Sound When A Chat Message Is Received

posted on October 28th, 2009, 7:05 pm

Hello,

Is it possible to have a sound play when you receive a chat message in game. It is very easy to miss a message if you don't happen to see the text on the screen. This is especially true when you are receiving "You do not have enough [name of resource]" message at the same time.

Is this something that can be modded in, or would it require more code work to implement?

Just curious.
 

posted on October 28th, 2009, 10:01 pm

good point really..

posted on October 28th, 2009, 10:48 pm

Probably would be a good idea, as I have run into other people who have not realized I have sent chat messages in game... with disastrous results. Perhaps also a relevant "sound" control option can be added to the audio preferences (for those of who like the sound lower, higher or just off)

posted on October 29th, 2009, 1:52 am

Great idea 

I would Love to see this implemented 

posted on October 29th, 2009, 2:23 am

Maybe also a chat log?  So that if someone's chat does go away you can scroll up to see it?

posted on October 29th, 2009, 11:14 am

Oh, yes, I always wanted that feature!!!!

posted on October 29th, 2009, 12:16 pm

sure, i'll put a todo up for the sound notification

posted on October 29th, 2009, 2:13 pm

Thanks DOCa!

posted on October 30th, 2009, 12:19 pm

Thanks DOCa!

Is a chat log theoretically possible?

posted on February 14th, 2010, 3:46 pm

I think the General Quarters sound would be fine for all races. It would be simple and easily recognized.

posted on February 14th, 2010, 6:08 pm

One thing though ... i would not recommend a message sound for all messages, as this would become really anoying.

I'd rather suggest that there is a comand that releases a message sound when typed. For simplicity (and as far as i know its the same key on all keaboards) a simple '!'.

This would catch the needed attention of otherw and we would not have a PING PING PING all the time.

posted on February 14th, 2010, 9:15 pm

One thing though ... i would not recommend a message sound for all messages, as this would become really anoying.

I'd rather suggest that there is a comand that releases a message sound when typed. For simplicity (and as far as i know its the same key on all keaboards) a simple '!'.

This would catch the needed attention of otherw and we would not have a PING PING PING all the time.

Very nice! I think this makes for a very useful way of getting attention without having to become annoyed with the repeated hails. Great feedback Mimesoft!