Author Topic: Some system message requests.  (Read 236 times)

Offline Fancy

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Some system message requests.
« on: December 01, 2002, 12:35:18 PM »
Two unrelated system message requests:

1.)  Could we have the plane and variant in the death/kill message so that instead of "You shot down Lazer #12", it might say "You shot down Lazer who was in a Me262A-1 #12"?  I suppose you'd want to do the same for death messages, but I'll never see it.................seriously though it's more important for DMs.  I think it promotes broadening of one's planeset and discourages "The 109 that just shot me down was a 109G-10 and it's a dweeb plane" thinking when you see that you got shot down by a rarer sub-type that maybe could maneuver a bit better than you expected.  Which in turn makes you more likely to fly it. Obviously it's not too "historic" but this is a game that derives half the fun from the sheer volume of rides in the hangar and the fun and thrill you get by learning how to fly another plane.

2.)  Could we have an automatic system message when we launch on any runway that triggers the salvo/delay message?  This is less important than item one but probably easier to execute as it's a client command that should be auto-triggered and has nothing to do with the server per se (I'm makeing an educated guess here as I know salv/delay settings for each plane are stored on my computer).  I think the use of this is obvious and prevents that shock of dropping all your eggs when you really intended just one or two.  Obviously a little more diligence on the player's part could solve this, but since most of us won't remember what salvo was set for what plane, it would just eliminate a step of setting the salvo when it's already set right and the risk of dropping too many bombs when you forget to check.

Thanks for the consideration.

Offline Fancy

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Some system message requests.
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2002, 07:27:35 PM »
3.)  Perhaps we could get bomber kill messages too when landed.  eg "Fancy destroyed 15 structures in a B-17".  Of course you'd have to knock out say maybe 5 before you got this message, but give the buffs a little glory, we...I mean they need it.