In Game Chat + Avatars

[aGorm]

I'm almost certain this has been mentioned befor in here, but its been lost...

In game Chat:

I think what would be realy nice is that you should be able to chat with the clien bords from in game... and not just your battle room but any room you want. So as, if your having a frendly, or just spectating you can chat with people in just the genral bords.
Also... It would be nice if you could have in game Avertars. So as you can recognis buy there pic not just name (so much quicker in a game with lots of people with same sort of names... or when in a clan.) This should also be in the client so that in the chat rooms you can have tyhe averta, and it will apper in game aswell.

This would be sweet cool...

(so would actully having a game...)

aGorm

[AF]

Ah I forgot I'd mentioned that, thans for bringing that back up, I believe it was in response to your picture in picture idea.

Either way I'm sure an input from outside the game can be done using group AI's however I'm unsure about sending messages outside the game

[SinbadEV]

You could have the avatars on the Comanders Backs!

[AF]

I would refer you to my insignia thread then, where I suggested that instead of arm and core logos and colours you would ahve your own textures or insignias/logos of your player present, and possibly one of the facets could be replaced with a custom model perhaps a banner or script for your unit?

[zwzsg]

I think what would be realy nice is that you should be able to chat with the clien bords from in game... and not just your battle room but any room you want.

Alt-Tabing and typing in spring client chat and battleroom chat works well for me. And it makes sense that ingame chat and lobby chat are separated.

[aGorm]

Whilest i may get hit with random flying vegitables for metioning this... If you play a blizzaard game of, say, diablo, and your play on battle net, you can type a message into the in game chat, and if you put on a prefix you can sendit to anyone. Anyone on battel net that is. Wether there in a different game or just in a room, or whatever.
So what would be nice would be to be able to do the same sort of thing in spring. If you have to Alt-Tab, youll lose sight of the battel field, and quite possible lose.
Also... I don't know who this currently works but when your typing in a message can you controll your stuff att he same time? Cause it pisses me of when youi go in to the chat box and find you cant leave the dam thing till you finshed typing, even if your being slaughterd. Not being able to play spring online I dont know if this is the case in spring, but if it is can someone make it so you can still controll stuf as that sort of thing pisses me off no end.

Thanks

aGorm

[smoth]

I would refer you to my insignia thread then, where I suggested that instead of arm and core logos and colours you would ahve your own textures or insignias/logos of your player present, and possibly one of the facets could be replaced with a custom model perhaps a banner or script for your unit?

in most games that support either, the unit(s) in question have special area(s)/texture(s) setup for that sort of thing. Team color has always been enough for me. Do remember that the OTA logo are handled by a preset image. the Only way to support custom logo(s) would be to either have a predefined area on the model(which means some people have alot of conversion work coming) or by having icons over the character.

I am still waiting for SY to give us contol of our player color.