Highlight relevant text /highlight

[Cobra]

Short description: Client-side highlight a player's chat messages. 

Detailed description: The ability to type /highlight [ID/Name], so that all and any messages a certain player sends is seen in a different color but only for the one who has typed /highlight (client-side).

 

For example in this situation I only wanted to see messages from Marty Knight and Hector Dimakos in a scene where the chat was moving incredibly fast, and text was lost in a sea of pink and white:

 

[00:39:08] Noah Davidson says: Need some help from the other side?
[00:39:08] * Where is cruiser hit from? ((Francesca D'Angelo))*
[00:39:19] Chloe MacKenzie says: Uh yeah if you can open it up that's great
[00:39:23] * Left side. ((Isaac Villarreal))*
[00:39:25] * Silverio De Luca pops open the back of the Ambo and drags out a big green chestpiece with a bunch of straps.
[00:39:27] * Is @Hector with a gurney and backboard also? ((Chloe MacKenzie))*
[00:39:31] * Hector Dimakos holds out the KED vest offering it down to Chole.
[00:39:35] * He is. ((Hector Dimakos))*
[00:39:36] * The cruiser was hit from the front-left side, being completely caved in by the impact. ((Ashley Meadows))*
[00:39:37] * Noah Davidson reaches his hand towards the passenger door handle, pulling on it. He'd then carefully clamber inside, ready to assist.
[00:39:42] Chloe MacKenzie says: Okay thanks
[00:39:46] * Marty Knight would close his eyes after that, obviously went unconscious after seeing the damage on his car.
[00:39:46] * It would be a T-bone. ((Ashley Meadows))*
[00:39:49] Silverio De Luca says: Hold her steady while I put the Kendrick on her.
[00:39:51] * Chloe MacKenzie lets out her hand to take the KED from Hector
[00:39:52] * Hector Dimakos pulls the Gurney over to the side beside Chole.

 

Commands to add: /highlight or /hl

How would your suggestion improve the server?

It would help to prevent us from missing people's emotes and in-character chat by having it stand out in bright yellow (same color as PMs?) amongst a sea of pink and white text that's irrelevant to your role-play. 

Additional information: One of the things that puts me off FD/PD roleplay, roleplaying at an event or in a club, is the large amount of persons in a close-proximity means you loose text that's relevant to you - often leading to headache, mis-communication and stress.

Edited February 20, 2019 by Cobra

[JustAnM43]

Well explained and would most definitely benefit people. I'd love to see this. In full support.

[Blackbeard]

Pretty good idea. 

[alina2137]

Would help in situations where you have a ton of people talking at once, very good idea.

[Vash Baldeus]

Very welcome feature although the one line I doubt would be a bit troublesome to code is the following:

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[00:39:27] * Is @Hector with a gurney and backboard also? ((Chloe MacKenzie))*

Since that line is not types by Hector hence that line will require extra work to determine if that player was mentioned, rather more strain on the Client Side which I don't really support since the game is heavy as it is, adding that can cause severe issues and lags for people with slower computers.

But the rest idea overall is a great one since when I enter a bar/club with friends I barely get to read their messages and that is a problem in a crowded place. This idea resolves it.

[KR69]

I have been lost so many times in a sea of messages. That would help indeed.

[R0xx0r]

Seems like an interesting feature, supporting

[Firesky]

+1

[Cobra]

16 hours ago, Vash Baldeus said:

Very welcome feature although the one line I doubt would be a bit troublesome to code is the following:

Since that line is not types by Hector hence that line will require extra work to determine if that player was mentioned, rather more strain on the Client Side which I don't really support since the game is heavy as it is, adding that can cause severe issues and lags for people with slower computers.

But the rest idea overall is a great one since when I enter a bar/club with friends I barely get to read their messages and that is a problem in a crowded place. This idea resolves it.

 

Ignore that, that's not meant to be highlighted as that was sent from Chloe MacKenzie (me). I've edited the document! ?

 

The suggestion is suggesting that when you type /highlight [ID/Player], that any messages sent by them, whether it be text, /me, /do, /low...etc. is highlighted in a yellow (or otherwise suitable) color to the one who typed the command. Similar to PM or /whisper. Not anyone who has their named tagged in a line. ?

 

Thank you. ?

Edited February 20, 2019 by Cobra

[Centauri]

Sounds pretty easy and helpful, doubt that it will cause much harm for lower end computers, should be an easy check ( I assume )