6530D Graphics GL version 4.1.11079 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

Update at http://www.java.com/ and http://www.amd.com/

Please attach screenshots of yourself in F5 mode

kumasasa 2013-02-22T07:35:10Z

What happens if you open http://skins.minecraft.net/MinecraftSkins/<yourverylongplayername>.png in a browser ? Do you see your skin ?

Jordan B 2013-02-22T18:47:11Z

I think I see the issue here, It looks like the server is giving colour codes to usernames and therefore going over the character limit.

kumasasa 2013-02-22T19:11:41Z

There is no character limit, the url and player names are strings:

EntityOtherPlayerMP.java

if (par2Str != null && par2Str.length() > 0)
  {
       this.skinUrl = "http://skins.minecraft.net/MinecraftSkins/" + StringUtils.stripControlCodes(par2Str) + ".png";
  }

18 more comments

Luuk Nieuwdorp 2013-02-22T23:27:00Z

I've got the exact same problem here, the last 9 falls of and I'm steve. The problem for me is on the Herobrine servers and mc-war servers. 😞

Anon Ymus 2013-02-22T23:47:21Z

Can you reproduce this on an unmodded server? It could be the server's fault for sending you the wrong username.

Luuk Nieuwdorp 2013-02-23T10:46:39Z

Got a pic here, http://postimage.org/image/5z1sx9ks7/
My actual username is protonjonsa1399. Thanks for your time!

Jarred Kohout 2013-02-23T18:31:35Z

But I can see my skin, others can't.

Luuk Nieuwdorp 2013-02-23T19:21:39Z

I've got that to sometimes, not on this server though.

kumasasa 2013-02-23T19:25:04Z

Bukkit or vanilla server ?

Jarred Kohout 2013-02-23T20:26:27Z

I don't know, it's not my server, how can I tell?

Luuk Nieuwdorp 2013-02-23T22:29:32Z

Vanilla

Luuk Nieuwdorp 2013-02-23T22:29:33Z

Vanilla

Dean Baset 2013-02-23T23:24:34Z

I think there are nametag limitations of 16. Not sure though

kumasasa 2013-02-24T02:06:44Z

In fact there is a limit while decoding the server packet:

Packet20NamedEntitySpawn

public void readPacketData(DataInputStream par1DataInputStream) throws IOException
    {
...
        this.name = readString(par1DataInputStream, 16);
...
    }

But both names are not longer than 16 characters:

MadPlankinSkills
1234567890123456

protonjonsa1399
1234567890123456

Max 2013-05-22T23:49:35Z

To the moderators, is it okay if this is opened again? Having issues with this myself. My username is 'too long' to show my skin. On the TAB list and above my head it doesn't show the 8. This happens on my vanilla server I host for a few friends and on Bukkit servers (example: mc.hypixel.net). On any server, I can see my skin but no one else can.

I spent a little while yesterday on servers looking for players with "Steve?" skins and long usernames - found a few. Using skins.minecraft.net I found that most of them do have skins. The skin server was up too.

I can post screenshots if needed.

kumasasa 2013-05-23T05:44:17Z

Reopened.

Max 2013-05-30T09:21:15Z

Update: Others could see my skin when I logged onto my vanilla server in a world that I didn't have teams using coloured usernames.

Max 2013-06-07T14:44:40Z

Re-commenting: In servers where people with long usernames have coloured names, they show as Steve.

Anthony Robinson 2013-08-11T00:52:38Z

Yes, whenever you add color codes, for example: "&3" to a username, it takes uses up two username slots, thus forcing a skin from that name. In my case it's a steve, but there has been a time where I was forced to use a joker skin as well. My IGN is "TheCrazyCrafter5", so color codes remove two slots from my name, because the maximum is 16, resulting in "TheCrazyCrafte" with a default skin(It's really annoying). If you could somehow add extra slots for color codes, I, and i'm sure many other, would be so happy. This issue seems trivial, but as an avid Minecraft Multiplayer, it's sad to have people call you a noob, based solely off your skin and be more swayed to assume you're a hacker, since i'm also a generally good player. Thanks for your time... 😞

Collin Loy 2013-10-18T18:06:30Z

I get the same problem, my name is 15 letters but it only displays 14 above my head. I think the game takes that as making me robotchicken33 in the skin server instead of robotchicken337

Talven81 2013-11-26T21:09:41Z

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.7.2 / Launcher version 1.3.4 ? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Anthony Robinson 2013-12-12T17:32:34Z

Yeah, I believe this still is an issue, Talven. I appear to get this when certain color codes are introduced. However, there are other times where my name can have color codes. I stated why the issue occurs in the comment above, so there no need to explain further, but i believe the only way this bug can be fixed is if the devs change something with the nametags or color codes.

Collin Loy 2014-01-02T05:41:50Z

seems fixed

Lucas Perre 2014-03-25T00:55:46Z

I've got the same problem. My username is 16 characters long, and only I see my skin on my screen. But for some reason, there's one server where everyone sees my skin. A few of my friends have the same problem. Hopefully there'll be a Name-Changing update, or at least some bug fix for this. I love making and wearing skins, but it's a shame for only one person to see them.

galaxy_2alex 2014-10-25T11:29:11Z

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.8.1 Prerelease 3 / Launcher version 1.5.3 or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

user-f2760 2016-03-17T16:00:24Z

No response for over a year.