What happened to the emote quick links?
By
Blackavaar,
Posted on: 2009-08-07 10:40 in Player Questions
They changed the emote quicklist to include all of the emotes available in the game to all players. They were also reordered to put them in a more logical order. It is possible that the quick links did not survive the restructure.
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#1460 Hometown Rivalry
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You can easily alter the QuickChat menu to your own liking. How To
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Originally Posted by Blackavaar
Is this temporary? Will the quick links for the new listings be added in a future patch? Please, I liked having these emotes so easily accessible. Now it's just a pain in the butt.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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But that doesn't include quick links, does it? I'm not seeing anything about making quick links to these menu changes in there, And that's not easy for someone who isn't code savvy and doesn't want to fish through their CoH files to find it.|
Originally Posted by Fleeting_Whisper
You can easily alter the QuickChat menu to your own liking. How To
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By "quick links", I assume you mean being able to type a letter appropriate to the menu or menu item to select it, rather than clicking it with your mouse? I refer you to the end of the syntax section in the guide:|
Originally Posted by Blackavaar
But that doesn't include quick links, does it? I'm not seeing anything about making quick links to these menu changes in there, And that's not easy for someone who isn't code savvy and doesn't want to fish through their CoH files to find it.
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| In addition to the basic syntax, you can include an ampersand (&) in front of one of the letters of either MenuName or OptionName to make that letter a mnemonic for the Menu or Option. Rather than clicking the Menu or Option with your mouse, you can instead type the specified letter on your keyboard. (Example: If you have a Menu "Com&bat" in your QuickChat, you can type "'b" to open the Combat menu. If the Combat menu has an option "&Attack", typing "'ba" will execute the Attack option) |
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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Well, for the wide variety of emotes I am used to using this way, that would be a hell of a lot of work for something that used to be standard.|
Originally Posted by Fleeting_Whisper
By "quick links", I assume you mean being able to type a letter appropriate to the menu or menu item to select it, rather than clicking it with your mouse? I refer you to the end of the syntax section in the guide:
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The devs should do it, because just taking away an ability that has been in game since day 1 is simply wrong. I don't care if I am the only person that ever used it this way (though I know I am not). There is no good reason to leave out these links if they are so easily added.
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...so...it would be a "hell of a lot of work" for you to do, but if they did the work, it would be "so easily added"?|
Originally Posted by Blackavaar
Well, for the wide variety of emotes I am used to using this way, that would be a hell of a lot of work for something that used to be standard.
The devs should do it, because just taking away an ability that has been in game since day 1 is simply wrong. I don't care if I am the only person that ever used it this way (though I know I am not). There is no good reason to leave out these links if they are so easily added. |
I'm sorry that something you used was inadvertently taken away...but sometimes things like that happen with restructures. The best you can do at this point is take this to the Suggestions forum, and hope that someone has time to (re-)implement something like this.
Or you could adapt. Either way.
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I have the original QuickChat.mnu file linked to in the guide. You don't have to do any work at all if you just want your old menu back.
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Originally Posted by Blackavaar
Well, for the wide variety of emotes I am used to using this way, that would be a hell of a lot of work for something that used to be standard.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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You obviously don't know me very well. If I take a minute to do this I'll end up spending hours to make it perfect. And as long as I'm doing that, I'm not playing the game. Also, I like the new menu and the fact that they consolidated all of the newer emotes into it. I just want quick links so I can relearn the patterns so that I can use them fluidly once more.|
Originally Posted by Fleeting_Whisper
I have the original QuickChat.mnu file linked to in the guide. You don't have to do any work at all if you just want your old menu back.
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And while this would be easily done personally (though I know very little about making these kind of edits and would probably mess things up quite a bit before getting it right) it would be a lot more time consuming for me personally than it would be for the devs who could split the work between 4 or 5 different techs who could get it done over time within the next few days.
I believe the reason the quick links were dropped was due to the fact that the sub menus seem to have too many entries, making it hard to find one for each entry. At least that was the trouble I had when re-doing my Quick Chat menu to match the new one when it hit test.
