Live Game Data API: player identifier in streamer mode

[fabiitch]

Hello,

When multiple players have streamer mode enabled, the Live Game Data API may not provide any reliable identifier for them.

For example, if all players in the game have streamer mode enabled, and they all use the default skin, it can become impossible to distinguish them from each other.

The position field can still help in some cases, but it may not be available or reliable in every game mode.

It is also not safe to rely on the player’s index in the returned array, because that order can change when the player reorganizes the scoreboard.

The goal here is not to track the player’s account, but simply to have a stable way to identify the same player during the current game session.

Would it be possible to expose a temporary, game-scoped identifier for each player, even when streamer mode is enabled?

Something like:

"gamePlayerId": 3

or any other anonymous identifier that remains stable for the duration of the game would be enough.
this field can be reuse in events for victim/killer/assiter

Thanks!

[Bulletdev]

https://x.com/RiotGamesDevRel/status/1979263978787246391?s=20

[fabiitch]

Hey,
I think there may be a misunderstanding. The Twitter post is about identifying a summoner account, while my report is about identifying a player from the https://127.0.0.1:2999/liveclientdata/eventdata endpoint during a game.
A typical event looks like this:
{ "EventID": 70, "EventName": "Multikill", "EventTime": 1468.26513671875, "KillerName": "AnyRiotID", "KillStreak": 2 }

Here, KillerName normally contains the player's Riot ID, which allows us to identify the player involved in the event.
However, when Streamer Mode is enabled, KillerName and VictimName contain the champion name instead. For example:
{ "VictimName": "Aurelion Sol" }

If there are two players using the same champion in the game, identifying which player generated the event becomes significantly more difficult, since the Riot ID is no longer available in the event data.