CFG Help.

[Ysharma]

I have a configuration file for a mod in my modpack. It needs the user to enter their minecraft username post-install. How can I do this?

it looks like this:

username=

Is it possible to enter something that will turn into the minecraft ign for every person? maybe like

username=[playername]

?

Thanks

[Neowulf]

What?

What mod needs users to manually enter their username into a config line?

[Ysharma]

We are hooking forgeirc into our modpack, and we were wondering if it is possible to use the minecraft user's account name for the nick.

[Neowulf]

That would depend on forgeirc. The launcher just grabs zip files and puts em all nice and usable, and forge itself doesn't have any special config aliases like you're looking for.

[Ysharma]

Is there any other way? It doesnt necessary have to be a vanilla forge feature

[Neowulf]

It has to be in the mod in question or a mod must be made that specifically does that.

"username" is just an arbitrary config value label, and what comes after it is an arbitrary string. Making a standard config alias for username (or pretty much anything really) is frankly stupid. If a mod needs the user's name it can read it from the exposed variables, which is what an alias substitution function would have to do anyway.

If it's not a feature forgeirc already has that you just haven't found, then talk to the creator and request it.