v1.6.3 New chat positioning blends with server messages

[R-CON]Aleon · 2020-09-27, 16:30

Not having the chat in the middle of the screen is great, but when there is a lot of activity both in chat, and in server messages, the two kind of blend together. It would be great to have one (or two) chat lines worth of empty space separating the two, so that server messages don't flow into chat, and the other way around, making it easier to read both.

[R-DEV]Mats391 · 2020-09-27, 16:47

I have been playing with the new chat position for the past week already and never had issues with it. However I think admins could reduce the map vote message timer to spam the chat a bit less. There is little need to have it popup every 10seconds now.

[R-CON]CAS_ual_TY · 2020-09-28, 09:23

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Originally Posted by Mats391

I have been playing with the new chat position for the past week already and never had issues with it. However I think admins could reduce the map vote message timer to spam the chat a bit less. There is little need to have it popup every 10seconds now.

I assume you refer to the spam caused by the empty string kill feed? So this has been removed via binary edit and alon magic?
No more empty kill feed spam?

EDIT:

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Fixed server messages getting pushed off screen too quickly.

dis?

[R-DEV]Mats391 · 2020-09-28, 09:36

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Originally Posted by CAS_ual_TY

I assume you refer to the spam caused by the empty string kill feed? So this has been removed via binary edit and alon magic?
No more empty kill feed spam?

In the past past you had to show the map vote messages often as it quickly got pushed of screen. Now with the empty message spam removed it stays way longer on the screen so the map vote messages become the main spam. Most servers have set the interval to 10seconds, I guess 20 or even 30 seconds would be fine now.

Brotherscompany2 · 2020-12-14, 01:37

Still it makes it incredibly harder to quickly check things out.

lts just a huge wall of text and its hard to quickly distinguish server messages from Chat leading to a greater amount of time just trying to find out if a team kill was actually intentional or reports and so on.

I would never trade not having to press Page Up if its what its referring to than being able to quickly check Server stuff without having to look for stuff its simply not piratical at all.

Rarely do I ever complain about changes but this is by far the worst one made Admin side, just horrible it made everything so much more difficult especially if you couldnt check a report in the moment (ex: you are in a firefight and you can only check the Command Log 2min later) it makes just wanting to ignore and not to deal with the report deep down.

Would love to see at least 1-2 line of distance, the current change made checking stuff a pain in the ass.
Im honestly amazed there arent more people mentioning this.

~~ChemoXXII~~ · 2020-12-14, 02:36

I guess this is off topic but, the change to the character limit seems like a heavy change for a small problem. I get people complain about the chat (45-year-old single dads(I'm sure you know who I am referring to)) in the middle of their screens but they could just not... look. It isn't that hard. The change doesn't seem to have any pros, in my opinion, only cons. Admins can't communicate with each other or players in one message but instead, have to flood the screen with multiple messages with !r or !s. Warnings can't be descriptive, and when dealing with newer players longer warnings are typically used. I and I imagine others would love for this change to be reversed, or at least have the character limit increased from what it currently is.

WingWalker · 2020-12-14, 11:29

Moving the chat spam out of the middle of the screen, probably one of my most favorite changes in PR!

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Originally Posted by ChemoXXII

could just not... look. It isn't that hard. The change doesn't seem to have any pros

Really??

You never had the chat spam going like crazy about something retarded across your screen blocking your view while you're trying to see down range with all hell breaking loose.

Honestly man.

PBAsydney · 2020-12-14, 11:45

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Originally Posted by WingWalker

Moving the chat spam out of the middle of the screen, probably one of my most favorite changes in PR!

Really??

You never had the chat spam going like crazy about something retarded across your screen blocking your view while you're trying to see down range with all hell breaking loose.

Honestly man.

Never bothered me, missing important intel because it blends in with server messages and teamkills is a bigger concern for me.

Danesh_italiano · 2020-12-14, 12:08

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Originally Posted by PBAsydney

Never bothered me, missing important intel because it blends in with server messages and teamkills is a bigger concern for me.

Agree. Sugested adding option on launcher for chat position but message got removed and i got punished. 10/10

[R-MOD]Nate. · 2020-12-14, 13:16

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Originally Posted by Danesh_italiano

Agree. Sugested adding option on launcher for chat position but message got removed and i got punished. 10/10

Might be related to the fact that you posted your great suggestion into "Realistic vehicle seat capacity - feedback" thread.

2020-09-27, 16:30	#1
[R-CON]Aleon PR:BF2 Contributor Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 95 Europe	New chat positioning blends with server messages Not having the chat in the middle of the screen is great, but when there is a lot of activity both in chat, and in server messages, the two kind of blend together. It would be great to have one (or two) chat lines worth of empty space separating the two, so that server messages don't flow into chat, and the other way around, making it easier to read both.

2020-09-27, 16:47	#2
[R-DEV]Mats391 PR:BF2 Lead Developer Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 7,576 Germany Location: Muenster Blog Entries: 6	Re: New chat positioning blends with server messages I have been playing with the new chat position for the past week already and never had issues with it. However I think admins could reduce the map vote message timer to spam the chat a bit less. There is little need to have it popup every 10seconds now.
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2020-12-14, 01:37	#5
Brotherscompany2 Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 18 Portugal	Re: New chat positioning blends with server messages Still it makes it incredibly harder to quickly check things out. lts just a huge wall of text and its hard to quickly distinguish server messages from Chat leading to a greater amount of time just trying to find out if a team kill was actually intentional or reports and so on. I would never trade not having to press Page Up if its what its referring to than being able to quickly check Server stuff without having to look for stuff its simply not piratical at all. Rarely do I ever complain about changes but this is by far the worst one made Admin side, just horrible it made everything so much more difficult especially if you couldnt check a report in the moment (ex: you are in a firefight and you can only check the Command Log 2min later) it makes just wanting to ignore and not to deal with the report deep down. Would love to see at least 1-2 line of distance, the current change made checking stuff a pain in the ass. Im honestly amazed there arent more people mentioning this.
Brotherscompany2 Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 18 Portugal

2020-12-14, 02:36	#6
~~ChemoXXII~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 4 Qatar Location: New York	Re: New chat positioning blends with server messages I guess this is off topic but, the change to the character limit seems like a heavy change for a small problem. I get people complain about the chat (45-year-old single dads(I'm sure you know who I am referring to)) in the middle of their screens but they could just not... look. It isn't that hard. The change doesn't seem to have any pros, in my opinion, only cons. Admins can't communicate with each other or players in one message but instead, have to flood the screen with multiple messages with !r or !s. Warnings can't be descriptive, and when dealing with newer players longer warnings are typically used. I and I imagine others would love for this change to be reversed, or at least have the character limit increased from what it currently is.