Edit: For anyone interested here is my custom quickchat, it has the same formate as the new one but I added new sub menus to do the quick links and I inculded the unlockable emotes under extra, there may still be some typos though.
Code:
//
Menu QuickChat
{
Menu &Converse
{
Menu &Greetings
{
Option "&Hi" "say Hi!$$e Hi"
Option "Hell&o <target>" "say Hello, $target$$e Hi"
Option "&Introduce <self>" "say Pleased to meet you! I am $name, a level $level $origin $archetype.$$e Hi"
Option "&Looking for team" "local <color white><bgcolor #2222aa><scale .75>level $level $archetype$$say <color white><bgcolor #2222aa>Looking for team"
Option "&Welcome" "say Welcome!$$e Welcome"
}
Menu &Combat
{
Option "&On my mark..." "say On my mark...$$e RaiseHand"
Option "&ATTACK!" "say ATTACK!$$e attack"
Option "&GO!" "say <color white><bgcolor green>GO!$$e Attack"
Option "&NOW!" "say NOW!$$e Attack"
Option "&RUN!" "say <color white><bgcolor red>RUN!"
Option "&HELP!" "say <color black><bgcolor yellow>HELP!"
Option "&Don't Attack" "say Don't attack!$$e DontAttack"
Option "&Wait!" "say Wait!$$e RaiseHand"
Option "&Stop!" "say <color black><bgcolor red>Stop!$$e RaiseHand"
Option "&Look Out!" "say <color black><bgcolor yellow>Look out!"
Option "&Incoming!" "say <color black><bgcolor yellow>Incoming!"
Option "N&eed health!" "say <color black><bgcolor yellow>Need health!"
Option "&Come get some!" "say Come get some!$$e tauntA"
}
Menu &Travel
{
Option "&Lead on!" "say Lead On!$$e ThumbsUp"
Option "Onwar&d!" "say <color white><bgcolor green>Onward!$$e point"
Option "&Follow me!" "say Follow me!"
Option "&Stop!" "say <color black><bgcolor red>Stop!$$e RaiseHand"
Option "&Wait here" "say Wait here$$e RaiseHand"
Option "Let's &go!" "say <color white><bgcolor green>Let's go!$$e yes"
Option "&On my way" "say On my way..."
Option "Over &here!" "say Over here!$$e OverHere"
Option "&Yoo hoo!" "e whistles$$e whistle"
Option "Where &to?" "say <color black><bgcolor PowderBlue>Where to?$$e shrug"
Option "&Ready?" "say <color black><bgcolor PowderBlue>Ready?"
Option "Get a &mission?" "say <color black><bgcolor PowderBlue>Get a mission?"
}
Menu &Speech
{
Option "&Yes" "say Yes$$e yes"
Option "Yes &sir!" "say Yes Sir!$$e salute"
Option "&No" "say No$$e No"
Option "H&uh?" "say <color black><bgcolor PowderBlue>Huh?$$e shrug"
Option "Good &job!" "say Good job!$$e ThumbsUp"
Option "S&orry" "say <color black><bgcolor LightSlateGray>Sorry$$e sorry"
Option "&Thank you" "say Thank you$$e ThankYou"
Option "You're &Welcome" "say You're welcome$$e YoureWelcome"
Option "No &Problem" "say No Problem$$e ThumbsUp"
Option "&Grrrrrrr!" "say <color DarkRed><bgcolor Silver>Grrrrrrrr!$$e tarzan"
Option "&Arrrrggggh!" "say <color DarkRed><bgcolor Silver>Arrrrggggh!$$e Frustrated"
Option "E&xcellent!" "say Excellent!$$e clap"
Option "Mua &Ha Ha Ha!" "say Mua ha ha ha!$$e EvilLaugh"
}
Divider
Option "&Chat" "e Talk"
Option "&Lecture" "e Lecture"
Option "&Explain" "e Explain"
Divider
Menu &Yes
{
Option "&Nod" "e Nod"
Option "&Thumpsup" "e thumpsup"
Option "&Shrug" "e Shrug"
Option "T&hank you" "e ThankYou"
Option "You're &Welcome" "e Yourewelcome"
}
Menu &No
{
Option "&Disagree" "e Disagree"
Option "&Shake Head" "e no"
Option "&Yada Yada Yada" "e Yata"
Option "&Talk to the Hand" "e TalkToHand"
}
}
Menu &Interact
{
Menu &Military
{
Option "&Salute" "e Salute"
Option "&Military Salute" "e MilitarySalute"
Option "&At Ease" "e Atease"
}
Divider
Option "&Bow" "e bow"
Option "&Fancy Bow" "e fancybow"
Option "&Clap" "e Clap"
Option "&Praise" "e Praise"
Option "Cam&era" "e Camera"
Divider
Option "&You Bow down!" "e Bowdown"
