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Chatting on Comms

Hey, 5Katz, I bet with the stuff for Anomaly, you could push an optional patch that uses content from anomaly to make it function with Speakup and Interaction Bubbles now. Since the DLC added a way to basically have a hidden pawn on the map. In theory, whenever a pawn uses the console, it could blink in and out of existence.

1.5 update waiting room...

1.5?

I've worked with the maker of SpeakUp before, sadly it uses the basegame social interaction system, changes their text, and then displays the social log as speech bubble, giving the illusion of first person speech for colonists. This sadly doesnt solve the issue that on the comms console, there is no recipient pawn "getting" the interaction, thus no social log text to flavour, thus no speeck bubble. Easiest way really would be speech blubble graphics without text, rendered the same way the cards for poker or the "Broom" for cleaning are rendered, as "Motes" that would require me to find out how those work, and how to attach the trigger to draw speech bubble motes onto the comms console on interaction. as stated before, way out of scope for this mod, and way too much work to learn for just a little graphic plopping up and floating away

@ 5katz [author] wrote on Aug 19, 2021 @ 1:14pm:
"If you can code it {to display random speech bubbles while on the comms} or know anyone who can feel free to hit me up any time"

I just discovered the SpeakUp and Interaction Bubbles mods. And it had me wondering: Shouldn't using these two mods make it possible to produce dialog bubbles for this mod, while colonists are chatting on the comms for joy withOUT a need for programming in C# to create a .DLL?

SpeakUp even has a Wiki: https://github.com/sergiodinapoli/SpeakUp/wiki
And it looks like it allows coding dialog speech bubbles using only mostly standard .XML code.

"Raids for me"

I dont know if this is already a mod, but let pawns instigate a raid with a faction that has poor relations

@Sylphienne
I agree! Though, instead of actual chat bubbles, I'd even be happy to see little emoji bubbles like we see in the modified "screenshot" above. (I was so disappointed to learn that those emoji bubbles were lies. )
But, the mod author explained that this is difficult to do and would require someone with more programming skills to make that happen.

Aw, i wish we could have a version where you do implement actual chat bubbles, relation/friendship building using comms console as you could invite those who you've met over comms and have built a relationship to join your colony.

Kinda like how in The Sims where you use the phone or computer to chat with people online and if you build a strong friendship, you could either invite to visit you or move in with you.

That would be so cool.

now pawns know how to install discord