[pio-trackers] [ pio-Patches-1776410 ] fix double ai names

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Patches item #1776410, was opened at 2007-08-17 17:07
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: chrysn (chrysn)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: fix double ai names

Initial Comment:
when playing with many ai, it occurs that two choose the same name; one then gets an underscore appended. this does not look good and confuses the user.

i've attached a patch that makes ai launched by the server request the magical name __auto__, whereupon the server chooses a name which is not already in use.

in the rare case that all names are taken (or the file is unavailable), it assigns _("Computer Player") and sprintf(name,"%s (%d)",_("Computer Player"),index).

i've tested it; it also works for the player (this shows the chosen name is correctly transmitted back).

the patch was created against svn version 1334 -- should have waited three revisions ;-)

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