In Game Welcome Message

[Raist]

(No, not a welcome massage, a welcome MESSAGE!)

Hey, I've already suggested this in game. But just to be sure my awesome idea is not forgotten in the vast amount of things to do, here we go...

#1 Welcome message in the action window "yellow text" reminding players not to use WASD or overrides, and to connect to the server using direct connect at all time.
(This can be done using the OnModuleEnter script, as far as i know)

#2 A Journal Entry added/updated each time a player enters the server (this will make a float text mid screen, and a sound. All this to remind players how to keep the lag at a minimum.

#3 OR if it is possible, have a pop up window reminding players not to use WASD or overrides, and to connect to the server using direct connect at all time. Where you must click "OK" to cancel it.

not using WASD or overrides, and direct connecting will only impact the lag if we ALL remember this. And therefor i think it is important to implement some sort of in game reminder, so we ensure that all players are aware of this.

Thanks, now.....you may all congratulate me on my awesome idea *Hero Pose* ;D

[DEV Jlf2n]

This is a great idea. We need to get this added soon as it will be a great way to reach players and inform them off all sorts of things.

Have a Karma point!

[Raist]

Nov 17, 2008 10:33:14 GMT -5 DEV Jlf2n said:

Have a Karma point!

*Folds hands in a praying manner and gives his best Dalai Llama look*
"Thank you, may you always be at inner peace!"

[loudent2]

Yellow text welcome messages will quickly be lost in the noise on start-up but both a pop-up and journal entry would be sufficiently obtrusive.

What NWN1 PWs used to do was either:

a) Send them to a special start-up area with signposts denoting the rules
and/or
b) Put a book(s) into their inventory that described the server and the rules.

both tend to break immersion but if you want to get a message out there, it's the way to do it.

[Raist]

Nov 17, 2008 14:03:01 GMT -5 loudent2 said:

Yellow text welcome messages will quickly be lost in the noise on start-up but both a pop-up and journal entry would be sufficiently obtrusive.

What NWN1 PWs used to do was either:

a) Send them to a special start-up area with signposts denoting the rules
and/or
b) Put a book(s) into their inventory that described the server and the rules.

both tend to break immersion but if you want to get a message out there, it's the way to do it.

Yes, you are right a yellow text message will be lost, but on the other hand, it doesnt cost anything

A journal entry will noticed by some, but not all.

Start up areas are really a bad idea, as you say it breaks immersion a lot. And books in inventory that are ooc is not cool

I'm quite sure that it is possible to make a pop up box with nwn2 each time a player enters module, combined with journal entry and yellow text it is bound to be noticed.

[borton]

How bout we trun off shout sence its for the dm any way

[dyndrilliac]

Yea but when there's only like four people on at a low traffic time shout is useful for someone to ask the other three people what they are up to and find out if anyone wants to do some group activity. I've done that a couple times now.

[Raist]

Well, about the shout. I think it certainly should stay closed to DM's, what we need in game is some sort of scrying/player activity system. A list of sorts, you can put your player on if you wish to find a team and so on. I've seen numberous of these for nwn1, i am sure it is just a look away to find something similar for nwn2 on the nwvault.ign.com. But all this should really go into another thread...

[loudent2]

After some thinking I think I'd go with load hints (there's a new tutorial on those in the vault).

[otomotetsuo]

Custom load hints with snippets from a journal entry that is entered on login have my vote.

-OT

[Raist]

Load screen hints is a good idea as well, but you should consider having some ekstra system to make announcements/news in game. So when needed you can easily alter them..