That has not yet been determined. I just wanted to fix the issue Kat posted before I forgot about it after reading this post so I immediately went into the source and made the changes
Not sure where this is headed, but it was sortof agreed on that no such toggle was needed. I've made the ~messages command for you, Kat, so I really don't like the tone I ignored you. The disabling of the item megaphones was even shortly discussed in the Staff chat at the time. It's not broken, so this is not a fix, rather a change of logic.
The bright yellow is distracting, especially when you're trying to pay attention to multiple things at once (ie: 2 or 3 conversations, trying to keep up with smegas, etc). I find them just as distracting though I am very grateful for the ability to view the last ~gm's. It's definitely come in handy on many many occasions. I don't think Kat was implying that at all. Smegas can get spammy, and item smegas can be just as visually distracting- especially if you already have a hard time focusing on something (bad day, or just busy, etc). Some people might not find them distracting. Others do. The ability to turn them off is appreciated regardless.
@Sila This may be a selfish request on my part, but one of the things that I really enjoyed looking at is the various equips that people would tag along with the Item Smega. Perhaps making them rarer or exchange them for a vertain amount of Smegas might work in favor for everyone i.e. less spam and not as many Item Smegas. Also to reduce less spam, maybe take out some items from the Gachapon Smega like the Elemental Staffs or low level Elemental Wands.
I wasn't criticizing you or anyone else, Gi - it's just something I brought up on a number of occasions, including after you'd left. However, it's something relatively minor, so it isn't surprising that other issues took precedence. Things affect people differently, and while I'm sure the majority of people are fine with the item smegas, Sila and I do find them distracting. This isn't a criticism of you or the effort you put into getting them working, and you know I appreciate you making the ~messages command. (I still choose blue, and I notice Sila has chosen "alliance" as her message colour.) You put in a lot of hard work on the server and achieved many, many good things, which we all appreciate. However, I do struggle with things that I find distracting, which is nobody's fault and something I really can't help, so I really appreciate it that John has answered my plea here!
Garina shoes, garina hat, canopus suits... All those, and any other level 110 clothes, show up in the smegas. I agree on taking them out, when the people who can have the chance to or if it isn't hard.
So just because u and that other gm find it distracting we can't have it? What ever happend to majority rules
No one ever said anything about not having it. Re-read the posts involved. The only thing that's happening is gachapon smegas will be turned off when ~togglesmegas is activated. Item smegas have yet to be confirmed or denied by anyone.
I think you're misunderstanding what they're saying. Nothing's being taken away, something's actually being implemented because they find the smega's so distracting. Edit: Ninja'd!
Maybe he wants to see the item megaphones but not the super megaphones. I think the whole idea of an item megaphone is to be thrown in your face, wether you like it or not. Having item megaphones, but also an option to disable them beats the whole idea of it, IMO.
By that logic, having super megaphones and being able to disable them defeats the purpose. Or having guild/buddy chat and being able to disable it defeats the purpose.
You didn't, but being able to turn off guild or buddy chats is a built in game mechanic that's there to use if the chats get to spammy. Why not treat smegas the same way? Also to get around the problem of muting both when you may want to see one, we could do ~togglesmegas item.
