Features Nobody Noticed

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Return to Neutral<ul type="square">[*]None[/list]Regular Emotes<ul type="square">[*]Lecture[*]Explain[*] ... et. al.[/list]
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Good to know! Thanks, BAB!

When did /e alakazamreact become random objects?

Did that last night with my team, and I turned into a 14" CRT, then a lamp with a shade when I did it again a second time. We were all WTH!?!

Amusement was had by all as we stood around AE, and had a "Poof!" fest!

Thanks for not quoting the full list.

And for those who did, Games Forum --&gt;

&lt;-- Basic Netiquette classes.

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Yeah, I know about those. I just want them like the ones that you can just click on in game already. You know, the emote icon down next to chat? Click on that and have them all come up...All of them, not just what is there already.

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I don't really have time right now to go through the quickchat menu and correlate it with our list of emotes to see what's missing. I also can't add any emote that's restricted by a badge, vet reward, invention, or booster pack.

But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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Is is possible to add a "restricted" section in the quickmenu with greyed out selections (White if unlocked)?

Z_Man?

I barely recognized you with the new avatar.

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Yeah, I know about those. I just want them like the ones that you can just click on in game already. You know, the emote icon down next to chat? Click on that and have them all come up...All of them, not just what is there already.

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I don't really have time right now to go through the quickchat menu and correlate it with our list of emotes to see what's missing. I also can't add any emote that's restricted by a badge, vet reward, invention, or booster pack.

But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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Is is possible to add a "restricted" section in the quickmenu with greyed out selections (White if unlocked)?

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They'd have to add a bit of functionality to the quickchat menu in order to accomplish that, considering that it can be edited with notepad. I actually do have every emote (barring the boombox emotes) listed on my quickchat menu, even unlockable ones.

Here's a guide on editing Quickchat. It's easy once you get the hang of it.

I think it would be pretty cool if you added a section to the menu for each restricted group, I.E, the menu could read:
Cyborg Booster
Magic Booster
Science Booster
Wedding Pack
Badge Granted --- You might have to do the badge after the emote name in this one for it to make sense, for example Stolen Police Band (Outlaw Badge)
Then then the currently existing menu groups.

Yes, people would be able to see emotes they can't access if they don't have the correct unlock, but I think that would be a good change. It would cut down a great deal on the 'How do you do that?' and 'Why can't I do that?' brand of questions, plus provide a little in-game advertisement of the things you could have if you buy the micro-purchase.

I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.

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Yeah, I know about those. I just want them like the ones that you can just click on in game already. You know, the emote icon down next to chat? Click on that and have them all come up...All of them, not just what is there already.

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I don't really have time right now to go through the quickchat menu and correlate it with our list of emotes to see what's missing. I also can't add any emote that's restricted by a badge, vet reward, invention, or booster pack.

But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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TYPICALY LAZIE DEVS MAKIN US DO THER WERK!!

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But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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Well, I included emotes that are in the quickchat but don't have separate entries without saying something (since I think we should be able to raise our hand without saying something). I think I removed all the ones that show up alone in the quickchat. I also included ones that I'm pretty sure are just alternate versions and not necessary for the quickchat. Someone want to double check for me?

* AFK
* AssumePositionWall
* AlaKazam
* AlaKazamReact
* Akimbo
* Wings
* Attack
* BatSmash
* BatSmashReact
* Backflip
* Crouch
* BigWave
* Flip
* Research
* ResearchLow
* Down
* Sorry
* ElegantBow
* Rooting
* Champion
* CrossArms
* Noooo
* DropBoombox
* BB
* DustOff
* Drink
* EatDonut
* Donut
* EatFood
* Eat
* Food
* Fear
* Scared
* Cower
* Flashlight
* FlashlightUp
* FlashlightDown
* Flex
* FlexA
* FlexB
* FlexC
* Welcome
* BuzzOff
* HoldTorch
* Invent
* KissIt
* Crack
* Knuckle
* Knuckles
* MartialArts
* Laptop
* LaughToo
* Laugh2
* WallLean
* Ledgesit
* ListenPoliceBand
* DontAttack
* Panhandle
* PeerIn
* Plotting
* What
* Huh
* ReadBook
* RollDice
* FlipCoin
* Coin
* Burp
* RaiseHand
* Stop
* Lotus
* SlapReact
* Scheme
* ThreatHand
* Screen
* TouchScreen
* Slash
* YoureWelcome
* Thanks
* ThankYou
* Teabag
* DrumDance
* Hand
* Typing
* Type
* ELaugh
* VillainLaugh
* VillainousLaugh
* Muahahaha
* Waiting
* Hi
* Whistle
* YataYata
* Thumbsup
* Idle1
* Idle2
* BeatChest
* TauntA
* Taunt1
* TauntB
* Taunt2
* FlyPose1
* FlyPose2
* FlyPose3
* FlyPose4
* Drum
* DrumLow
* FloatBooks

