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"Three different “name layers” now exist (this is critical)
Layer A — Account Identity (authoritative)

BattleTag
Account ID
Owned entirely by Battle.net

Used for:
Lobbies
Chat
Player lists
Matchmaking

Cannot be changed client-side anymore
This is what CE used to target — and what’s now gone.

Layer B — Session Display Labels (non-authoritative)
This still exists.

Used for:
Custom game slots
In-game scoreboard labels
Observer UI
Replay overlays
Important properties:
Not tied to BattleTag
Not validated by the server
Exists only for the current match or replay

Often generated from:
Map script
Game state packets
Cached UI text"

--The cheat engine still works if you do it after joining the lobby, but it reverts every time someone joins the lobby.--

"When a player joins, the host receives a fresh, authoritative slot-state packet from the server, and all client-side slot labels are rebuilt from scratch.
Anything that was only client-owned gets wiped.
Before 2025, that rebuild still reused some client memory.
After 2025, it does not.

Join event triggers a full slot rebuild
When anyone joins:
Server sends:
Complete lobby snapshot
Player account handles
Slot assignments
Client destroys existing slot UI objects
New slot objects are instantiated
This is important:
It is not a refresh — it is a reconstruction"

--I have no idea how to circumvent this, please contribute any ideas--

JoetheBeast wrote: January 7th, 2026, 2:17 am Not working anymore :'(

In the lobby, I still have my normal name, but I can speak using the spoofed name, and in-game I have the name of the spoofed name.

any idea ?

It works if you do it after joining the lobby(which is useless) but it reverts every time someone joins(making it even more useless)

No idea how to fix.

They silently patched it. Just tried to get into a lobby and the host clearly saw my real name.