peerTranslateNick
Removes the namespace extension from a nickname. Use this when working with unique nicknames in a public chat room.
- const gsi_char * peerTranslateNick(
- gsi_char * nick,
- const gsi_char * extension );
| Routine | Required Header | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| peerTranslateNick | <peer.h> | SDKZIP |
Return Value
Returns the nickname, stripped of the namespace identifier.
Parameters
- nick
- [in] The current nickname.
- extension
- [in] The game extension, assigned by GameSpy. This will be removed from the nickname.
Remarks
The peerTranslateNick function is used to remove a namespace extension from a nickname. Nicknames that are registered in a game’s namespace will include an indentifying extension, such as "-gspy". This extension should not be displayed to the user, but should be stripped before display.
Unicode Mappings
| Routine | GSI_UNICODE Not Defined | GSI_UNICODE Defined |
|---|---|---|
| peerTranslateNick | peerTranslateNickA | peerTranslateNickW |
peerTranslateNickW and peerTranslateNickA are UNICODE and ANSI mapped versions of peerTranslateNick. The arguments of peerTranslateNickA are ANSI strings; those of peerTranslateNickW are wide-character strings.
Section Reference: Gamespy Peer SDK