Please allow *star emotes* again

Dire Rabbit

I'd welcome this change, too. I don't have any issue making the brackets, but a literal lifetime of seeing asterisks as the way you express an action is just so ingrained in me that this bracket stuff nags at me hard.

I don't understand why the change was made but I was and am not a fan at all. It feels completely unnecessary because I'm set in my ways. Like 'oh you have to do things this special way on this one server, nevermind several decades of RP. This is the new way.'

Not a fan.

toportime

@aspirinsmurf2 https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/50307/dot-commands?_=1641560330776

Specifically:
.setemote# - This new dot command helps you bypass the pesky character limit of macros in Quickbars and let you set much MUCHHH longer emotes for yourself. Additionally you do not need to set them in your quickbar at all. Currently you will be able to set for yourself up to 10 emotes.
.em# - This new dot command helps you reach out and speak the saved emote of choice. Currently you are able to use up to 10 saved emote

toportime

@aspirinsmurf2 Also you could try pre typing a list of [emotes] that you can type at your own speed in a notepad or something similar, then just copy paste it. Just a couple suggestions that may help you, use as you see fit.

toportime

@aspirinsmurf2 Also if your talking about using emotes as a freeform text box rather than having your PC try to physically do the emotes or skill checks you can use:
.toggle emotes - To turn on and off the use of emotes

Aspirinsmurf2

@toportime said in Please allow *star emotes* again:

@aspirinsmurf2 Also if your talking about using emotes as a freeform text box rather than having your PC try to physically do the emotes or skill checks you can use:
.toggle emotes - To turn on and off the use of emotes

No, you can't. I tried.

gDarDog

+1
Would hate to lose an old player coming back for this issue.
Any way we can create a workable solution?

Puffy

@aspirinsmurf2 said in Please allow *star emotes* again:

@toportime said in Please allow *star emotes* again:

@aspirinsmurf2 Also if your talking about using emotes as a freeform text box rather than having your PC try to physically do the emotes or skill checks you can use:
.toggle emotes - To turn on and off the use of emotes

No, you can't. I tried.

Please bug report this :)

Aspirinsmurf2

Bug reported. And I guess I'll be playing somewhere else in the meantime. I don't want to make a habit out of doing ;;emotes like this;; or anything like that. That's probably the best available option for me physically, but it's just an eyesore for everyone.

O-louth

@aspirinsmurf2 i Got use to using ‘bla bla bla’ it works somewhat.

Echo

@DoctorDeth Please take a look when you get time.

Zool

I would guess this has something to do with the dot command re-factoring and is an unfortunate oversight, and not a designed change.

(Essentially, a bug)

Aspirinsmurf2

I could take a stab at fixing this if you post the relevant scripts. I'm no programmer, but I've made scripts in NWN before. Something like this will work in onPlayerChat just for my account name. The generalized solution for the toggle would be similar:

void main()
{
    object oPC = GetPCChatSpeaker();
    string sChat = GetPCChatMessage();

    // Hack for Aspirinsmurf's emotes
    if (GetPCPlayerName(oPC) == "Aspirinsmurf"
	&& GetStringLeft(sChat, 1) == "*")
    {
        return;
    }

    // Rest of the logic goes here
}

Echo

@zool said in Please allow *star emotes* again:

this has something to do with the dot command re-factoring and is an unfortunate oversight

This.
When Deth has time to fix it, he will.

Puffy

Star emotes are possible, but you need to turn off emotes for it to work.