Author Topic: [done] Game chat - "team" and "all" message prefix  (Read 883 times)

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[done] Game chat - "team" and "all" message prefix
« on: 16 September 2011, 19:18:14 »
I am not sure if it was posted here before but I could not find any thread about this issue.

It would be really helpful if messages in the game chat would have the prefix "all" or "team". In current MG version there is no prefix so players do not know if someone else is talking to all or just to his/her team.

It could look like this:

All: Uncle: We have nice weather today, right?
Team: Uncle: Everyone, attack!

or

Uncle: [/b]We have nice weather today, right?
Uncle  (team):[/b] Everyone, attack!

or

Uncle:[/b]We have nice weather today, right?
Uncle:[/b]Everyone, attack!
« Last Edit: 3 October 2011, 10:34:54 by tomreyn »

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Re: Game chat - "team" and "all" message prefix
« Reply #1 on: 16 September 2011, 19:38:23 »
I agree, this would be a nice feature. And I like the second variant most. The third one would be better, but due to changeable text colors, can be difficult to distinguish from normal messages, and would cause information overflow.
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Re: Game chat - "team" and "all" message prefix
« Reply #2 on: 16 September 2011, 21:22:16 »
I could be combined - with a different color (in the team chat) the message would act more important.

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Re: Game chat - "team" and "all" message prefix
« Reply #3 on: 19 September 2011, 06:41:25 »
Yeah good feature idea

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Re: Game chat - "team" and "all" message prefix
« Reply #4 on: 19 September 2011, 08:52:32 »
yes, good feature! I will look at it if softcoder isn't quicker than me  ;)
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Re: Game chat - "team" and "all" message prefix
« Reply #5 on: 3 October 2011, 00:38:41 »
svn now incorporates idea #2 above from Uncle. (Also added the ability to view/change keyboard setup in game via pressing esc and selecting that in the popup menu)