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My Postman |
Posted - 2011.01.24 09:43:00 - [ 1]
Edited by: My Postman on 24/01/2011 09:54:13
Dear Community!
Beeing bored yesterday evening, i took out my hulk for a hour of mining in highsec.
Sitting in belt sucking roids, while watching TV (atk). Chat window minimized, active in local. 26 in local, most mission runners as usual.
After some minutes, 26 in local, i started paying attention to the (minimized) chat window. 26 in local - for minutes, and more minutes.
Nah, i thought, very little movement for a sunday evening. Docking, unloading hulk, back to belt, 26 in local. After maybe 20 min. still 26 in local.
As this started to attract me, i maxed the chat window. 26 in local. I started to scroll up and down the local list, and bam, numbers of locals changed.
I tested it for several times, that local count wonīt change till fiddling around with the scroll bar.
I wonder if anybody else encountered this, or was i just unlucky that local count changed when i scrolled? This evening i will test it at a gate. Am i missing something?
Thanks for reading.
Fake Edit: Sure Hulkageddoners would love it next week.
Real Edit: Why is the picture showing the "old" Postman? I gave him a new face at the weekend and when i (you) click on it it shows?????? |
Asp IV
Amarr |
Posted - 2011.01.24 10:39:00 - [ 2]
Remove local. Would make the game soooo much better. Directional scanning is powerful enough, but a solar system is ****ing huge you should be able to hide much easier (and stalk lol)
Next EvE expansion should be named Intrusive aand remove local. Fishbowl feel "gone". |
James Tiberius Kirk |
Posted - 2011.01.24 10:52:00 - [ 3]
Can of worms. |
turbine2 |
Posted - 2011.01.24 10:54:00 - [ 4]
Yes, I get this all the time. I never rely on the count now, only look for changes in local, although now that all character images are displayed that's harder. |
S'totan
Minmatar
Impending Judgement
Scelus Sceleris. |
Posted - 2011.01.24 11:07:00 - [ 5]
If you are still seeing the old image you will have to clear you cache from the in game eve menu. |
My Postman |
Posted - 2011.01.24 13:03:00 - [ 6]
At least the picture issue removed itsself after downtime. Again, this is no pro or against local thread. But as far as nobody else encountered this, i must have been a bit paranoid yesterday. Defentatly wasīnt drunk.  Will test it on a gate this evening. |
Richard Christy |
Posted - 2011.01.24 13:29:00 - [ 7]
 Originally by: Asp IV
Remove local. Would make the game soooo much better. Directional scanning is powerful enough,
Agreed, pressing scan every 3 seconds is a tremendously appealing feature. |
Nicholas Barker
Deez Nuts. |
Posted - 2011.01.24 13:30:00 - [ 8]
The count only updates when somebody speaks. |
GreaseMonkeyAlt |
Posted - 2011.01.24 14:44:00 - [ 9]
oh boy all the macro ratters in 0.0 are going to go down.
Get a Stealth Bomber and go to the drone lands. You will be able to kill loads of bots now, just don't speak in local |
Corska Zrai
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore |
Posted - 2011.01.24 14:49:00 - [ 10]
Originally by: Richard Christy
Originally by: Asp IV
Remove local. Would make the game soooo much better. Directional scanning is powerful enough,
Agreed, pressing scan every 3 seconds is a tremendously appealing feature.
Add skills and mechanics for passive scanning? |
Tres Farmer
Gallente Federation Intelligence Service
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Posted - 2011.01.24 14:51:00 - [ 11]
Will macros start to chat then? The ones in Jita are quite capable of that.. can you be banned for posting useless crap every 10 seconds in local? Maybe they start reciting the bible, it's quite a long text.  |
Serpents smile |
Posted - 2011.01.24 14:53:00 - [ 12]
Originally by: My Postman
Beeing bored yesterday evening, i took out my hulk for a hour of mining in highsec.
