Message feature in Multiplayer game

[eheiser]

I've tried using the message feature in the Strategic Map tab to try and communicate with other human opponents. I get a text box, write the message, send it and get a "message sent" confirmation, but I don't believe anyone has received one.

Has anyone used this function successfully?

[eddieballgame]

Repost from the other thread:

This is interesting.
In our game I have access to some data per the 'Blackspace' (major regime) & not the other majors, except for a few 'minors'.
This is via the 'Rep' & 'Regimes' tabs.
Also, per in-game messaging...where is that button?
I was not aware of that feature.

Is it via the 'Open Contact' cards?

[DTurtle]

The thing is that the message only appears in the Report -> Letterbox tab. The other players probably didn't check there.

It would be helpful if the message would be displayed on a VidCom screen at the beginning of the turn.

To send a message, open the Strategic Map and select the regime.

[mroyer]

ORIGINAL: DTurtle
The thing is that the message only appears in the Report -> Letterbox tab. [\quote]

Ah HA!! DTurtle is correct. I dug back through my archive of saved turns, and sure enough there are the letters from Bluto, President for Life, waiting still in a sealed envelope on the imperial kitchen table, misplaced under a book.

It would be helpful if the message would be displayed on a VidCom screen at the beginning of the turn.

Indeed.
I actually like the idea it arrives in the letter box - that zippers it in nicely with the feel of the rest of the game, but some sort of "you've got mail" notification is almost essential for this.

Thanks DTurtle!

-Mark R.

[eheiser]

Woa, I've never checked my letterbox. A lot of bills in here. Mark, you can't trust that Bluto guy, I learned from cartoons.

[eheiser]

Hello eddieballgame. Here is a picture. You have to pick a human controlled regime for the message button to light up.

[eddieballgame]

Thank you Eric, good stuff...will check when I receive my next turn.
I was aware of the 'Letterbox' but not the 'Message' button.
Learn something new everyday.[:)]