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#1 - Ian.H
SPR file format: real player / local player query
Hi all..

I've come across some confusion with the SPR file format that I thought I had sussed a long time ago

There's 2 entries for names:

32 char 64 real player name
32 char 160 local player name

Obtaining both of these is simple enough, however, I always thought that 'real player name' was infact the same as the LFSW username.. but it would appear that's not the case because I have some replays with both '[dSRC] Ian.H' and just 'Ian.H' specified for that entry.. but know my account username is simply 'Ian.H'.

I was hoping to use this as a filter method allowing for a Username match (as player names can be variable) but I'm obviously misunderstanding the purpose of the 2 values. The local player includes colour codes whereas real player doesn't, but some of my replays have different values for both (ie: real player: 'Ian.H', local player: '^1[dSRC] ^2Ian.H') or sometimes the same (except for no colour codes in real player).

Can anyone shed some light on these values and exactly where the 'real player name' is derived from?

TIA



Regards,

Ian

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