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Sympl
02-03-2013, 07:53 AM
I may not type much in the forums, but I'm very verbose in game, both with helpful advice and answers to questions as well as non-game topics ranging from the ultra mundane to highly personal exchanges.

All of these typed passages are making their way - in part - into general (or other inappropriate currently selected chat channels) due to the change that DDO has made to the chat buffers.

This isn't a new change. It's been around for quite a while now and I've been biting my tongue waiting for a reversion, but i can take it no longer.

It used to be that if I typed too long I hit an invisible wall at the end of the message.

This was excellent. I'd look up and see my message ended at the end of the buffer. i could then just send it and retype the remainder in a second (and sometimes 3rd and 4th) message.

Now if I hit the 'end' of the buffer, characters drop off the beginning of the message.

This include directionals like /tell, /r, /p, /g, etc....which means things are going to be dropping into inappropriate channels.

This is also NOT apparent at the point of hitting enter. i can't look at my message and know if I've hit the buffer's end or not whithout hitting the 'Home' key everytime. Which is inconvenient.

And near impossible to retype the missing bits from the beginning. You have to first delete bits off the end before adding bits to the beginning again. As whatever you add will just drop off the front side still.

Please, please change it back.

niehues
02-03-2013, 08:28 AM
the whole UI of this game is old and un-intuitive... simple things like press tab to change text fields once u are on a place that requires such..(AH for ex)

I remember creating programs myself back when ppl still use some DOS programs and I had to make sure when ppl hit tab the cursor would move to the next text field..

oh well that is just a example of it..

Play a game is like driving a car.. if the interface is not pleasant u will not enjoy as much.. still dont know why there is no investment at all on interface on this game.. every expansion i only see more and more stitches on the UI..

and probably your problem is one of them..

it just makes me sad..

CaptainSpacePony
02-03-2013, 08:46 AM
A reversion on this point would be nice.

btolson
02-03-2013, 04:40 PM
I would definitely submit a bug report on this, if you haven't already.

redspecter23
02-03-2013, 05:00 PM
+1 for keeping this in this topic on the minds of those reading the forums. This change, which was hopefully accidental, should be reverted immediately. If it was done on purpose, I have no words.

MarDeRoam
02-03-2013, 05:26 PM
I agree this is a very awefull change they sneaked in some time ago.
Pls devs turn it back into the "invisable wall"
PLEASE?

GrrArgh
07-15-2013, 06:30 PM
/bump