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Message feature in Multiplayer game
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:19 pm
by 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?
RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:06 pm
by 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?
RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:35 am
by 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.
RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:39 am
by 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.
RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:14 am
by 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.
RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:44 am
by eheiser
Hello eddieballgame. Here is a picture. You have to pick a human controlled regime for the message button to light up.
RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:26 pm
by 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.[:)]