Spergburger Posted August 16, 2018 Report Posted August 16, 2018 So the changes with VOIP and range it can be heard are all very nice and are helping to prevent people just cranking their voip volume so they can metagame stuff, but it'd be nice if something could be done about text chat to give it the same range. As it stands now text chat can be seen from quite a long distance and used to metagame stuff. I've seen multiple reports about it where someone called the police and people heard it at impossible distances and used that knowledge to gun the caller down, and I've even seen it happen first hand to me. By lowering the range that text chat can be seen it'd help reduce the amount of incidences where this is happening, which would also help to reduce the reports on it, freeing up time for admins to work on other stuff. It'd also help improve roleplay in general and give more reason for people to use /low /s /w and /carwhisper. 1 1
Spergburger Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Posted August 16, 2018 Also I think that being in a car muffles VOIP so it'd be cool to see something like that with text chat, whether if the person is in a car there's a lower range on how far away you can see the chat, or it could be "muffled" so that you only see some of what they're saying, as if you can't quite make out what they're saying ICly
Spergburger Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Posted August 16, 2018 You can't do that on a phone, and it's besides the point. The range people can be heard while speaking normally using text chat is too high in comparison to the VOIP range. I shouldn't have to whisper to someone so that someone down the street and outside of my car can't hear me.
Denni Posted August 16, 2018 Report Posted August 16, 2018 Just now, Spergburger said: You can't do that on a phone, and it's besides the point. The range people can be heard while speaking normally using text chat is too high in comparison to the VOIP range. I shouldn't have to whisper to someone so that someone down the street and outside of my car can't hear me. Then here is a +1.
TommyV Posted August 17, 2018 Report Posted August 17, 2018 +1 People subconsciously meta-game by reading text chat from range in which voice chat wouldn't be heard, like someone will drive off to radio-type to their friends for help and people will 'read' it and respond unlike if someone used VOIP.
JackD248 Posted August 17, 2018 Report Posted August 17, 2018 +11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 @Dashingly @Phil McGee "I have a mask they cant hear me" 1
Emulsify Posted February 15, 2020 Report Posted February 15, 2020 The current distance isn't planned to change for the foreseeable future. Thank you for making a suggestion.
