Remove additional underscores on reconnects

[alexroston]

When I am connected to a room and the connection drops or I reconnect, Syncplay automatically adds an underscore to my username. Each subsequent reconnect adds another underscore (e.g. User, User_, User__, etc.).

It seems this happens because the old nickname isn't released immediately (possibly due to how IRC handles timeouts or lingering sessions).

Syncplay should either:

• reuse the original nickname once it's available again or
• allow the user to manually edit their name after reconnecting.

Would be great if this could be added in the future.

[Et0h]

Thanks for raising this issue. Syncplay does not use IRC, but as you say the server would only add _'s but not use them to find a free username on connection/reconnection.

While the official Syncplay servers have not yet been updated to use this change, I've tweaked the source code so that if the current username is not available the server will pick the username available with the fewest _'s.

I have no plans to allow for usernames to change after someone has reconnected as in my view that adds unnecessary complexity to the Syncplay code.

I'll keep this issue open until the official Syncplay servers have been updated.