Separate global and local text chat keys?

[Suicidal_Clown]

Any else think having to press T then TAB to chat in global a pain in game?

Maybe T key could be global and Y be local text chat. Anyone else have thoughts about this.

A lot of new players get confused or don't know about the TAB key part so they ask stuff in game and get no answers, as a admin I have noticed this with new players.

Needs to be simple imo

[Tyl3r99]

Yes I believe almost every other game uses this method
Or have some sort of visual indicator of what channel your currently typing in.

Presses TAB
"Your are typing in the local channel"
Presses TAB
"Your typing in the global channel"

Maybe something like that

[Suicidal_Clown]

Yes something clearer or easier, I liked your idea also. Many many times new players have thought nobody is on server because nobody is answering them in chat

[Tyl3r99]

Originally posted by Suicidal_Clown:

Yes something clearer or easier, I liked your idea also. Many many times new players have thought nobody is on server because nobody is answering them in chat

that could be solved by simply adding a player list to see whose on line

[Adrubs]

The local message should be replaced by private message / squad, it is only used by mistake.

[Suicidal_Clown]

Originally posted by Tyl3r99:

that could be solved by simply adding a player list to see whose on line

I don't like the idea of a player list, takes the suspense out of the game and will help with player tracking.

For example, if you attack an enemies base and kill him, a couple days later you might see him online again in the player list and go "hey I know where he camps out let's go kill him again seeing he's online" mainly because you know he's online.

[Tyl3r99]

true good point clown! :)

[flitzpiepe0815]

The in-game chat is truly something that needs some work but I can imagine it's nothing of a high priority right now.

But as we are making suggestions here I would like to add this: slash commands (as seen in many games).

"/g" for global chat
"/s" for squad chat
"/v" for vicinity chat (what's the range for this anyway?)