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The Ready Room => General => Topic started by: That Annoying Kid on August 26, 2004, 11:19:55 AM

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Post by: That Annoying Kid on August 26, 2004, 11:19:55 AM: OG over to this thread (http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=44914&view=findpost&p=1206835) and if you think the idea is winner please voice your support for it, I & S is a wasteland, but occasionally a good idea gets some momentum going and people finally have the epifiney that it's actually a decent idea. This idea has been suggested many times, and with enough people agreeing maybe it just might work.

(http://www.bsdswe.org/~nemo/forum/needwelding2.gif)
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Post by: BobTheJanitor on August 26, 2004, 11:45:43 AM: Posts in an I&S thread don't change anything. You're better off PMing Flayra, Voogru, E-Thief, Zunni, hell anyone who's on the 'upper' tier, and trying to direct their attention to the thread. Threads in I&S can go to 1000 posts but it doesn't mean the idea is any more likely to be noticed.
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Post by: That Annoying Kid on August 26, 2004, 11:48:10 AM: I'm already working the PM front bob :rolleyes: I know how these things go ^__^

but having the thread stay on the first page does help it alot, and if you think it's a good idea give it 30 seconds of your life and voice that you do
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Post by: Malevolent on August 26, 2004, 04:46:31 PM: That idea sounds good. I'll post an approval on the NS forums too.
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Post by: TyrNemesis^ on August 27, 2004, 03:09:33 AM: This idea has my attention. Assuming we have permission to use the artwork, I will get this on the list of desired changes for either 3.0 or 3.1.

Edit: Here's the bugtracker entry. You guys won't be able to see the details of the feature request, but now at least you know we're aware of the desire for this feature. :)

http://www.natural-selection.org/bt/bug_vi...?bug_id=0000845 (http://www.natural-selection.org/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0000845)
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Post by: Clashen on August 27, 2004, 03:51:09 AM: (http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/uploads//post-5-1093600090.jpg)

omghax!
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Post by: Malibu Stacey on August 27, 2004, 08:56:30 PM: coding an "I need welding" impulse shouldn't be any more difficult than the "I need medpack" or "I need ammo" ones. Hell it should probably be a little easier since the comm doesn't need to know about it & it won't need to spawn an icon the comm console.
/me is all for it, now if only you could see armour level on the comm console as well as HP.
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Post by: BobTheJanitor on August 27, 2004, 09:21:32 PM: The main reason always given for no new communications to go in is that all the voices in NS were done by professional voice talent. Adding any new ones would mean finding those same persons and hiring them on again to do the new lines, and that costs big money. That said, there's no reason that welding couldn't be done only with the icon, and no related voice communication at all.
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Post by: Cartman2b on August 28, 2004, 05:54:18 AM: Quote
Posts in an I&S thread don't change anything. You're better off PMing Flayra, Voogru, E-Thief, Zunni, hell anyone who's on the 'upper' tier, and trying to direct their attention to the thread. Threads in I&S can go to 1000 posts but it doesn't mean the idea is any more likely to be noticed.
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Actually my I&S post got accepted in 3 days after posting.

But this welding idea is awesome. Should be also done with ammo and medpacks.
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Post by: BobTheJanitor on August 28, 2004, 10:29:06 AM: Quote
But this welding idea is awesome. Should be also done with ammo and medpacks.
Actually, that would be quite awesome. Put a little sprite over the head of the marine that requested it that's visible from the commander's viewpoint. Hopefully invisible to everyone else, so it doesn't look silly. That would avoid the constant problem of someone else grabbing all the meds and ammo.
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Post by: Dark on August 28, 2004, 12:53:32 PM: that would be a great idea for the ammo and medpack thing since the com drops ammo and meds right now and people who aren't in dire need of them will pick them up before the person who really needs them gets teh shaft
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Post by: Necrosis on August 28, 2004, 02:35:00 PM: People will always hoover up the meds/ammo anyway.. having a sprite won't make some noob/leet player stop swiping the goods.
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Post by: BobTheJanitor on August 28, 2004, 04:55:09 PM: Quote
People will always hoover up the meds/ammo anyway.. having a sprite won't make some noob/leet player stop swiping the goods.
But it lets the comm pinpoint the person who asked for them, out of the four man squad of marines that all look exactly the same.
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Post by: Dark on August 28, 2004, 05:31:20 PM: Quote
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People will always hoover up the meds/ammo anyway.. having a sprite won't make some noob/leet player stop swiping the goods.
But it lets the comm pinpoint the person who asked for them, out of the four man squad of marines that all look exactly the same.
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with this the comm can drop the stuff as close as possible to the marine who asked for it
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Post by: Diablus on September 09, 2004, 02:16:25 PM: Kindve off topic.... but i requested a "Request scan" order for Marines to say along with medpacks/ammo/etc. awhile back which if i could find it could use some LM posts to un-bury it :)

but on topic : it would be quite cool to see weld me icons in game.