| Fun Fact :: Aug 1, 2012 @ 5:51pm |
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 tycho2
Joined: Feb 16, 2010
Posts: 1089
Location: Belgium | If you are in-game you have 3 rows of chat and if you are in the lobby-menu you have 15.5 lines of chat.
So, if you are in-game you'll consider 3 lines of something similar as spam, but if you're in the lobby-menu you'll think 3 lines of something similar isn't spam.
So it would be better if we had 4-5 chat lines. Because 1) It would be better for iPad-player and 2) it would annoy admins less in thinking three lines of similar chat is spam.
There maybe isn't much space to add 1-2 lines of chat, but you could make the planet spawn closer to the bottom of the screen and it would all be solved. Also you can have the planet spawn closer to the top (avoiding the flag and if you use steam avoid the "friend request" button).
You could also add a chat in the middle of the screen where the chat displays and after 5-10 seconds it disappears. And maybe a button for the chat history or menu with things you can do on the bottom of the screen.post updated on Aug 1, 2012 @ 5:52pm |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 1, 2012 @ 8:56pm |
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 coolhwip
Joined: Jun 4, 2010
Posts: 256
Location: Canadia | Thanks Tycho2! Gee wilikers, I had a lot of fun reading that. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 1, 2012 @ 10:28pm |
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 khubilai
Joined: May 7, 2011
Posts: 249
Location: Australia | Yeah, the most times I've read chat in a single day...
And this issue has been raised before. What would be ideal is for iPad players to be able to bring up the text box over the whole screen to see what's been said, and then send it back down again. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 10:51am |
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marky1991 
Joined: Nov 8, 2009
Posts: 6535
Location: Douglasville, GA Deputy | "You could also add a chat in the middle of the screen where the chat displays and after 5-10 seconds it disappears."
-100
That just sounds obnoxious and distracting. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 11:19am |
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__oo__ 
Joined: Jun 10, 2012
Posts: 29
Location: Under Your Desk | Remove Chat and promote www.galcon.com/chat |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 11:23am |
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marky1991
Joined: Nov 8, 2009
Posts: 6535
Location: Douglasville, GA Deputy | It's near impossible (or at least highly obnoxious) to play galcon and use the online chat at the same time.
There's only so much screen real estate and I (and I'm assuming most fusion players) like to play on fullscreen. Thus, to use both at the same time, you have to be constantly minimizing/maximizing fusion. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 11:50am |
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chi-ro 
Joined: Dec 26, 2008
Posts: 3375
Location: The cluster behind you.. Under-Sheriff | Or use two screens like me? =o |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 12:20pm |
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tycho2
Joined: Feb 16, 2010
Posts: 1089
Location: Belgium | There's only so much screen real estate and I (and I'm assuming most fusion players) like to play on fullscreen.
If you play on windowed mode the game will not be precise. For example: If there are 10 ships flying (in the beginning of the game) and they land on a planet, it will be 8-9.
An alternative, if you use Steam you can use that in-game to go to chat on galcon.comm, but I'm having a bug where you can't fill in you password on Steam... |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 1:30pm |
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chi-ro
Joined: Dec 26, 2008
Posts: 3375
Location: The cluster behind you.. Under-Sheriff | That requires shift+tabbing though, which is more debilitating than alt+enter. post updated on Aug 2, 2012 @ 1:30pm |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 1:50pm |
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kunckles 
Joined: Feb 12, 2010
Posts: 648
Location: here | Or use two screens like me? =o
That's the way to do it. :-)
-Kunckles |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 2:20pm |
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ziche 
Joined: May 2, 2011
Posts: 1179
Location: Australia | Yep, two screen on iPads. Makes sense. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 2, 2012 @ 3:16pm |
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__oo__
Joined: Jun 10, 2012
Posts: 29
Location: Under Your Desk | It's near impossible (or at least highly obnoxious) to play galcon and use the on-line chat at the same time.
There's only so much screen real estate and I (and I'm assuming most fusion players) like to play on full-screen. Thus, to use both at the same time, you have to be constantly minimizing/maximizing fusion.
I was meaning more less talk more play, ergo I do not care a huge amount for chat in game..
However I do recognize for others it is a big ++. Majority wins. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 3, 2012 @ 10:13am |
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tycho2
Joined: Feb 16, 2010
Posts: 1089
Location: Belgium | Chat is a big part of Galcon. Do you know how many people manipulate (like me) other people to attack someone? |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 3, 2012 @ 10:41am |
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lisa-lyn2000 
Joined: Mar 28, 2012
Posts: 289
Location: House Baratheon | Lol __oo__ just figured out that mcinerney and paradoxal also known as modestep and lights are the same person the play all the time 2 accounts he manages in 1 game room |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 3, 2012 @ 11:32am |
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socratic 
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Posts: 1928
Location: =3 | 2 accounts. Newb. I can handle 4. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 3, 2012 @ 11:37am |
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lisa-lyn2000
Joined: Mar 28, 2012
Posts: 289
Location: House Baratheon | u have galcon on four devices wth |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 3, 2012 @ 12:57pm |
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socratic
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Posts: 1928
Location: =3 | There's no fun in using multiple accounts. I'm good enough by myself and using 2-4 accounts is just a hassle that is unrewarding. |
| Re: Fun Fact :: Aug 5, 2012 @ 4:42am |
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khubilai
Joined: May 7, 2011
Posts: 249
Location: Australia | To (almost) everyone who replied to this thread.
This idea was for iPad.
The chat function is pain on the iPad in game as you can only ever see the most recent 3 lines of text. You can hardly take part in in-game conversations.
I also veto Marky's -100 as there's obviously no valid reason for it. |
