Concerning the absence of speech bubbles for mastermind pets, when /petsay is used.
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5th_Player,
Posted on: 2010-02-06 02:06 in Player Questions
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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I should've linked there as well. I've seen that already.
Other threads concerning the matter:
- No NPC chat bubbles - Just to be clear, the solution Master-Blade posted does not work.
- Give MM pets back their speech bubbles
- Any news of speech bubbles being fixed? - The thread I mentioned in my original post. No working solution discovered.
There was another thread where a person had posted a workaround where they could have their pets speak in the NPC channel and have the speech bubbles appear, albeit a second or two after the original command is given. Though I have forgotten where that was.
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I don't feel like looking for the thread or post, but if you search my name, you might find it.|
Originally Posted by Fenrisulfr
There was another thread where a person had posted a workaround where they could have their pets speak in the NPC channel and have the speech bubbles appear, albeit a second or two after the original command is given. Though I have forgotten where that was.
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A couple examples..
Macro:
/macro 123 petsaypow "Assault Bot" Pet Chat<em>NPC Line 1<em>NPC Line 2<em>NPC Line 3
Result:
[Pet](Character_Name)Pet_Name: Pet Chat
[NPC] Assault Bot: NPC Line 1
[NPC] Assault Bot: NPC Line 2
[NPC] Assault Bot: NPC Line 3
The [Pet] chat does not have bubbles, but the [NPC] chat does. There is approximately 1 second delay between each line.
Macro:
/macro ABC petsaypow "Assault Bot" hmm..<em>Is it against the rules to talk in NPC chat?<em>Is it?<em>Well.. I guess I'll try it anyway.
Result:
[Pet](Character_Name)Pet_Name: hmm.
[NPC] Assault Bot: Is it against the rules to talk in NPC chat?
[NPC] Assault Bot: Is it?
[NPC] Assault Bot: Well.. I guess I'll try it anyway.
That's the one I remember, Master-Blade.
But we don't want a kludgey workaround with delay!
What's happened to the pet speech bubbles?
Does anyone know for certain and has a link to the relevant patch notes or dev post?
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Repost, with emphasis.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Hmm, I wondered that too. I kinda forgot about it until now, but I agree. It was fun to use, and I for one would like it back.
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Personally, I like the delay, cause you can use it to create mini conversations between pets when used the right way. lol|
Originally Posted by Fenrisulfr
That's the one I remember, Master-Blade.
But we don't want a kludgey workaround with delay! |
As for the bubbles themselves.. I am not really a big fan to begin with. I don't even like the player ones most of the time, and the only time I ever actually look at chat bubbles in general is when an NPC talks in a mission and I can look around to see which direction they are in.. and even then I'm still not reading it. haha
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Originally Posted by Fenrisulfr
What's happened to the pet speech bubbles?
Does anyone know for certain and has a link to the relevant patch notes or dev post? |
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Ah, I see. Sorry about that Aggelakis. Once I saw the link to the wiki my brain just skipped over the rest.|
Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Repost, with emphasis.
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So in conclusion; pet speech bubbles are gone, (except for default responses to commands and clever NPC channel useage.) and there's no evidence that they're even aware?
Yes, I know it's a very minor issue. I'd at least like to find out the status even if it is a simple: "Not important. We'll take a look if we find ourselves with a few days spare."
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Since the issue is so old, your best bet is PMing a redname directly and ask them. They've got their heads buried in GR at the moment, but I'm sure they still read their messages occasionally.
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You can PM Arbiter Kim about it.
I'm sure he knows about the info on the Known Issues wiki page. It would be nice to hear what the status of those issues are.
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Yeah, but if you use this, they stop attacking.
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Originally Posted by Master-Blade
I don't feel like looking for the thread or post, but if you search my name, you might find it.
A couple examples.. Macro: /macro 123 petsaypow "Assault Bot" Pet Chat<em>NPC Line 1<em>NPC Line 2<em>NPC Line 3 Result: [Pet](Character_Name)Pet_Name: Pet Chat [NPC] Assault Bot: NPC Line 1 [NPC] Assault Bot: NPC Line 2 [NPC] Assault Bot: NPC Line 3 The [Pet] chat does not have bubbles, but the [NPC] chat does. There is approximately 1 second delay between each line. Macro: /macro ABC petsaypow "Assault Bot" hmm..<em>Is it against the rules to talk in NPC chat?<em>Is it?<em>Well.. I guess I'll try it anyway. Result: [Pet](Character_Name)Pet_Name: hmm. [NPC] Assault Bot: Is it against the rules to talk in NPC chat? [NPC] Assault Bot: Is it? [NPC] Assault Bot: Well.. I guess I'll try it anyway. |
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That's not true at all. The pets don't actually become NPCs, the chat is just bugged to show up as NPC and you can still control them just as you always have.
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Originally Posted by 5th_Player
Yeah, but if you use this, they stop attacking.
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Originally Posted by Master-Blade
Personally, I like the delay, cause you can use it to create mini conversations between pets when used the right way. lol
As for the bubbles themselves.. I am not really a big fan to begin with. I don't even like the player ones most of the time, and the only time I ever actually look at chat bubbles in general is when an NPC talks in a mission and I can look around to see which direction they are in.. and even then I'm still not reading it. haha |
But you, THE USER, have the option to turn bubbles off. It's an option for you only.
I would like to see mine, and it wouldn't impede you.
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Never said it would. I'm simply giving you a way to see them if you want to.
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Originally Posted by 5th_Player
But you, THE USER, have the option to turn bubbles off. It's an option for you only.
I would like to see mine, and it wouldn't impede you. |
Hello.
I'm looking to determine, once and for all, whether the mastermind /petsay speech bubbles are permanently gone or whether they were a minor and unintended side effect of the patch that partially disabled the use of < and > in macros (as mentioned HERE) and will be returned at a later date.
For those of you who are not aware of the issue; while the /petsay command will still display what you've told the pet to say in the Pet channel, a speech bubble will not appear as it did earlier. Default pet responses to commands still appear in speech bubbles however.
I've made numerous attempts to locate information and/or a developer post with even a passing mention of the subject but have had no success.
I know it's a bit of a non-issue but is anyone able to assist anyway? Possibly a link to the appropriate patch notes or something similar?
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