New Chat System is great!

[hawkeye_pike]

This is a very useful feature. Finally we are able to communicate with people outside of guild or alliance boundaries. I am using the Enhanced Client, and the new channels are quite easy to handle or to turn on/off.

Now all we need is a feature to send private messages in the EC.

 

[Taylor]

Yeah, I'm liking the global chat. Helps me meet folks outside of the guild.

 

[Lady Lava]

I will rarely use it but like having the option.

 

[LordDextonious]

How can we disable this feature... I don't want to have to show my menu bar everytime I want to close chat...

 

[hawkeye_pike]

I must admit that the downside is that a few ******** players keep spamming the channels with vulgarities. There should be a feature to create password protected channels or to put people on ignore.

 

[legendsguy]

i'm sure people will use it a lil' bit then it will die like before. but for now it's kinda neat to be able to speak to anyone in the game (well, who is in the channel).

it would be nice to be able to pull up a list of whose on (even if the list might be depressing). i am incredibly worried about spammers though; i have a feeling in a few days (at most) that's all the channels will become.

 

[Mitzlplik_SP]

i'm sure people will use it a lil' bit then it will die like before. but for now it's kinda neat to be able to speak to anyone in the game (well, who is in the channel).

it would be nice to be able to pull up a list of whose on (even if the list might be depressing). i am incredibly worried about spammers though; i have a feeling in a few days (at most) that's all the channels will become.

Umm no. IMO the only reason it wasn`t used before is because it was buried. Now its upfront where its easily usable and alot more user friendly. Its easy to not use something when most peaple didn`t even know it was there! That was the flaw. I dunno what games you`ve played but global chat is something that is vital in any game.....especially low pop games or shards.

Last night I seen Siege light right up. Instead of feeling like your playing alone, all of a sudden theres peaple talking everywhere. A couple peaple even mentioned they were on the virge (sp?) of quitting Siege because they never saw anyone. They were delighted to see everyone chatting and they stated the chat made them aware of other ppl playing and it changed their mind on leaving the shard. All because of the ability for peaple to connect.....FINALLY. Thankyou devs for this system. I`m sure it`ll get nothing but better! Best thing since creamy peanut butter!

 

[Pawain]

I must admit that the downside is that a few ******** players keep spamming the channels with vulgarities. There should be a feature to create password protected channels or to put people on ignore.

LOL it only took 30 min for the spammers to makr a great feature less great.

 

[Demonous]

how do you open the chat menu to go into different channels and such?

 

[Lore Master]

New chat system Question

The new chat system is a nice new feature at times but it can also get real annoying too. I don't want the general chat to automatically log me in every time I log in to UO. is there an option to stop the new chat system from logging me in automatically? by the way clicking leave doesn't always log me out of the new chat system for some reason.

 

[Schuyler Bain]

Re: New chat system Question

As posted in the chat notes. The chat system is not fully live on the shards, but your client already has its part of the update. Once the update makes it to the live shards you will not auto join a chat channel. The whole chat system will be an option for those that want to use it.

Hang tight and I'd bet at some point in the next few days, after testing, they will push it out and all will be right with the UO world.

 

[Lore Master]

Re: New chat system Question

As posted in the chat notes. The chat system is not fully live on the shards, but your client already has its part of the update. Once the update makes it to the live shards you will not auto join a chat channel. The whole chat system will be an option for those that want to use it.

Hang tight and I;d bet at some point in the next few days, after testing, they will push it out and all will be right with the UO world.

ok thanks good to know.

 

[QueenZen]

Well I use 2d, not the EC, so this picture may not be of much help to ya.

But in the 2d, ya just click on that menu bar on Chat, and bam there it is if one patched that is.

 

[Lord Drakelord]

How can we disable this feature... I don't want to have to show my menu bar everytime I want to close chat...

same, I don't run with the menu on most of my characters and having to open options to put the menu bar back up to disable the chat systems is driving me nuts.

 

[MariamATL]

Ummm...lol....how does one chat in this new system?? I can see everyone else's stuff but I can't speak to them! lol.....

 

[Tangled Metal]

Could we just get a way to default it to "not on" or something. It is very annoying to log into spam every time i log in.

 

[Schuyler Bain]

Ummm...lol....how does one chat in this new system?? I can see everyone else's stuff but I can't speak to them! lol.....

Quoted from the patch notes found here: http://www.uoherald.com/news/news.php?newsid=1001

Global Chat System

Classic Client 7.0.4.1: Updated 12/11/09 @ 5:40PM EST

•‘Chat’ button on the menu bar will now open a Channel Selection window instead of the Chat window.
•Channel Selection window will allow users to join, leave, or create a chat channel. User may only participate in one channel at a time.
•Text from a chat channel will appear in the System Messages area and in the Journal.
•Players may use the comma key (,) to participate in a chat channel.
• Fixed an issue with the Japan language setting crashing the Legacy Client
•Fixed the issue with Grapes of Wrath and Enchanted Apples not unstacking.

Enhanced Client 4.0.4.0:

•Added new button on the menu bar that opens the Channel Selection window
•Channel Selection window will allow users to join, leave, or create a chat channel. User may only participate in one channel at a time.
•Text from a chat channel will appear in chat tabs that have the ‘Custom’ chat text filter enabled.
•Players may use /c, /chat, or the comma key (,) to participate in a chat channel.

NOTE: Due to the difference in schedules of client patches and shard publishes, users will experience minor irregular behavior with this system when using the updated clients on shards that have not received the new publishes. This includes missing messages when leaving a chat channel, always auto-joining the General-Trammel channel on login, and seeing a non-finalized list of available default channels (The final list will only include: General, Looking For Group, Help, and Trade).

 

[Schuyler Bain]

Could we just get a way to default it to "not on" or something. It is very annoying to log into spam every time i log in.

Quoted from the patch notes found here: http://www.uoherald.com/news/news.php?newsid=1001

NOTE: Due to the difference in schedules of client patches and shard publishes, users will experience minor irregular behavior with this system when using the updated clients on shards that have not received the new publishes. This includes missing messages when leaving a chat channel, always auto-joining the General-Trammel channel on login, and seeing a non-finalized list of available default channels (The final list will only include: General, Looking For Group, Help, and Trade).

 

[Schuyler Bain]

For additional clarity:

It's been an hour and i already hate the chat feature, can it be auto-toggled "off" instead of "on" when logging in?

This will be temporary until your home shard receives the new publish. Sorry for the inconvenience. Your current channel is saved across play sessions and this includes when you are not joined to any channel at all.

There desperately needs to be a way to leave the general chats, in the 2d client you select the channels and click leave and you are still in them.

Also is there a way to password a private channel?

As mentioned above, this will be temporary. Though, when you click 'Leave', you will actually leave the channel, just not receive any confirmation until the shard is updated with the new publish. To truly test this, you can try chatting after clicking on the 'Leave' button and you should receive a response along the lines of not being in any channel at the moment.

Password protection is still under discussion.

source: http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=171332

 

[aoLOLita]

Aye, great for getting full strength Spellweave focus at Brit Bank

Should also prove beneficial for someone needing that one elusive SBOD to fill a high reawrd LBOD, but overuse of this channel to do so could easily become spam...

 

[MissEcho]

nm found what i was after