Make "room" chat also visible to people in "range"

[atlau]

Please make the room chat also visible to people within close range to match the voice. That way country channel isn't cluttered. The current method is confusing.

[Lazerr]

Currently the purple text only shows to folks that spawned from the same base as you.  Would be great to see that expand to anyone within voice "range".

[popeye]

+1

[Mister Fork]

Currently the purple text only shows to folks that spawned from the same base as you.  Would be great to see that expand to anyone within voice "range".

+1
For over 17 years now I thought that the range text was just that - those in range... 

[atlau]

Yeah I only learned this recently. So many times I've been "yelling " WF!!! on what I thought was range only to have the m3 driver ignore me... Or so so i thought lol

[cav58d]

This is a no brainer, please change.

[bozon]

+1

[waystin2]

only to have the m3 driver ignore me...

This says alot.

[hitech]

I really dislike the idea of adding a different concept such as range to the room channel. It simply is confusing.

But I would be fine with adding a Range text channel.

HiTech

[bustr]

Isn't the purple text range??????

[ImADot]

Isn't the purple text range??????

It's "room"... Only players who spawned from the same base can see it - no matter where on the map they are. It's even labeled in the radio channel by the word "room".

[Devil 505]

The confusion is because the both range voice and room text use purple as an indicator. simple solution would be to have another color for one of them.

[atlau]

If creating a new channel that is range only, then would people have to tune to it to hear it or would they receive it regardless? Maybe a different shade of green for it?

[BowHTR]

If creating a new channel that is range only, then would people have to tune to it to hear it or would they receive it regardless? Maybe a different shade of green for it?

I would think that you would not have to tune a channel to range to see it; just like you don't have to tune a channel to room, to see it.

[oboe]

The confusion is because the both range voice and room text use purple as an indicator. simple solution would be to have another color for one of them.

I had this wrong the entire time I've played AH (off and on since circa 2001).  I thought "Room" and "Range" were interchangeable and referred to the same thing.  I supposed having them the same color reinforced that misconception.

So "Room" is more like the Tower Frequency of the field lifted off from?