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Re: How easy would it be to change the nametag?

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jordanNin64 is not online. jordanNin64
Joined: 07 Jun 2013
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21 Jun 2015 05:14 AM
Nametag being the text above a player...

Im thinking of adding a gamepass that allows the user to change the fontsize and color of their nametag.

Is there an easy way to access the nametag and manipulate it?
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Jammer622 is not online. Jammer622
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21 Jun 2015 05:17 AM
If I remember correctly, roblox prevented players from directly changing character names a few years ago. One of the better methods is to make your real name invisible, weld a part named Head in another model onto your own head, then add a humanoid to it and change its name. The only problem with that method is that there's either a dead healthbar or no healthbar.
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DrSaint is not online. DrSaint
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21 Jun 2015 05:18 AM
@Jammer

What about inserting billboard GUI's into every new Players head?
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Mitko0o1 is not online. Mitko0o1
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21 Jun 2015 05:19 AM
Just set the visibility of the nametag at the properties of StarterPlayer - set NameDisplayDistance and HealthDisplayDistance to 0, then add a Billboard Gui inside their heads with them containing a TextLabel with their name, your script should look something like this:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(p)
p.CharacterAdded:connect(function(c)
local Head = c:WaitForChild("Head")
local Gui = game.ServerStorage.NameTag:Clone()
Gui.Parent = Head
Gui.TextLabel.Text = p.Name
end)
end)
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Jammer622 is not online. Jammer622
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21 Jun 2015 05:20 AM
Billboard GUIs can be fully customized, the problem is that it's difficult to make them invisible from far away players or size them right. If you don't care much for keeping the original style of the nametag, you can definitely make your own that way.
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powerhotmail123 is not online. powerhotmail123
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21 Jun 2015 05:20 AM
Or you can do it locally to have more control.

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cody123454321 is not online. cody123454321
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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21 Jun 2015 05:21 AM
In order to change it, you must change the character's model name.
You can't do this. If you did, it would break the whole character.

To correctly do this do...
+ Humanoid.NameDisplayDistance = 0

And for health...
+ Humanoid.HealthDisplayDistance = 0

Depends on your likes
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jordanNin64 is not online. jordanNin64
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21 Jun 2015 05:52 AM
Im not going to implement it so that they are able to change their own names on their nametag

Font, backgroundcolor and textcolor will do, but anything else would be a nice bonus.
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powerhotmail123 is not online. powerhotmail123
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21 Jun 2015 05:54 AM
Use particle emitters to have MLG mountain dew and doritos fly out of their heads.

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DrSaint is not online. DrSaint
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21 Jun 2015 05:54 AM
@Power

Oh my god perfect cash cow right there.
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