From 865fc14ef82cae8ed476d6d22976f14b83ee392a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: InspectorCaracal <51038201+InspectorCaracal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:12:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] update character display name too

---
 evennia/contrib/rpg/rpsystem/rpsystem.py | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/evennia/contrib/rpg/rpsystem/rpsystem.py b/evennia/contrib/rpg/rpsystem/rpsystem.py
index 2b0265d165..777e4507e1 100644
--- a/evennia/contrib/rpg/rpsystem/rpsystem.py
+++ b/evennia/contrib/rpg/rpsystem/rpsystem.py
@@ -1555,18 +1555,24 @@ class ContribRPCharacter(DefaultCharacter, ContribRPObject):
             characters stand out from other objects.
 
         """
-        idstr = "(#%s)" % self.id if self.access(looker, access_type="control") and not kwargs.get("noid",False) else ""
         ref = kwargs.get("ref","~")
     
         if looker == self:
+            # process your key as recog since you recognize yourself
             sdesc = self.process_recog(self.key,self)
         else:
             try:
+                # get the sdesc looker should see, with formatting
                 sdesc = looker.get_sdesc(self, process=True, ref=ref)
             except AttributeError:
+                # use own sdesc as a fallback
                 sdesc = self.sdesc.get()
-        pose = " %s" % (self.db.pose or "is here.") if kwargs.get("pose", False) else ""
-        return "%s%s%s" % (sdesc, idstr, pose)
+
+        # add dbref is looker has control access and `noid` is not set
+        if self.access(looker, access_type="control") and not kwargs.get("noid",False):
+            sdesc = f"{sdesc}{self.id}"
+
+        return self.get_posed_sdesc(sdesc) if kwargs.get("pose", False) else sdesc
 
 
     def at_object_creation(self):