Ok, so here are my thoughts. On servers that may not have a lot of players on at the same time, but tend to have a few people every now and then, it's hard to keep track of player names. Personally, when talking to someone, I prefer to actually say their real name rather than their player name (I mean, some people have uber crazy names). This is my idea: Alongside existing join messages, display the player's alternate names/real name. This can be configured either privately (say I like to call one of my friends Bartman), or globally by a server op. What I mean: or Of course, the first line would be either the default server message or one configured by a plugin like RoyalChat. The second would be part of this plugin. There's no reason to include that in this plugin. Configuration options: Command usage: 'off' would disable the alternative name completely The other way this COULD be done is by having add/remove/list And also, just /altname <player> could show what the current alt name is. Permissions: altname.set.self = Set your own real name altname.set.other = Set others' nickname (op only be default) altname.see.other = See others' nicknames File storage: There would have to be a global.yml file with globally set names, and a username.yml for each person who has customized other people's names for themselves. Other notes: If this could have Vault prefix capabilities too, that'd be awesome, but it's not a requirement. Colour code compatibility would be required though. Alternatively, make the alternate name a Vault suffix, that'd be awesome. ;D
Well I did but it completely failed afterwards. I still have the source but it's not working correctly. If i have some spare free time, i'll take a look at it.
