Wrecking Crew Posted February 27, 2016 Posted February 27, 2016 Hi, I run the open Hollo Pointe server. In multiplayer, the text chat window is by default closed now, and shows the envelope icon along the left side when there are unread messages. I have a couple of suggestions for improvements. 1. Default the text chat window to open. Yesterday I was on approach to Vaziani and got ATC clearance to land, and I broadcasted text messages all the way in. But as I was on final a new guy was turning onto the runway so I had to go around (being in pretty bad shape my a/c did not make it). :pilotfly: Now I was thinking that the new guy did not see my texts because his chat window was closed! Sure, he was in the wrong in a number of ways, but I could not get the guy's attention and chat with him. Heck, the first times I saw the text chat icon I wondered what it was and how to open it. This is a problem because it isolates new people from text communications. 2. The mouse should be able to open and close the text chat box, and get the cursor onto the edit line. 3. If the text chat box is closed, allow Client texts to show through. 4. When switching back and forth from Allies to All text broadcast, keep the cursor in the edit box so one doesn't have to go click on it again to type a message. 5. Different colors and/or regular/italics for text to Allies vs text to All. Put a 'To Allies:' and 'To All:' in front. 6. Suppress the text chat icon from appearing with 'user took a screenshot' message. Take a screenie of a scene when the icon is not visible and the icon will pop up and be in the next screenshot. I want my screenies to be clear of this icon which requires me to open the chat box and close it again for the next screenie. Or, filter out the text chat icon from a screenshot, but not the text in the text chat box if it is open. WC Visit the Hollo Pointe DCS World server -- an open server with a variety of COOP & H2H missions including Combined Arms. All released missions are available for free download, modification and public hosting, from my Wrecking Crew Projects site.
Northstar98 Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 For me personally I'd love to have a way for the envelope thing don't show up with new messages if it's been hidden. (I swear when 1.5 came out LCtrl+LShift+Y - the command for hiding the bottom bar in outside views also hid the envelope and new messages wouldn't cause it to pop-up unless I am quite mistaken). Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
Fakum Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 I have found that there is way to much info ripping thru it to even know whats going on, not only is that distraction, but I cant find the info I am actually looking for as I try and scroll up and down to read it,, I get a missile up my back door! And to make matters worse, I am running at 2560x1600,, I have to stick my face into the monitor to read it as it is too small,,,, Windows 10 Pro - 64 Bit / ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming / AMD 7800X3D / G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 64GB DDR5 6000 Ram / SSD M.2 SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB / MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid X 24G / SteelSeries Arctis 7 Headset /LG-Ultragear 38" IPS LED Ultrawide HD Monitor (3840 x 1600) / Track IR4 / Thrustmaster TPR Pendular Rudder Pedals / Virpil HOTAS VPC Constellation ALPHA-R & VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle
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