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arrow201

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Why _# being appended to name tag?

Noticed this weekend on the RtR+SW server that a "_7" was appended to my name tag. When the next maps were loaded, my name name tag went back to normal. I also saw this with the player "Keechman" ...was "Keechman_3" , then back to "Keechman" when the next maps were loaded. Saw this both today and yesterday. Any idea why this is? Thx

Millerke

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Re: Why _# being appended to name tag?

Hiho!
Did bf1942 crash before or under the mapload in your case?

Mille

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Re: Why _# being appended to name tag?

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Ya, if you crashed and rejoin, it can be, you get an additional Number, because the old name is still logged.

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arrow201

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Re: Why _# being appended to name tag?

Hi, Thank you for the replies. I don't know the status of the server before, as it happened on my first time in.
To be more detailed, the last time I played was the previous Sunday. So 6 days later, my first join had "_7" appended. I played for awhile, left and came back some hours later. This time, in my first join, I had "_1" appended. As mentioned, subsequent maps put my name back to normal.
On my first time in yesterday, again there was "_7" appended, and back to normal with the next maps. Next time I see that I'll ask the other players if the server crashed or some other particularity. Thanks!

LovelyFlipper

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Re: Why _# being appended to name tag?

I have the same problem.
The number after my name seems to be growing.

Trench

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Re: Why _# being appended to name tag?

Arkos' answer is still the answer.  You're getting the number because your client connected with your preferred name, but then either timed out or crashed.  Your client then tried to connect again with your preferred name, but because the server still hadn't timed out your previous connection, your preferred name "was already taken" from the server's perspective.  And so the "_##" number was added to make your name on your new connection unique. 

When your client connected again after the next map change, apparently the same issue didn't happen again, and so you got your preferred name as expected.

It's not "the server crashed" because then everyone's connection would have been cleared, and your preferred name would have been available.  We're saying either your game client crashed, or something stopped the communication such that your game client believes the server connection was lost and it needed to make a new connection.

Note we're also assuming you're not trying to connect as "BFSoldier" or some name where there's a dozen people all trying to use that same name.