If everyone agrees that the long lines are, well, too long, I'll accept your judgement
But, what I want to stay in somehow and to have implemented, is a form of message that keeps understandable that these are CC functions, also to the CC-noobish player.
The CC unites diverse functions (target reticle, bounty scanner, auto-ECM, target autolock and sure something else I forgot and it's rather expensive) - so players should see the difference and know what is causing it.
Suggestions?
PS: Just saw that this was supposed to be a duel. Oh well, the red team already lost ... the "Combat Computers" still has to stay in the line somewhere/-how
so players should see the difference and know what is causing it.
Maybe put some [CC] before every message? If it would read CC Incoming: that would be strange, but perhaps [CC] incoming: works?
Lestradae wrote:
PS: Just saw that this was supposed to be a duel. Oh well, the red team already lost ... the "Combat Computers" still has to stay in the line somewhere/-how
I really had no intention on such a thing...I changed the lines because I did like it more and when it was time to test reworked timer scripts with Matthew, I simply took the whole folder instead of trying to identify which scripts would have to be replaced - I even did tell him to keep his old version of scripts because I did make some more modifications which he might like to undo.
so players should see the difference and know what is causing it.
Maybe put some [CC] before every message? If it would read CC Incoming: that would be strange, but perhaps [CC] incoming: works?
I am happy with that sort of thing, though CC seems to be confusingly similar to the EMail CC term, and the player may not even be able to relate CC to an earlier forgotten purchase of the Combat Computer.
Is it appropriate to consider other terms in place of CC?
A trumble a day keeps the doctor away, and the tax man;
even the Grim Reaper keeps his distance.
-- Paul Wilkins
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
Would it really be too long to set a "Combat Computers: " in front of its messages?
For me, as I prefer the original oolite font over the OSE default one for better readability, YES
However, L, you know, I initially asked wether you might want to supply TWO versions, one with the full text and one shortened like I did it...because I can very well imagine that there are people who prefer longer messages. Maybe there's even an elegant mechanism to support both inside a JS and switch them by adding an additional setup file (or simply setting a variable in one script and then they use if to decide upon the text creation mechanism to be used).
Hmm. Maybe there should be a vote set up: Would you prefer longer or shorter messages (examples only a suggestion, please specific if you'd like something else) and add "don't care" and "something in between". People surely are more likely to vote than to write a message
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and it's rather expensive) - so players should see the difference and know what is causing it.
