Why can't Freelancer stand space in names?

[Pinko]

Something just flashed in my mind. Why can't characters have space in their names? Y'know, why can't we have a character named Joe Louis instead of Joe_Louis or something?

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I want to get off Mr. Igiss' wild ride.

[aerelm]

One of the simplest reasons is conflict with FLHook commands where parameters are separated by space.

/givecash Joe_Louis 100,000
/givecash*Space*<Charname>*Space*<Amount>
Or a better example,
/pm Joe_Louis Hi, don't forget to send me the movecodes for that char.
/pm*Space*<Charname>*Space*<PM Text>

Sure, humans can easily see the difference and know which is what, but a preset command? How should it know where the char name ends and the next parameter starts if there was to be an space or two in the name?

Although I don't know if it's a game engine limitation or can be hardcoded into the game, but it does make sense and seems to make writing FLHook commands much easier and less buggy, so I'm all fine with using . and - in my char names.

[Huhuh]

What about using brackets to separate parameters?

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[Hielor]

What about using brackets to separate parameters?

Bad idea, given that brackets are valid characters to use in a name.

[Sanguines]

I havnt seen any game supporting spaces apart from quake 3 engine

And this is mainly due to the fact that games require accounts. =P

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Wiki: http://discoverygc.com/wiki/User:SonyaSilverfall (My chars, etc)

[r3vange]

[color=#FFFFFF]Someone.was.lazy.And.by.the.way.many.games.are.like.that.especially.the.ones.planed.mainly.for.SP

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[Evan_]

Could the underline being displayed as a space?

I bet those (if there are many) that can answer this question are already busy with much more important stuff.

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[Pinko]

Could the underline being displayed as a space?

I bet those (if there are many) that can answer this question are already busy with much more important stuff.

That actually is a good idea, but I guess people could need the underscore.

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I want to get off Mr. Igiss' wild ride.

[Alex.]

Hardcoded limit in the client. Removing the limit breaks FLHook and probably a few other tools, which is why the information to remove it has been kept secret.