Nickname Issues

[C r e a m]

Something strange is going on:
When I bind a key to change my username this is what happens:

unbind "p"
bind "p" "name =(e)= C r e a m"
CONSOLE:
C r e a m changed name to "= ( e ) = C r e a m"

Is it the server? I have to change it manually... It's not that I'm lazy but it's the strangest thing. I don't know what the problem is...

 

[GreenMonkey]

I suspect that nobody has responded because its a little unclear what the problem is. Are you talking about the spaces which are added to the =(e)= tag?

If so, it could have something to do with the lack of quotes arround your name. Normally in the console you type: name "this is my new name" because without the quotes you just changed your name to This. I dont know how to bind a key to do something such as: bind p "name "This is my new name"" because that wont work as typed but I wonder if that is, for some reason, causing the problem.

 

[zer0day]

Do not enclose the "p" in quotes. Just use:
bind p "name =(e)= C r e a m"

 

[GreenMonkey]

Did this solve your problem? If so, I'd liek to know because I am confeused by the logik of it creating your name with spaces without the use of another set of quotation marks. I'm curiouse.

 

[Yoo-Hoo!{RD}]

There's nothing you can do about it. The Source engine doesn't preserve the quotes within the command like that. Since it also feels the need to put spaces on both sides of parentheses and braces (and probably a few other things), there's no way you can bind a key to set your name correctly. To Source, 'bind p name "=(e)= C r e a m"' is exactly the same as 'bind p "name =(e)= C r e a m"'. Since you need to have your exact name in quotes in order for it to not insert the spaces, it'll never work.

Does this make any sense at all?