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Offline caldera

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HQ down at log in request
« on: January 28, 2014, 02:42:28 PM »
Logged in today to find we had no darbars anywhere.  IMO, that would not be a good thing for a new player unfamiliar with the game.  Please make a text pop-up that appears automatically if the HQ is down when you log in.
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WARNING:

Your country's HQ is currently destroyed, resulting loss of radar.
Neither enemy, nor friendly planes will display on the map.
The HQ remains down for 45 minutes*.
The down time can be reduced by bringing field supplies to repair the HQ.

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* No idea how long it is actually down for. 


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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2014, 04:17:07 PM »
Not a bad idea, Snuggie.

If done, please add a checkbox to disable it as well.
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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2014, 08:14:00 PM »
+1  :aok


Would also like an indicator in the corner of your screen where the vox names are put, to have "mission posted" put up there when somebody posts a mission on your side.
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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2014, 06:56:16 PM »
Would also like an indicator in the corner of your screen where the vox names are put, to have "mission posted" put up there when somebody posts a mission on your side.
Make it on by default for the benefit of the newbies, but allow to disable such messages for the rest of us.
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Offline RotBaron

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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2014, 05:48:15 AM »
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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2014, 05:51:27 AM »
+1 only if they add below text too,

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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2014, 09:33:18 AM »
I like the premise, but was thinking something along the lines of a huge X on the map or some other visual inop display.

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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2014, 05:38:43 PM »
How about in the extra space on the clipboard a bir ol Red "RADAR DOWN"  maybe even putting the current strat downtimes as well.  By having it stuck right in a players face it would go a long way towards understanding strat system.

Offline Slade

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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2014, 04:00:34 PM »
+1

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Re: HQ down at log in request
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2014, 04:03:42 PM »
I like the premise, but was thinking something along the lines of a huge X on the map or some other visual inop display.

HiTech

That sounds great as long as it won't block any bases of terrain features on the map.
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