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Dr. Taurek

Logging into the Chat Room

On two of my accounts, my Display name is not the same as the login name. To get into the chat rooms before, I always had to use the login, but it didn't work for me tonight, whereas my display name did. Don't know if this is part of the upgrade, or what.

 

Update:

 

I tried it with my other names, and to log in as Sendai, which doesn't have a DN, my login worked fine getting into the rooms. The one with a DN I did have to use the DN. The "Live Chat" link from the MB works as usual, though.

Edited by Dr. Taurek

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Interesting, as I've had no problem logging in as either a GM account or a non-GM account into the Chat Rooms. I tried it when I was logged in on the Boards and when I was not. I will say, however, that I have stopped using the chat link on the top of the Boards ever since our first Boards upgrade and I always use the "Chat Rooms" menu choice from any of the STSF.net pages. Give that a try (it allows you to enter any of your valid chat names, instead of forcing you in with the name that is currently viewing the Boards).

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Your display name may be different from your regular user name, Lo

How? Results that I get:

Log in to boards, press "live chat" button: Logs in to chat correctly under my currently logged in name.

Log out of boards, press "live chat" button: Loads up Java applet. After loading, the applet becomes solid black.

Log out of boards, go to main page, press "Chat Rooms" button on top navigation bar: Get to a chat room login screen requesting a username and password:

If I enter a username that is not a valid board name with no password, it rejects me with the error "Invalid username and password."

If I enter a username that is not a valid board name with a bogus password, it rejects me with the error "Invalid username and password."

If I enter a username that is a valid board name with the correct password, it logs me in to the chat under that name, which is the same as a board name.

 

OS;Browser;Java: Debian GNU/Linux etch;Firefox (actually, IceWeasel) 2.0.0.1;Sun Java Plugin 1.5.0-b64

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One of the new features I know they added with the upgrade is that you can have a different display name than your use name, EG: Cptn_Corizon would be the user name but the display name could be Captain Corizon for the same account, but I think that's only applicable if you registered the name after the next to last board upgrade.

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One of the new features I know they added with the upgrade is that you can have a different display name than your use name, EG: Cptn_Corizon would be the user name but the display name could be Captain Corizon for the same account, but I think that's only applicable if you registered the name after the next to last board upgrade.

 

That's exactly how it was for me: Dr_Taurek was the login and Dr. Taurek was the display name. I always had to use the login to get into the chat rooms before, but now that doesn't work, but the display version does. However, to get into the message boards, I still have to use the login.

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