Option "&Surrender" "e Surrender"
Option "&GetSome" "e GetSome"
Option "G&o Away" "e GoAway"
Option "Taunt&1" "e Taunt1"
Option "Taunt&2" "e Taunt2"
Option "&Chicken" "e Chicken"
Option "S&lashThroat" "e SlashThroat"
Option "&Threaten" "e threathand"
Option "Ha&ndsup" "e Handsup"
Option "S&mack" "e Smack"
Option "Sl&ap" "e slap"
Option "&Slap React" "e Slapreact"
Option "Ala&kazam" "e Alakazam"
Option "Alaka&zam React" "e Alakazamreact"
Option "Bat Smas&h" "e BatSmash"
Option "Bat Smash &React" "e batsmashreact"
Menu &Judge
{
Option "Score &1" "e Score1"
Option "Score &2" "e Score2"
Option "Score &3" "e Score3"
Option "Score &4" "e Score4"
Option "Score &5" "e Score5"
Option "Score &6" "e Score6"
Option "Score &7" "e Score7"
Option "Score &8" "e Score8"
Option "Score &9" "e Score9"
Option "Score 1&0" "e Score10"
}
Menu &Decide
{
Option "&Coin toss" "e CoinToss"
Option "&Dice" "e Dice"
Divider
Option "&Rock" "e Rock"
Option "&Paper" "e Paper"
Option "&Scissors" "e Scissors"
}
Menu En&vironment
{
Option "&Peer In" "e Peer in"
Option "Touch &Screen" "e TouchScreen"
Option "&Type" "e type"
Option "&Research" "e Reasearch"
Option "Researc&h Low" "e ReasearchLow"
Divider
Option "Sit Chair &1" "e SitChair1"
Option "Sit Chair &2" "e SitChair2"
Option "Sit Chair &3" "e SitChair3"
Option "Sit &Bench 1" "e SitBench1"
Option "Sit B&ench 2" "e SitBench2"
Option "Sit Be&nch 3" "e SitBench3"
Option "Sit Bench &4" "e SitBench4"
Option "Sit E&xecutive Chair" "e SitExecutiveChair"
Option "Sit St&ool" "e SitStool"
Option "Sit &Table 1" "e SitTable1"
Option "Sit T&able 2" "e SitTable2"
Option "Sit &Ledge" "e Ledgesit"
Divider
Option "&Wall Lean" "e WallLean"
Option "***&ume the Position" "e AssumePositionWall"
}
}
Menu &Action
{
Option "&Wave" "e Wave"
Option "&Big Wave" "e bigWave"
Option "&Raise Hand" "e raisehand"
Option "&Point" "e Point"
Option "&Attack" "e attack"
Divider
Menu At&hletics
{
Option "Back &Flip" "e backflip"
Option "&Jumping Jacks" "e jumpingjacks"
Option "&Kata" "e kata"
Option "Flex &1" "e flex1"
Option "Flex &2" "e flex2"
Option "Flex &3" "e flex3"
}
Menu &Pro
{
Option "&Cheer" "e cheer"
Option "&Wave Fist" "e wavefist"
Option "W&histle" "e whistle"
Option "&Victory" "e victory"
Option "W&inner" "e winner"
Option "&The Wave" "e thewave"
}
Menu &Con
{
Option "&Angry" "e Angry"
Option "&Frustrated" "e Frustrated"
Option "&Curse You" "e Curseyou"
Option "&Roar" "e roar"
Option "&Howl" "e howl"
Option "&Tarzan" "e tarzan"
}
Divider
Option "Crack &Knuckle" "e Crack"
Option "&Dust Off" "e dustoff"
Option "Read B&ook" "e readbook"
Option "B&urp" "e Burp"
Divider
Option "&Laughs" "e laugh"
Option "G&iggle" "e BigLaugh"
Option "&Evil laugh" "e EvilLaugh"
Option "Dra&t" "e Drat"
Option "&Shucks" "e shucks"
Option "&Grief" "e Grief"
}
Menu I&dle
{
Menu &Stance
{
Option "&Neutral Stance" "e idle1"
Option "Center &Stance" "e idle2"
Option "&Hands on Hips" "e akimbo"
Option "Cross &Arms" "e crossarms"
Option "&Wait" "e waiting"
Option "St&un" "e wounded"
Option "&Fear" "e fear"
Option "AF&K sleep" "e Sleep"
Option "&Scheme" "e Scheme"
Option "&Hmmm" "e Hmmm"
}
Menu S&it
{
Option "Sit &Ground" "e Sit"
Option "Sit &Lotus" "e Lotus"
Option "&Kneel" "e Kneel"
Option "&Crouch" "e Crouch"
}
Menu &Objects
{
Option "&Flashlight" "e Flashlight"
Option "Flashlight &Up" "e Flashlightup"
Option "Flashlight &Down" "e Flashlightdown"
Option "Read &Newspaper" "e Newspaper"
Option "Hold &Torch" "e holdTorch"
Option "Use &Laptop" "e laptop"
Option "&Cellphone" "e cell"
Option "Fi&sh" "e fish"
Option "Fli&pping Coin" "e flippingcoin"
Option "&Binoculars" "e Binoculars"
