NAME CHANGES!
This version provides complete support for identifying players through unique IDs and not by names, so that no matter what a player is called they will remain banned/whitelisted/oped/etc on servers. Dinnerbone has provided a helpful FAQ on what all this means:
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If I ban a player “Foo” and he changes name to “Bar”, will he stay banned?
Yes. Same for whitelisted players and oped players. They also keep their inventory, pets, statistics and everything they own on a server.
Can I steal somebody’s name? Can I call myself “Dinnerbone” too?
No. I am Dinnerbone and names are still unique. You cannot have the same name as another player, they will have to change their name for you to be able to take it.
How will this work with mods? What about my custom stuff on this one modded server?
Ask your mod maker/server owner. They should be able to support this system easily, but we aren’t responsible for mods or servers!
Can I already change my name? Where do I go? Will it cost? How often can I do it?
We will enable name changing when we feel that enough users are using 1.8 or higher, so that servers have time to switch to the new player formats. We do not have any details on how name changes will be performed or any restrictions that will be required to actually perform a name change. We want it to be easy and freely available, but we also don’t want people changing their name every 5 minutes!
So where do I change my name?
Read the previous answer!
I’m a server owner, what do I have to do when I update to 1.7.6?
Nothing, really. The server will update itself, but it’s entirely possible that it may require your input if it finds an issue (nonexistant players, for example). If your server fails to start then check the log, otherwise it’s ready to play!
Is this compatible with 1.7.5?
No, sorry. We had to change the protocol to support the new player formats.
I’m scared. I need a hug.
Aww, here you go little guy. *hug* Don’t worry, it’s not as scary as it sounds.
This pre-release also comes with a lot more Minecraft Realms improvements, crash fixes, optimizations and general bug fixes.
Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, Mojang can’t fix it!
To get pre-releases, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “pre-releases” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots”, select the version from the dropdown and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (See the “new profile” dialog).
Snapshots and pre-releases can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.
Cross-platform server jar: https://s3.amazonaws....1.7.6-pre1.jar
Report bugs here:
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In other news, I think the skin servers may have broken down or something, I'm playing 1.6.4 and I just look like a normal steve.
Nope, that won't work, the user database on servers and on Mojang side won't be held with standard username but instead a unique UUID that can't be changed, this will make sure the guy is still banned on a server even if he change his name.
That will probably the most painful stuff for server admins and moderators, that is mainly why I want them to make sure we can't change our names every 10 seconds and we will have to keep a name for a certain amount of time between a week and 1 month at least, all the others that want quick name changes have something wrong with them and probably want to cheat/hack/fly/grief or other bad stuff I forgot to mention here, there is no valid reason for changing your username every 10-20 seconds seriously.