Cool quickchat edit guide.

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But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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Show me another game where a Dev would post something like this in the forums, talk about responsive! You go BaBs and Paragon Studios

~MM

P.S, but please keep the "micro" in micro transactions

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Yeah, I know about those. I just want them like the ones that you can just click on in game already. You know, the emote icon down next to chat? Click on that and have them all come up...All of them, not just what is there already.

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I don't really have time right now to go through the quickchat menu and correlate it with our list of emotes to see what's missing. I also can't add any emote that's restricted by a badge, vet reward, invention, or booster pack.

But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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Stuff like this. And that giant list posted before this, makes me wonder how anyone can complain about our developers.

Honestly BaBs, thank you for getting back to us and offering to make the time to do it if we give you a little help, that's, as my girlfriend would say "Rockstar Status"

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Yeah, I know about those. I just want them like the ones that you can just click on in game already. You know, the emote icon down next to chat? Click on that and have them all come up...All of them, not just what is there already.

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I don't really have time right now to go through the quickchat menu and correlate it with our list of emotes to see what's missing. I also can't add any emote that's restricted by a badge, vet reward, invention, or booster pack.

But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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Stuff like this. And that giant list posted before this, makes me wonder how anyone can complain about our developers.

Honestly BaBs, thank you for getting back to us and offering to make the time to do it if we give you a little help, that's, as my girlfriend would say "Rockstar Status"

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I always thought our devs are great. Best I ever seen when it comes to stuff like this.

I sent Babs the list a few hours ago. Be great having them all in the quickchat menu.. Thanks agian Babs

Really happy overall with the patch changes...the 'arrows' marking our pets/hostage and such is the BEST!! THo...
When did mouseover info in the 'store's stop working ???

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Really happy overall with the patch changes...the 'arrows' marking our pets/hostage and such is the BEST!! THo...
When did mouseover info in the 'store's stop working ???

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I believe this is a bug. I noticed it in the Beta and sent in a Bug Report. I thought I saw it fixed on one of the Beta patches, but it may have not taken or returned.

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Cool quickchat edit guide.

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C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\texts\English\Menus\quickchat.mnu

Doesn't exist.

Only Texture Maps are in the data folder.

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Cool quickchat edit guide.

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C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\texts\English\Menus\quickchat.mnu

Doesn't exist.

Only Texture Maps are in the data folder.

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We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

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When did mouseover info in the 'store's stop working ???

[/ QUOTE ]Not sure about the Stores, but it's only partly broken in the BM/WW. If you hold the mouse at the right spot (the upper section-ish), it'll show depending on the status (stored/bought/sold... can't remember which works and which doesn't).

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

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Cool quickchat edit guide.

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C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\texts\English\Menus\quickchat.mnu

Doesn't exist.

Only Texture Maps are in the data folder.

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To much crap, rather have them all already there. Babs said he would put in what is missing. I sent him what is missing, so i'll just wait for him to put the missing in

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Yeah, I know about those. I just want them like the ones that you can just click on in game already. You know, the emote icon down next to chat? Click on that and have them all come up...All of them, not just what is there already.

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I don't really have time right now to go through the quickchat menu and correlate it with our list of emotes to see what's missing. I also can't add any emote that's restricted by a badge, vet reward, invention, or booster pack.

But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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That is GREAT! Thanks BaB, we appreciate the job you do and the way you do it.