Option "Clipb&oard" "e clipboard"
Option "&Invent" "e invent"
Option "&Protest" "e Protest"
Option "Pan&handle" "e panhandle"
Option "Floatin&g Books" "e Floatbook"
}
Menu &Food
{
Option "&Drink" "e Drink"
Option "Eat &Food" "e eatfood"
Option "Eat d&onut" "e eatdonut"
Option "Drink &Tea" "e teabag"
}
}
Menu &Music
{
Option "&Boombox" "e Boombox"
Menu &Tracklist
{
Option "&Altitude" "e BBAltitude"
Option "&Beat" "e BBBeat"
Option "&Catch Me" "e BBCatchMe"
Option "&Dance" "e BBDance"
Option "&ElectroVibe" "e BBElectroVibe"
Option "Disco &Freak" "e BBDiscoFreak"
Option "Do&g Walk" "e BBDogWalk"
Option "&Heavy Dude" "e BBHeavyDude"
Option "&Info Overload" "e BBInfoOverload"
Option "&Jumpy" "e BBJumpy"
Option "&Kick It" "e BBKickIt"
Option "&Looker" "e BBLooker"
Option "&Meaty" "e BBMeaty"
Option "&Notorious" "e BBNotorious"
Option "Move &On" "e BBMoveOn"
Option "&Peace" "e BBPeace"
Option "&Quickie" "e BBQuickie"
Option "&Raver" "e BBRaver"
Option "&Shuffle" "e BBShuffle"
Option "&Technoid" "e BBTechnoid"
Option "Wind It &Up" "e BBWindItUp"
Option "&Venus" "e BBVenus"
Option "&Wah Wah" "e BBWahWah"
Option "&Yellow" "e BBYellow"
Option "Spa&z" "e BBSpaz"
}
Divider
Option "&Dance" "e Dance"
Option "&Shuffle" "e Dance1"
Option "&Rock it" "e Dance2"
Option "The &Washer" "e Dance3"
Option "R&aise the Roof" "e Dance4"
Option "B&ounce" "e Dance5"
Option "T&he Monkey" "e Dance6"
Option "Dr&um Dance" "e DrumDance"
Divider
Option "B&ig Drum" "e Drum"
Option "S&mall Drum" "e Drumlow"
}
Menu E&xtras
{
Option "Dice&7" "e Dice7"
Option "St&olen Radio" "e ListenStolenPoliceBand"
Option "MA Tablet" "e MAtablet"
Divider
Option "&Propose" "e propose"
Option "&Confetti" "e throwconfetti"
Option "&Rose petals" "e throwrosepetals"
Option "R&ice" "e throwrice"
Divider
Option "&Juggle Balls" "e juggleballs"
Option "Juggle &Fire" "e jugglefire"
Option "Ju&ggle Magic" "e jugglemagic"
Option "Jugg&le Electricity" "e juggleelectricity"
Option "card &Trick>" "e cardtrick"
Option "&Mystic Fortune" "powexec_name mystic fortune"
Divider
Option "Robot &Dance" "e robotdance"
Option "Po&werup" "e powerup"
Option "Powerd&own" "e powerdown"
Option "Self&-destruct" "powexec_name self destruction"
Divider
Option "&Experiment" "e experiment"
Option "Calc&ulate" "e calculate"
}
}
Nice. Although you don't have the costume change emotes in it. But it looks like you have "Menu &Interact" and "Menu &Idle" on the same level of submenu, which would mess up the ability to use the shortcuts. Or am I reading the file wrong?
Justice Blues, Tech/Tank, Inv/SS
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Fighting The Future Trilogy
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Good catch, I changed &Idle to I&dle in the previous post. I didn't include the the costume emotes as I bind F1-F5 on each character with a CCEmote and SetTitle but the following should work with the Quick menu I posted.
Code:
Menu &Costume Change
{
Menu &Salute
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccsalute"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccsalute"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccsalute"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccsalute"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccsalute"
}
Menu &Evil Laugh
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccEvilLaugh"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccEvilLaugh"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccEvilLaugh"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccEvilLaugh"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccEvilLaugh"
}
Menu &Howl
