Aloha Everyone!

As most of us already know, ioN's sick new map will be coming soon and we will get to play it for a very long time and I think that we can make a minor change that will facilitate a much more pleasant experience.

I'm sure that at some point during your time on the Moonshade RP server, you've had to talk over someone that is spamming their mic to speak to another player.....or maybe you were forced to "voice_enable 0" altogether because someone is screaming "ABUSE" into the microphone while you're just trying to chill in your base. Quite honestly I hate hearing the drama in the Casino, cops yelling at people for camping the bank with crime, and I really hate listening to people repeatedly asking to be let out of jail over the microphone all at the same time.

The solution is fairly straightforward; Localized Communications. This is something that you can find on plenty of servers in Half-Life, Gmod, and Counter-Strike (and yes, ARMA mods). It will let you know who in your proximity can hear your mic and will be limited to a certain range deemed fit for the new map by the devs. If you need to contact a player across the map, using the all-chat text will be your only way of doing that within the server. I understand that some people may find this ridiculous but in the long run, it will make for fun gang/war situations and it will also make the map feel bigger and not as packed.

It's also important to look at the cons of implementing such a feature. New players may not get the attention they need right away if they happen to spawn in a no-man zone. They can (and will) be confused when no one answers them when they shout out on the mic. There may need to be a way for an online admin to switch the mic communication from local to global to avoid such a problem. Another drawback is that you will somewhat be able to locate AFK players on the map by seeing who is able to hear you in the communication "box" on your UI (If that also gets put in) in conjunction with your radar.

That's pretty much the basic points that I wanted to throw out there. I'm sure that if we can get some traction on this subject from the community, then the devs will have no problem implementing this feature. I would have liked to make a poll of some sort on this subject, but I believe that is a right reserved for administrators only.

If anyone has any additional input on how this system could be tailored to better fit the needs of the community, or if you simply agree (or disagree), please make your voice heard below.

Your friend,
Aloha Snackbar!!!

I definately agree with this idea, I haven't thought of it, Great-Job on describing it.
and this is one of the greater ideas to benefit this community.
+1 this for sure. Brilliant Idea.

I have been wanting this for so long +ALL +MY +REP

No no no, I don't like not hearing people. I don't want to have to type to communicate with someone who I need to talk with that is far away. Admins will have a much harder job as most of the time they'll have to type to players instead of speaking if they are also across town. It's really bad. No.

ioN wrote

No no no, I don't like not hearing people. I don't want to have to type to communicate with someone who I need to talk with that is far away. Admins will have a much harder job as most of the time they'll have to type to players instead of speaking if they are also across town. It's really bad. No.

That would be very meticulous to have to type to another player. But the answer could also be found in your rebuttal. Is there a way to enable global mic usage for admins only? That seems like an appropriate power, so why can't we compromise? If the majority of MoonshadeRP players (who are not in any way associated with Moonshade staff) feel like this feature would be something worth at least a beta on rp_freemancity...why not try it out.

stamps2012 wrote
ioN wrote

No no no, I don't like not hearing people. I don't want to have to type to communicate with someone who I need to talk with that is far away. Admins will have a much harder job as most of the time they'll have to type to players instead of speaking if they are also across town. It's really bad. No.

That would be very meticulous to have to type to another player. But the answer could also be found in your rebuttal. Is there a way to enable global mic usage for admins only? That seems like an appropriate power, so why can't we compromise? If the majority of MoonshadeRP players (who are not in any way associated with Moonshade staff) feel like this feature would be something worth at least a beta on rp_freemancity...why not try it out.

Another problem is, if you're speaking how are you meant to know if they can hear you or not... 50% of the communication will be "insert name here, can you hear me?"

The admins would just have to teleport to them and talk to them. The benefits outweigh the small inconvenience of having to type the /goto command, and like aloha said, having this would make ioN's map seem bigger, be more immersive, and promote more roleplay. +rep

ioN wrote
stamps2012 wrote
ioN wrote

No no no, I don't like not hearing people. I don't want to have to type to communicate with someone who I need to talk with that is far away. Admins will have a much harder job as most of the time they'll have to type to players instead of speaking if they are also across town. It's really bad. No.

That would be very meticulous to have to type to another player. But the answer could also be found in your rebuttal. Is there a way to enable global mic usage for admins only? That seems like an appropriate power, so why can't we compromise? If the majority of MoonshadeRP players (who are not in any way associated with Moonshade staff) feel like this feature would be something worth at least a beta on rp_freemancity...why not try it out.

Another problem is, if you're speaking how are you meant to know if they can hear you or not... 50% of the communication will be "insert name here, can you hear me?"

Take a look at an example of what I have described in my original post. "Players who can hear you speak" is a UI pop-up that appears when you use the microphone.

And yes, /goto is a great command and it would be used much more in these scenarios.

Interesting idea, I like it. I think the only thing I would want if this were to happen is a voice sound limit for people who scream or have loud mics, so our ears don't bleed
+rep wonderful idea, hope to see this in motion

12 Sheckles a meme wrote

Interesting idea, I like it. I think the only thing I would want if this were to happen is a voice sound limit for people who scream or have loud mics, so our ears don't bleed
+rep wonderful idea, hope to see this in motion

I have to settle for voice_scale 0.6
60% of volume for all mics coming in.

I'm kinda split 50 50 on this.
On one hand, I seriously dislike the idea of prox voice, meaning that im forced to be near my buds to talk, and on the other hand i too hate listening to every bit of drama on the server.

I like runescape. This makes it closer to runescape. Lets put in dragon daggers next
PP++

{WOLF} Wolfclaw wrote

I'm kinda split 50 50 on this.
On one hand, I seriously dislike the idea of prox voice, meaning that im forced to be near my buds to talk, and on the other hand i too hate listening to every bit of drama on the server.

You could get you and your friends into the teamspeak server that way you can talk to them wherever. That's kind of the purpose of it.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THISSS I LOVE THIS IDEA +REPPPPPP

wes wrote

eewww no!

You should put at least one reason why this isn't a good idea.