From 3fc1bdecb31cbf2b813c23589fc7b6be644ea0db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Cernat <davidcernat@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:41:37 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] [Client] Shorten player names to 31 characters after they are
 inputted

---
 apps/openmw/mwgui/charactercreation.cpp | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/charactercreation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/charactercreation.cpp
index 2deb62215..45acdc595 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/charactercreation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/charactercreation.cpp
@@ -397,6 +397,18 @@ namespace MWGui
         if (mNameDialog)
         {
             mPlayerName = mNameDialog->getTextInput();
+
+            /*
+                Start of tes3mp change (major)
+
+                Ensure names are not longer than the original game's 31 character maximum
+            */
+            if (mPlayerName.length() > 31)
+                mPlayerName = mPlayerName.substr(0, 31);
+            /*
+                End of tes3mp change (major)
+            */
+
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->setValue("name", mPlayerName);
             MWBase::Environment::get().getMechanicsManager()->setPlayerName(mPlayerName);
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->removeDialog(mNameDialog);