Idea to improve messages and stuff

Have an idea or great plots for Egoboo? Post them here!

Moderator: Developers

Post Reply
User avatar
woodmouse
Monolich (Senior Member)
Monolich (Senior Member)
Posts: 4586
Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:53 pm
Location: Finland
Contact:

Idea to improve messages and stuff

Post by woodmouse »

Just an idea I got while having a few "...where did that come from!? :o Am I confused?! :shock: " reactions:

Wouldn't it be better if messages would have the character's name before them? Like this:
Image

Of course, someone would have to add the names in ALL messages of ALL characters, which might end up quite tiresome... but if this idea gets any support, I'll do it, lol. :lol:

EDIT: I did it.
DOWNLOAD
Once upon a time, when unicorns roamed the earth...
User avatar
Agent of Dread
Protector (Senior Member)
Protector (Senior Member)
Posts: 8991
Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:46 pm
Location: Australia
Contact:

Re: Idea to improve messages and stuff

Post by Agent of Dread »

That sounds pretty good. Nice work. :)
- Linktree: linktr.ee/trilbs -
User avatar
Zefz
Squirrel Knight (Administrator)
Squirrel Knight (Administrator)
Posts: 3820
Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:27 am
Location: Norway
Contact:

Re: Idea to improve messages and stuff

Post by Zefz »

Umm, I could implement that in the source code. It would take about 15 minutes and then it would work for every object that is in the game and in every future object added. Also, then the player could disable this in the game menu if we wanted.

Additionally we reduce the chance of any errors from happening. The drawback of this is of course that messages take bigger space than before.
bgbirdsey
{]-[0{0|307 (Developer)
{]-[0{0|307 (Developer)
Posts: 1864
Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:22 am
Location: Minnesota, USA

Re: Idea to improve messages and stuff

Post by bgbirdsey »

A text bubble would be the best, but more complicated to code...
User avatar
woodmouse
Monolich (Senior Member)
Monolich (Senior Member)
Posts: 4586
Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:53 pm
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Idea to improve messages and stuff

Post by woodmouse »

One thing I've been wanting for some time would be the possiblity to reply to things that people in towns say... but probably veeeeery hard to code and all, so I understand why it hasn't been done. :P
Once upon a time, when unicorns roamed the earth...
User avatar
Zefz
Squirrel Knight (Administrator)
Squirrel Knight (Administrator)
Posts: 3820
Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:27 am
Location: Norway
Contact:

Re: Idea to improve messages and stuff

Post by Zefz »

That would need triggers, flags and some sort of list of what the character can say to each npc.
Post Reply