I would like to see an option added to toggle a time stamp for messages. Sometimes it’s not clear how long a message has been around (like when chat is slow and you’ve spent a while messing with ships, or you’ve been afk).
That’s it really. Just an option to turn time stamps on and off for chat.
good idea, but definitely must be an option and not a permanent fixture, would make chat very cluttered and boring
Support for sure. As long as it shows in amount of time since. like 1 minute ago, and updates every second.
Support for sure. As long as it shows in amount of time since. like 1 minute ago, and updates every second.
that could cause lag server and client side, i’d say just putting a timestamp on the message using your system time.
For example:
starcoaster: please nerf chat spamming *****. (12:36:18)
Yeah, it doesn’t need to update - just give the system time stamp. That way you can look at the time the message was sent, look at your local time and realise “okay, that’s a message someone posted fifteen minutes ago so he’s probably not around to reply now.”
Yeah, it doesn’t need to update - just give the system time stamp. That way you can look at the time the message was sent, look at your local time and realise “okay, that’s a message someone posted fifteen minutes ago so he’s probably not around to reply now.”
yep. nailed it.
that could cause lag server and client side, i’d say just putting a timestamp on the message using your system time.
For example:
starcoaster: please nerf chat spamming *****. (12:36:18)
Wouldn’t lag the server at all actually, the server only needs to send the timestamp, the message, and the player who sent it. Then calculate on the client every second time since that timestamp. I know from a programmers perspective, it wouldn’t be hard to do.
And the extra timestamp would only add an additional f 17-24 bytes of data, unless they’re sending unix timestamps, which can be sent as a 32bit int, so it would reduce down to 4 bytes of data.
Time stamps are already on client machine. They just aren’t shown in game
Check chat.log first thing is time
Time stamps are already on client machine. They just aren’t shown in game
Check chat.log first thing is time
Never though of that, so that’s true. Now It would be even easier for the developers to add time since the message was sent.
thanks for your input - this have already been forwarded to the Devs
but it has disadvantages, so it is under discussion
thanks for your input - this have already been forwarded to the Devs
but it has disadvantages, so it is under discussion
What disadvantages would it have showing how long ago messages were displayed?
Well I suppose if someone asked a question, and it said 2 minutes ago, then no one may answer. Only thing I could think of.
well I agree good option to have in the game, I vote for that
disadvantage is mainly the use of space.
A timestamp will use roughly half a row
It is under discussion, lets see
disadvantage is mainly the use of space.
A timestamp will use roughly half a row
It is under discussion, lets see
Wouldn’t have to take that much space. It’s four numbers - hours and minutes. We don’t need the timestamp to be huge and highly detailed.
could be also tooltipped, and it doesnt need date
could be optional too, so people with smaller resolutions can turn it off.
http://forum.star-conflict.ru/index.php?/topic/41868-shtamp-vremeni-k-soobscheniiam-v-chate/
9 votes - for this option.
It took six months. But never did.
If you have a second monitor you can have this app running on it and see time stamps for each message [http://forum.star-conflict.com/index.php?/topic/25884-star-conflict-chat-log-reader](< base_url >/index.php?/topic/25884-star-conflict-chat-log-reader)
If you have a second monitor you have this app running on it and see time stamps for each message [http://forum.star-conflict.com/index.php?/topic/25884-star-conflict-chat-log-reader](< base_url >/index.php?/topic/25884-star-conflict-chat-log-reader)
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