peer:nickname:change

"peer:nickname:change"

Type	Name	Description
`string`	old_name	Username before the change
`string`	new_name	Username after the change

This signal is only fired on the client.

Both arguments are the effective username, an empty nickname resolves to the operating system username.
It is not fired when the resulting username stays the same, for example when only surrounding whitespace changes.
It is not fired for the nickname loaded from the saved settings when the client starts, use core.engine.get_nickname to read the initial value.

React to a nickname change

util.event.on("peer:nickname:change", function(old_name, new_name)
    core.engine.print("info", "Nickname changed:", old_name, "->", new_name)
end)

Keep a cached name up to date

local player_name = core.engine.get_nickname()

util.event.on("peer:nickname:change", function(_, new_name)
    player_name = new_name
end)