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steamworks.GetPlayerName#546605
<function name="GetPlayerName" parent="steamworks" type="libraryfunc">
<description>
<deprecated>You should use the callback of <page>steamworks.RequestPlayerInfo</page> instead.</deprecated>
Retrieves players name by his 64bit SteamID.
Retrieves players name by their 64bit SteamID.
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>
<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>
</example>