Feature Request

[Minoco]

I have a few requests.
#1: Being able to deactive/activate the two gained channels.
#2: More space for text in both description and history especially history.

These are modifycations to current features.
I came on these two points by having asked around multiple servers
what they liked, disliked and wanted improved on it.

Main reason many that know of it but still don't use it is because two channels are forced upon you
that they have no space for as they are active on other channels.

and others found it dissapointing that they couldn't put their whole history in it.
only a fraction, unable to tell all and make it sound exciting.

these are the main two points at this time and if they are aplied then I and many others shall be happy ^^

Thank you in advance 

[Tass]

As for the activation/de-activation of the said two channels, I think that might be impossible. Those two channels are communicationchannels used by RP addons such as MRP and FlagRSP, thus essential for their functionality.

Regarding your second request, more space for various things, I believe there is no upper cap for how much information you can put in the boxes, since they have a scroll bar, I'm currently out of playtime, so I can't check and make sure.

[stevenw9]

#1: Being able to deactive/activate the two gained channels.

That is not a wise decision. Deactivating the channels will effectively break MRP because it uses them to send/receive data. The only way that could be added is if MRP rerouted all its information through a new method which at this point, IMO, is not needed.

#2: More space for text in both description and history especially history.

The space is virtually infinite. You can add all you want, but the loading time increases as the amount of information increases.

If i'm wrong in any of this feel free to correct me.

[Moncader]

The main reason about the space limit is to prevent spammers spamming the channels with 100000000000 character long messages

[Melina]

What about the option of adding a section for Past History and what is going on in the Present. I personally don't see the point of the description section under appearance as characters can be seen and this is not a text based game and currently use it as a section describing her personality and how she acts around others.

[jmlane]

What about the option of adding a section for Past History and what is going on in the Present.

I don't have a problem with this, but it will be relevant to my next point.

I personally don't see the point of the description section under appearance as characters can be seen and this is not a text based game and currently use it as a section describing her personality and how she acts around others.

Some people will use the description to provide a level of detail that can't be done with WoW (or any video game conceivable right now). It is a useful field, nothing requires you to fill it in.

In turn, I could argue that the past history field is irrelevant, because other characters can't simply learn your past in passing, without asking your character about it. It really depends on a player's style of play which fields you are going to want to use. I don't think it makes sense to divide the history field into two separate when it would benefit very few people, whereas removing a field that has been available for a while, might annoy users.

We will have to see what the developers think!

In response to

#1: Being able to deactive/activate the two gained channels.

That is not a wise decision. Deactivating the channels will effectively break MRP because it uses them to send/receive data. The only way that could be added is if MRP rerouted all its information through a new method which at this point, IMO, is not needed.

Is such an alternative method for sending information to players available in the API? If so, what are some of the advantages and disadvantages of that method vs. the 2 addon channels that get created?

[Elandru Moonshyne]

Is such an alternative method for sending information to players available in the API? If so, what are some of the advantages and disadvantages of that method vs. the 2 addon channels that get created?

Support for sending responses specifically to one player with a supporting mod would be SendAddonMessage( ... "WHISPER") - however, what that can't<describe how your character actually appears to other characters, when they look at you.

[Shannae]

The unfortunate fact is, I could write some code, right now, that would send silent whispers to anyone targeted requesting rp data, drop it into my add on, and remove any need for the channels at all.

And instantly kill the ability to get any data at all from someone not using that version of only my add on, which completely defeats the point.

As far as the size limits go, they exist mainly for technical reasons such as spam prevention. While we all COuLD implement unlimited sizes, the ability to do something doesn't always make it a good idea (ref: <RP5>). If you find that the fields are of insufficient size for your needs, I suggest supplying a link to a location where the complete body of your work is available, such as mine directing people to my guilds forums.

[Elandru Moonshyne]

The unfortunate fact is, I could write some code, right now, that would send silent whispers to anyone targeted requesting rp data, drop it into my add on, and remove any need for the channels at all.

You could. I could. But it'd be a really<and

[Taiin]

What about the option of adding a section for Past History and what is going on in the Present. I personally don't see the point of the description section under appearance as characters can be seen and this is not a text based game and currently use it as a section describing her personality and how she acts around others.

Just cause you can 'see' the character in the game don't mean that is exactly how the player wants the character to look.

For example my blood elf rogue has a scar from her neck to her shoulder. Now you can't 'see' it in game. But I'd like it to be 'seen' from a character point of view. She is also a lot paler then the in game skins allow

Or my albino horde druid, you can't 'see' that she is such in game, but I'd like her to be as such.


One thing I would like to see added, is maybe personality, how that character acts. I know it could be added in the description, but most don't add any such there, just what the character looks like. May also be good as a warning "Yeah my character actes like a bitch but I'm not really like that!" Just seen a lot of times and some players mistake it for just that player beeing a snob in general. I'd like to think my warlock is a curl ass but I'm fare from being such myself ;P

[Teadragon]

First: Thank you so much for reviving this addon.  I love it, since it is the only one which gives you an extra space for a background history.

But it would be nice for roleplaying if it was possible to decide who is able to see the background history - like friends or guild mates.  Best would be perhaps some sort of extra "white list" used only by the addon.  That way those who are supposed to know about the background of a character (like family, close friends etc.)  won't need to remember that information, while others only would get the information your character tells them.

After all we don't wear a shield with our curriculum vitae around our neck in real life, do we?

[Moncader]

Back in the days when I developing this (I'm the original creator if you didn't know, but dont play WoW anymore...) I was talking about doing this exact thing. Having different social share levels. Friends (going in accordance with the MyFriends thing that was never made), guild, etc... would all be able to see a different part of you.

[Teadragon]

Well, this would be absolutely awesome to have even different levels of sharing information! Some close friends who know about some certain events and your nickname, others who only know where you come from ... . Just imagine the possibilities for roleplaying!!

PRETTY PLEASE! 

[Taiin]

One thing I'd like to see is a section to place in a URL that others can then copy and paste in their browser.
Be useful for say people who want to link their own website, or have an extended profile they wish to link to. There' some websites that are starting to offer you to make a character profile. Be cool if we could link such. Putting a url or such in the discription or whjatnow don't work cause you can't sellect or copy whats there.