[REL] PA Chat

Discussion in 'Released Mods' started by cola_colin, January 29, 2015.

  1. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Exactly. Finding out how all of the stuff works on your own if probably close to 75% of the motivation for modding. :)
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  2. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Its javascript, and it's pretty dang easy to learn how to do things in PA, promise. =)
  3. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    Well if you're pretty new to js and that kind of modding, it's a pretty daunting task.

    Right now I have an idea of what to do with JS if I wanted to do something complicated, but a few weeks ago I had no idea how these things (PA Chat and other mods) were made.
  4. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    I hadn't ever done anything in JS and immediately picked up on it, most of the stuff seems decently self explanatory. =P
  5. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    REL
    see updated OP with updated infos on functions.
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  6. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    Chat should be moved further to the left. Its user view overlaps the video view, and the scroll wheel controls both at the same time.
  7. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    since the chat is part of the uberbar and the videos are part of the main menu it is kinda hard to get it right though. I will add some more options to place it, for a start I think a way to anchor it on the right. But no matter what it will always hide something.

    The scrollwheel stuff is weird indeed, I will have a look at it, though I wont put hours into it. Doesn't really hurt anyone.
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  8. lapsedpacifist

    lapsedpacifist Post Master General

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    Great work, I'm going to encourage everyone I play against to get this, if it catches on I reckon it could really improve the PA community and get more players active in modding/tournaments.

    Go forth and publicise all ye forumites!
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  9. gunshin

    gunshin Well-Known Member

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    But but?! They are impossible to moderate! IMPOSSIBLE THEY TOLD US?! HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE SPAMMERS AND TROLLS?!
  10. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Well to be fair we are missing the large majority of players.
  11. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    Actually they never said anything on the matter.
  12. gunshin

    gunshin Well-Known Member

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    I couldnt remember if anything was said on the matter by uber so i didnt state them in my reply. But i do remember having the feeling that they were hinting at this though.
  13. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    Did they even comment on it? I only recall the community discussing it.
  14. proeleert

    proeleert Post Master General

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    PAStats was already the best mod for PA now it even got better.
    This will make handling tournaments a lot easier for me.

    [​IMG]

    Can now update brackets based on attendance of the players in chat. Which means less mistakes and less hassle on starting a tournament.
    Got some more plans to make the whole tournament flow easier and fun for both players and directors.
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  15. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Oh definitely, neutrino made a lot of posts against global chat. I remember Cola telling him that it'd be the end of the game if it didn't have global chat, and neutrino telling him to stop the end of the world act and be positive.

    It got pretty serious ^^;
  16. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    that was about ranked games. And in hindsight neutrino was right about what he said there.
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  17. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    It's because of posts like this (and not singling squishy out, just using this as an example) that we should stop "remembering" what Uber said, and start using quotes or links to videos with time codes.
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  18. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    I'm almost certain Neutrino said something.

    Now I wasn't trying to say Neutrino was wrong, because he did have a point.

    Personally I have no bias either way, one moment let me go look through Neutrino's posting history.
  19. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    @cola_colin @Quitch

    Cola_Colin-
    "Not having a chat and not having a ladder at 1.0 is basically stabbing PA to death. :("

    Neutrino-
    "Can we please quit it with the hyperbole? Comparing us to SupCom2? Really? You think SupCom2 failed because it lacked global chat? I bet other people here can come up with a few more reasons...

    I'm personally not a fan of global chat at all. Internally we've discussed it on multiple occasions and I think most of us agree at this point that it's a horrible idea for the game. I think it has much a larger chance of damaging any community than it does of actually creating a good community. It's unlikely my opinion of this is going to change and the idea that our "game will fail" without this pet feature is getting more and more ridiculous every time I hear it."
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