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Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - Tris - 07-18-2012
Hello!
I was ingame yesterday and wanted to write a message to all so that those in minigames could see it too, and that it would stand out in bright orange. So i used the ; chat.
I then found out that this was "regulars" chat and that only people who had been ingame for 50+ hours or whatever can read it.
Can that be changed so that all can read it? I suppose back in the day it was a nice feature to have when the server was crowded, but now its useful to communicate with people in minigames and I think shouldnt just be limited to regulars.
Thank you.
Re: Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - Madlaggz - 07-18-2012
I don't know if I fully agree, but I think you have a point; If you're in any other map zone, world and or minigame, you will be "disconnected" from the mainchat.
I see this has its uses, but I do not think that LVP is popular enough, that it needs separate chats. I think a server with the current popularity of LVP would benefit more from using ONE mainchat instead of several, because using ONE mainchat, you would end up with more activity in it - and activity on the server usually generates more activity (Which is HIGHLY needed!). It is more than sufficient enough to use the /pm feature if you want a private chat with other people.
Re: Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - LE7ELS - 07-18-2012
(07-18-2012, 02:29 PM)Madlaggz link Wrote: I don't know if I fully agree, but I think you have a point; If you're in any other map zone, world and or minigame, you will be "disconnected" from the mainchat.
I see this has its uses, but I do not think that LVP is popular enough, that the needs of separate chats are needed. I think a server with the current popularity of LVP would benefit more from using ONE mainchat instead of several if it is now, because using ONE mainchat, you would end up with more activity in it - and activity on the server usually generates more activity (Which is HIGHLY needed!). It is more than sufficient enough to use the /pm feature if you want a private chat with other people.
+1
Re: Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - Holsje - 07-18-2012
(07-18-2012, 02:29 PM)Madlaggz link Wrote: I don't know if I fully agree, but I think you have a point; If you're in any other map zone, world and or minigame, you will be "disconnected" from the mainchat.
I see this has its uses, but I do not think that LVP is popular enough, that it needs separate chats. I think a server with the current popularity of LVP would benefit more from using ONE mainchat instead of several, because using ONE mainchat, you would end up with more activity in it - and activity on the server usually generates more activity (Which is HIGHLY needed!). It is more than sufficient enough to use the /pm feature if you want a private chat with other people.
If you play a minigame for example robbery its good you only got robbery chat imo..
Re: Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - Tris - 07-18-2012
(07-18-2012, 06:52 PM)MrElmo link Wrote: If you play a minigame for example robbery its good you only got robbery chat imo..
yes i agree with Elmo (of course!!) if you are playing a minigame its good to only see chat for that minigame....but its also necessary to use ; to talk to people outside of your minigame specially if you need to talk to more than one person. So we use ; "regulars" chat for that but its not very nice for people with less than 50 hours gametime that they cant see it.
Re: Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - Madlaggz - 07-19-2012
(07-18-2012, 11:57 PM)Tris link Wrote: yes i agree with Elmo (of course!!) if you are playing a minigame its good to only see chat for that minigame....but its also necessary to use ; to talk to people outside of your minigame specially if you need to talk to more than one person. So we use ; "regulars" chat for that but its not very nice for people with less than 50 hours gametime that they cant see it.
You could just have a prefix for a minigame-only chat. Just like gangs, but with another tag than !
I still dont think there is a need to be disconnected from the main chat, if you would get distracted, you shouldn't be able to read the regular chat neither.
Re: Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - cake - 07-19-2012
+1 @ Elmo & Tris
Re: Ingame "Regulars" chat ; - Holsje - 07-19-2012
(07-19-2012, 02:42 AM)Madlaggz link Wrote: You could just have a prefix for a minigame-only chat. Just like gangs, but with another tag than !
I still dont think there is a need to be disconnected from the main chat, if you would get distracted, you shouldn't be able to read the regular chat neither.
Mainchat has a lot more random in it.
And when explaining robbery to nabs its good to not have a command to talk in minigame chat...