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changing nickname character length? by pennywise on 09-17-2004 at 09:09 AM
im looking to be able to remove the limitation on the number of characters that can be used in my nickname, or at least extend the maximum number. if anyone knows of a plugin or program that can do this, or if ur working on one, could u let me kno. id really appreciate the help.
RE: changing nickname character length? by Jeronimo on 09-17-2004 at 11:24 AM
As far as I am aware, this is a limitation of the protocol and not the client, and therefore it can't be changed 
What do you need a long name for anyway? 
RE: changing nickname character length? by Yousef on 09-17-2004 at 12:36 PM
anyone knows what the limit is atm?
RE: changing nickname character length? by Vantage on 09-17-2004 at 01:13 PM
26 or 36
RE: changing nickname character length? by BEWARE^^ on 09-17-2004 at 02:00 PM
there is a limitation of 129 characters in your nicknam
[no subject] by pennywise on 09-17-2004 at 08:44 PM
well i use long nicknames a lot cuz i like to use song lyrics as my name, and sumtimes that takes up a lotta characters, especially if its a coupla lines of lyrics that just dont make sense unless they go together, but wutever, if its an unfixable problem then i suppose im just screwed...thanks for the help anyways...unless sumone else out there has the magic cure, in which case keep posting
RE: changing nickname character length? by (CyBeRDuDe) on 09-18-2004 at 12:13 PM
It would be possible... but that would requiere you and the other users(who have to see your long nickname) to use proxy... 
... but if ppl were willing to havae proxy on both sides then I guess it would be possible... Depends if the client is limited to show 129 characters too....
RE: changing nickname character length? by lhunath on 09-18-2004 at 12:44 PM
eh.. hmm.. why not have 'the other user and you' use 'another program' instead of MSN Messenger, while you're at it.
This is no real solution. =/
RE: changing nickname character length? by RaceProUK on 09-20-2004 at 09:23 AM
quote:I believe it is, again because the protocol limits you to 129 characters.
Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)
Depends if the client is limited to show 129 characters too....
RE: changing nickname character length? by pennywise on 09-24-2004 at 09:31 AM
alrite, well i kno quite a bit about computers in most cases, but not so much about programming, so could sumone perhaps explain to me wuts meant by "client" and "protocol", and why it is that we can edit the client but not the protocol. thanks
RE: changing nickname character length? by (CyBeRDuDe) on 09-24-2004 at 10:55 AM
quote:
Originally posted by pennywise
alrite, well i kno quite a bit about computers in most cases, but not so much about programming, so could sumone perhaps explain to me wuts meant by "client" and "protocol", and why it is that we can edit the client but not the protocol. thanks
"Protocol" is the way the that msn messenger "talks" to each other... They have a limited set of "Words" they can "speak" to each other, and understand, and in this protocol the "set name" part is limited to 129 characters....
The client is the program it self, the msnmsgsr.exe file you have on your computer and is running, this client then communicates with other users and the msn messenger main server using the protocol....
So if we would have to do this "remove limit of nickname" we would have to use a "proxy"(a program that sits between the client and the msn messenger server) and then send some "fake" information to the other user, and that user would also need to have this "proxy" in order for us to make it understand the "fake" information... then we would be able to send long nicknames....
But maybe, i'm not sure, then the client(the program it self) is also limited to only show 129 characters as the nickname, if this is the case then we can't really do much about it(dunno if it's possible with ASM Hacking), but if this is not the case then this project would be possible....
We can edit the client by putting some more codes in it, or changing some parts in it or whatever....
But you cannot change the "protocol" since this is how the clients communicates with eachother, but we could use "proxy" to make a "fake" part/extra protocol "words"....
Enough info????