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steamworks.GetPlayerName#511986
<function name="GetPlayerName" parent="steamworks" type="libraryfunc">⤶
<description>⤶
<deprecated>You should use the callback of <page>steamworks.RequestPlayerInfo</page> instead.</deprecated>⤶
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Retrieves players name by his 64bit SteamID.⤶
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You must call <page>steamworks.RequestPlayerInfo</page> a decent amount of time before calling this function.⤶
</description>⤶
<realm>Client and Menu</realm>⤶
<args>⤶
<arg name="steamID64" type="string">The 64bit Steam ID ( aka Community ID ) of the player</arg>⤶
</args>⤶
<rets>⤶
<ret name="" type="string">The name of that player</ret>⤶
</rets>⤶
</function>⤶
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<example>⤶
<description>Retrieves name of local player.</description>⤶
<code>⤶
steamworks.RequestPlayerInfo( LocalPlayer():SteamID64() )⤶
timer.Simple( 1, function() -- this is not instant!⤶
print( steamworks.GetPlayerName( LocalPlayer():SteamID64() ) )⤶
end )⤶
</code>⤶
<output>A name of local player is printed into console.</output>⤶
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</example>