Smiles in game

[Latrobe]

this probly would never happen but i would like it if we had smiles to put w/ our messages in the MA and other arenas just type ": lol" or ": rofl" and u get the smiles for those would be fun to see

[viper215]

This is not aol;)

[APDrone]

Quick overview of graphics and characters.

This is the size of  colon right-parenthesis

Bytes: xxxx   1x char and 1x attribute byte per character. 2 chars = 4 bytes.

This is the size of

Bytes:  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx  .gif image, 170 bytes ( give or take.. depending on the graphic loaded ) Animated gif?  multiply x 3

Number crunching nightmare:  


This is assuming AH uses something akin to ansi characters.. and also assuming I remember my old dos programming from 20 years ago.  

Long live turbo pascal 2.0!!!!!

[LePaul]

And its this reason I want to download my own skins versus have the server toss em to me while gaming.

[APDrone]

Well, Le Paul, I doubt the whole graphic would be sent down the path. I would imagine there would be a character capture mechanism in place to translate the "colon lol"  to a laughing graphic. Sorta like recognizing the period as a precursor to a command.  I would think it's probably a performance hit on the FE to convert it... even if you could combine the graphic with the text box ( rememember, I'm assuming there's ansi character mode or similar in place ).

I understand your desire, though.  Not sure the what the steps are to build self-extracting skin files, but with the apparant proliferation of skins, they'd be updating it pretty frequently, I'd imagine.

[Meatwad]

Originally posted by Latrobe
this probly would never happen but i would like it if we had smiles to put w/ our messages in the MA and other arenas just type ": lol" or ": rofl" and u get the smiles for those would be fun to see

NO

[bagrat]

lol u want to smile at the boys homo.....jk

but we need one that blows kisses, so u can further pizz off the people u vulch

[SuperDud]

I just give them the old clown hat curley hair winking smiley face


<@;}

[Latrobe]

as i said this would probly never happen its just a thought

[FBplmmr]

AND THEN CAN WE ADD UNICORNS AND PIXIE DUST?

[bagrat]

AND THEN CAN WE ADD UNICORNS AND PIXIE DUST?

ho...mo

[Meatwad]

Not unless your superdud

[doogan]

Originally posted by SuperDud
I just give them the old clown hat curley hair winking smiley face


<@;}

pedo-sickie.  no lil' ones here for you.  'bout time u start moving on.

[SuperDud]

[Debonair]

i want them to add smells in AH, like cordite or when u pull 5Gs while u have Bougainville dysentary.

"smell of victory"