Wait! What? You where bored in RL so therefor you went doing some boring stuff in game?  |
Tres Farmer
Gallente Federation Intelligence Service
|
Posted - 2011.01.24 14:56:00 - [ 13]
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Maya Mershkov |
Posted - 2011.01.24 15:00:00 - [ 14]
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Asp IV
Amarr |
Posted - 2011.01.24 15:12:00 - [ 15]
Originally by: Richard Christy
Originally by: Asp IV
Remove local. Would make the game soooo much better. Directional scanning is powerful enough,
Agreed, pressing scan every 3 seconds is a tremendously appealing feature.
Yeah, just petition ccp to buff the d-scan overview, make a nice keyboard shortcut for update button etc. |
Shemmy
The Inevitable Corp
Black Legion. |
Posted - 2011.01.25 00:21:00 - [ 16]
Originally by: Corska Zrai
Originally by: Richard Christy
Originally by: Asp IV
Remove local. Would make the game soooo much better. Directional scanning is powerful enough,
Agreed, pressing scan every 3 seconds is a tremendously appealing feature.
Add skills and mechanics for passive scanning?
Because removing an existing mechanic and adding a bunch of skills and mods to replicate it's functionality is just SUCH a worthwhile time sink (for devs and for us alike)  This whole discussion is so emotive and so ridiculous every time it appears. To OP - the count has been slow to update for months, if not years :) |
TimMc
Brutal Deliverance
Gypsy Band |
Posted - 2011.01.25 00:31:00 - [ 17]
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE |
Posted - 2011.01.25 00:37:00 - [ 18]
I noticed that in channels with 3 players if one logs out the counter stays at 3 even with only 2 people in the chat, and if one of them leaves it still says 3. |
My Postman |
Posted - 2011.01.25 11:41:00 - [ 19]
Edited by: My Postman on 25/01/2011 11:44:26
Thanks @ all for reading.
Test from yesterday:
When local is included to the normal chat window and minimized - the counter doesīnt work (until somebody chats). Thatīs like no local at all like WH-Space.
Maximizing the window kinda helps, because when someone uses something like corp chat or so the counter jumps.
When you pull local out of the chat window, and have it maximized, counter is functional.
I will test again today after the patch, and if not beeing fixed i will petition it. At least in highsec you should see a spike in local without having your chat (or local) window maximized, for whatever reason.
@ Nicolas Barker
This is a change, i always saw the numbers jumping, even when chat windows is minimized.
@ Serpents smile:
I was really, really bored, and i was watching TV (kinda).
Thanks again for reading.
Edit: Spelling |
JitaPriceChecker2 |
Posted - 2011.01.25 11:48:00 - [ 20]
Yesterday i got 4 people count in local when i was alone :> |
Infinity Ziona
Minmatar
Cloakers
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Posted - 2011.01.25 12:53:00 - [ 21]
Originally by: My Postman
Edited by: My Postman on 25/01/2011 11:44:26
Thanks @ all for reading.
Test from yesterday:
When local is included to the normal chat window and minimized - the counter doesīnt work (until somebody chats). Thatīs like no local at all like WH-Space.
Maximizing the window kinda helps, because when someone uses something like corp chat or so the counter jumps.
When you pull local out of the chat window, and have it maximized, counter is functional.
I will test again today after the patch, and if not beeing fixed i will petition it. At least in highsec you should see a spike in local without having your chat (or local) window maximized, for whatever reason.
@ Nicolas Barker
This is a change, i always saw the numbers jumping, even when chat windows is minimized.
@ Serpents smile:
I was really, really bored, and i was watching TV (kinda).
Thanks again for reading.
Edit: Spelling
You should always have local maximized and alone anyway. Its your super duper 100% correct and instant intel tool of pvp avoidance. |
My Postman |
Posted - 2011.01.25 13:02:00 - [ 22]
@ Ziona
I know. While when iīm in low/null i always have it seperated, i just donīt find it useful when mining or missioning in highsec.
And at least, it worked before, so i assume itīs some bug. |
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