Chat Alert [follow up to "Move the Chat Box"]

by **baggins994** on Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:03 pm

I started a thread b4 about moving the chat box because chat is one of the mnost important things in risk but they put the box at the bottom, and many ppl dont check it. Throughout the discussion, it was generally decided that an alert would be best, so this is here to see if ppl would like that. All it would be is a little thing near the map that players would see to tell them the there is a new message on the chat, that way ppl who dont often check it will know a message is there. If more than 75% vote yes, ill start an official suggestion thread.

by **baggins994** on Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:32 pm

bump

why dont you say why you vote wat u vote b/c some of u voted no and i have no idea wats wrong w/ the idea

by **Lanceyboyuk** on Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:49 pm

if it can be molded into the background effectively and doesnt just get plonked somewhere its an idea. I just think people see this as a lower priority

by **baggins994** on Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:40 pm

theyll put it in a good place, they're not stupid

by **baggins994** on Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:09 pm

bump

vote ppl!

by **baggins994** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:46 pm

bump

we'er over 75 but only by a bit and we only have 20 or so votes

Vote!!

by **leolou2** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:59 pm

i always look but had a many of partners that said they never do and its one of the best tools we have in combat. VOTE YES good day

by **wcaclimbing** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:59 pm

you dont have to keep bumping this :roll:

I voted yes.

by **Fire Mario** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:18 pm

Just voted yes!

by **yeti_c** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:41 am

So how would you define an "alert"?

New messages since your last turn?
New messages since your last visit?
New message whilst you are viewing?

C.

by **baggins994** on Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:34 pm

I'd say last visit, but that can be decided later.

I think I'm gonna sumbit an official request soon

by **yeti_c** on Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:36 am

baggins994 wrote:I'd say last visit, but that can be decided later.

I think I'm gonna sumbit an official request soon

The problem here is this then...

How do you log last visit?

The forum counts last visit as "last time you logged in" - but this might not be the case for every game - I quite often don't visit a game when I log in...

But sometimes I do...

So you would need to store "last visit" in the database...

This is something I doubt lack would want...

Therefore - messages since last game action would be a lot easier... (i.e. no DB access storage... just find "your" last log action - and if there are chat messages after that date/time - then show alert...

However - that might also fail - say you're in the middle of a turn - someone says some chat... the next time the game is refreshed - you post a log... which is later than the chat... so no alert shown...

So then perhaps you have to code in a "always show alert if there is a new chat in the last X mins" bit of code...

C.

Chat Alert [follow up to "Move the Chat Box"]

Should there be a chat alert closer to the map?

Chat Alert [follow up to "Move the Chat Box"]

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