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Streamer mode

streaming mode:

-hides username

-in online games other players will have their usernames invisible and their skins will be steve

-maybe add something else that hides info?

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    Ideally many games have a Streamer Mode which hides identifying data for your game; Minecraft also needs one as stream sniping and targeting is still a problem years later today.


    What a streamer mode should hide is:

    1. Username of the player playing (Death screens, death messages, chat messages (hide the sender as "Player"), both Java & Bedrock need this for usernames/GamerTags)
    2. Usernames of other players on your server/lobby
    3. Username tags floating above players (Already exist in Bedrock but not Java Edition)
    4. Hide skins/capes option (Everyone is a default skins like Steve & Alex, no capes)
    Anything that the API could be searched up on a player with, UUID, skin, cape, past usernames, that stream snipers tend to use to look up if a player exist/is real.
    5. Item names/renames in death messages and hold/switch HUD popup
    6. Social Interactions screen (Java): meaning they all appear as player but show the UUID (To still allow for reporting, this is merely visual to protect the identities of players on the server. The API would have to be private to prevent looking up players here).
    7. Censor IPs and Server names

    This is a problem for streamers/YouTubers that a streamer mode doesn't exist as targeting and stream sniping is still a problem today where players will either harass or stalk the content creator or person streaming to either ruin the stream, get in the game (and get on screen to gloat), or cheat and ruin the game/server. Both Bedrock and Java need to improve here.