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Thansk Babs

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They changed the screenshot filename format from this:

screenshot_2009-06-30-00-00-00.jpg
screenshot_yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss.jpg

to this:

screenshot_090630-00-00-00.jpg
screenshot_yymmdd-hh-mm-ss.jpg

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I actually specifically suggested this in my TonyV's consolidated list of QoL improvements thread. Do I get a cookie?

Edit: Ack, I think I'm totally out of it today. I see what you're talking about now. Yeah, the shorter filenames are better.

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Honestly, I don't see the point of the change at all. :P The only change it did was crunch the year, month, and day together. Unlike what your other thread said, they already were sorted chronologically. Also, old screenshots were not retroactively changed. That's how I noticed the change in the first place.

I think I like the old filename because they were easier to read.

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Actually, I think I must have been on drugs. It's not the screenshots that I wanted changed, they're already sorted appropriately, with the year, then month, then day, then hour, minute, and second. That way, they sort into chronological order. The crunching of the date is kind of cool, in that the filename is kind of shorter now, and when I timestamp files, I usually name them yyyymmdd.hhmmss.[filename], with hh in 24-hour time.

It's the chat logs that I wish they would do this for. Right now, they're in the format of:
chatlog mm-dd-yyyy.txt

And I wish they were instead in the format of:
chatlog yyyymmdd.txt

Curious how they changed one but not the other!

electricity detail for bottoms was a nice surprise.

Some say we have one of the best MMO Dev teams on the planet. (Devs in orbit or beyond are disqualified.) Having read through some other games' forums, Dev interviews and news articles i think there may be some truth to this.

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http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/
Comes with a windows installer, you can run it from cmd.exe

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Now that's what I'm talking about Good advice and it should be enough to get a new person ready to run the given copy-paste script.

Still more a fan of writing programmes in an editor, though

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Honestly, perl has always given me a headache. I don't mean its hard, I mean it literally gives me headaches: even LISP only abuses parentheses, perl abuses the entire keyboard.

These days I do all of my scripting in python unless I'm paid enormous sums of money to script in perl, or I've been dumped into a PHP web environment.

This I think will work in python, and it has the extra bonus of renaming the really old school targa screen captures into the same format (with name collision avoidance) for the people who've been here forever. I've commented out the actual renaming operation, so anyone attempting to use this script (which I just whipped up, but it seems to work on my system) can see what it does before actually trying it out (just delete the hashes before the two rename commands). Needless to say, I'd back up my files before using some bit of code I downloaded from the internet written by someone pretending to work while killing time before the long weekend.

Note for the python-unaware: python uses tabbing to denote the beginning and end of code blocks. If the text alignment of the code snippet below is messed with, it won't run.

Its a heck of a lot longer than the perl version, but moderately more understandable for those for whom regex is not a second language. And there is a native python for windows from the official site with a nice code editor and everything.


<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>import os, datetime

screendir = 'C:/Program Files/City of Heroes/screenshots'

os.chdir(screendir)
screenshots = os.listdir(screendir)
for screenshot in screenshots:
if screenshot[0:10] == "screenshot" and screenshot[-3:] == "jpg":
sar = screenshot.split('-')
snew = "screenshot_"+sar[0][-2:]+sar[1]+sar[2]+"-"+sar[3]+"-"+sar[4]+"-"+sar[5]
print "Renaming",screenshot,"to",snew
#os.rename(screenshot,snew)
elif screenshot[0:10] == "screenshot" and screenshot[-3:] == "tga":
sstat = os.stat(screenshot)
sd = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(sstat.st_mtime).st rftime("%y%m%d-%H-%M-%S")
snew = "screenshot_"+sd+".tga"
if os.path.exists(snew):
counter = 1
while os.path.exists(snew+"-"+str(counter)):
counter = counter + 1
snew = snew+"-"+str(counter)
print "Renaming",screenshot,"to",snew
#os.rename(screenshot,snew)
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Perl's abuse of line breaks, spaces, and tabs are it's complete and total abstinance from using them. Python abuses them the exact opposite way.



I love that while on a video game forum I can bash various scripting languages, and no one thinks I'm weird for it. Or if they do, they know better than to actually open their mouth. Unless they're doing it in jest. But even then, it's not a smart idea. I mean, just look what happened to Rollo!

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.