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TeddyChynski Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:11pm
Randomly put in open play chat?
Loaded in private group, went to a system, open FSS scanner, look in comms section in FSS to see what I'm 90% sure is human messages. I'm certain I was in private. No new messages popped up after the ones first loaded in. Is FSS loading in open play chat a known bug?
Last edited by TeddyChynski; Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:49pm
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Chibbity Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:12pm 
I thought you were always connected to the local system chat even in solo or private?

You can't actually see their ship or interact with them , but you can chat if you like.

Or is that not intended?
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TeddyChynski Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:16pm 
Never had that happen before.
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Wolf Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:17pm 
push escape to see which mode you are in at the bottom of the screen.
open play chat should not be visiable from any other mode
friends chat can be seen in all modes when sent directly. local posts will not ve visiable from other modes
Last edited by Wolf; Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:17pm
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Inscydeus Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:28pm 
It's one of the features added in 3.3, local chat is now system wide and across all modes. I haven't encountered it yet myself though.
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Wolf Jan 20, 2019 @ 4:31pm 
Originally posted by Inscydeus:
It's one of the features added in 3.3, local chat is now system wide and across all modes. I haven't encountered it yet myself though.
do you have a reference to this?
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Inscydeus Jan 20, 2019 @ 5:30pm 
It might be a bug after all, although it seems like it should be an intended feature to me; I can only find references to the system wide chat in the patch notes/livestreams, but there are threads over on the officials and I seem to recall one on here where CMDRs mentioned chatting to people in open from solo.
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ZombieHunter Jan 20, 2019 @ 5:32pm 
It is the new horrible global chat that people wanted. Be careful what you ask for.
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Edelweiss ✿ Jan 20, 2019 @ 6:01pm 
It's not a bug, everyone has access to chat at all times now
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ZombieHunter Jan 20, 2019 @ 6:03pm 
Yes this is a weird online game for two reasons:

  • All modes affect open play servers and states.
  • Chat, regardless of instance, is visible to all players in the system.

No other game I know of has either of these. The second is truly mind boggling. Why in the world would anyone ever implement that?
Last edited by ZombieHunter; Jan 20, 2019 @ 6:04pm
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Kekmeister Jan 20, 2019 @ 7:57pm 
There are two chats, local and system. Local is exactly what it sounds like, while System connects you with everyone in that system across many instances. When DW2 was about to launch, Palleani had severe instancing issues trying to fit 12k CMDR's into one system. It's system chat was completely flooded, though not by everyone as people barely know that it exists.

When you press 2 to open chat, try navigating to the left and then down.
Last edited by Kekmeister; Jan 20, 2019 @ 7:57pm
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Dolphin Bottlenose Jan 20, 2019 @ 9:15pm 
Originally posted by ZombieHunter:
It is the new horrible global chat that people wanted. Be careful what you ask for.
At least, it looks like it's limited to the star system you are in.
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Agony_Aunt Jan 20, 2019 @ 9:51pm 
If you don't want to see the system chat spam put it on a different "tab". Look at your comms options on the last of the comms tabs and you can set different comms messages to appear in on different message tabs or just disable them.
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