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccHowl"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccHowl"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccHowl"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccHowl"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccHowl"
}
Menu &BackFlip
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccBackFlip"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccBackFlip"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccBackFlip"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccBackFlip"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccBackFlip"
}
Menu S&uper Serum
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccsuperserum"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccsuperserum"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccsuperserum"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccsuperserum"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccsuperserum"
}
Menu &Drink Formula
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccDrinkFormula"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccDrinkFormula"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccDrinkFormula"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccDrinkFormula"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccDrinkFormula"
}
Menu &Cast
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 cccastl"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 cccast"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 cccastl"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 cccast"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 cccast"
}
Menu Sp&in
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccspin"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccspin"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccspin"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccspin"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccspin"
}
Menu &Lightning
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 cclightning"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 cclightning"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 cclightning"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 cclightning"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 cclightning"
}
Menu &Presto Chango
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccprestochango"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccprestochango"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccprestochango"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccPrestochango"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccprestochango"
}
Menu &Vanguard Sigil
{
Option "Slot &1" "e cce 0 ccVanguardSigil"
Option "Slot &2" "e cce 1 ccVanguardSigil"
Option "Slot &3" "e cce 2 ccVanguardSigil"
Option "Slot &4" "e cce 3 ccVanguardSigil"
Option "Slot &5" "e cce 4 ccVanguardSigil"
}
}
Okay. I'm glad that we have reorganized the emotes to included all of those that weren't previously. But what happened to the quick links? I used to be able to use lots of emotes quickly by using these. If you don't know what I mean here's some examples.
'ev = /e victory
'ew = /e winner
'gw = /e welcome (with Welcome! text)
'of = /e fancybow
Now ' just opens the first emote window and there is no way to continue except to click manually with the mouse because the new listings have no quick links.
Is this temporary? Will the quick links for the new listings be added in a future patch? Please, I liked having these emotes so easily accessible. Now it's just a pain in the butt.