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<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>