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You Can No Longer Change Your Steam Name with the Game Open - PC ONLY

Sablethecableeater Sablethecableeater
in Bug Reporting

SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE:
Following update 9.2.0, changing your Steam nickname no longer updates in-game without restarting the application. Previously, nickname changes were reflected immediately without requiring a game restart.

RELATED THREAD:
A similar concern was raised by user Valuetown in the general discussion forum:

“Just another bit of functionality lost for no reason whatsoever. You have to restart the game for your Steam name to update in-game. Can there be a priority to fix this for PC players? Thanks.”
(Credit to Valuetown for originally reporting this issue.)

PLATFORM:
Steam (PC only) – This functionality applies exclusively to the Steam version of the game.

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED (9.2.0 & onwards):

  1. Launch Dead by Daylight (version 9.2.0 or later).
  2. While the game is running, change your Steam display name.
  3. Wait to be paired with survs & the killer in the matchmaking lobby.
  4. Observe that the updated nickname is not reflected in the matchmaking lobby or in-game.
  5. If you restart the game however, the nickname is reflected but this isn't how it is supposed to work

Initially or what is expected (Before 9.2.0)

  1. Launch Dead by Daylight (version 9.2.0 or later).
  2. While the game is running, change your Steam display name.
  3. Wait to be paired with survs & the killer in the matchmaking lobby.
  4. The nickname is reflected immediately in the matchmaking lobby and upon further entering the game, the nickname is shown there as well. No restart was needed at all

VIDEO:

Not required as the issue can be clearly reproduced following the steps above.

PLAYER LOGS:

  • Player logs are required from PC players only.
Tagged: Not a Bug

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