Idea for internet room thingy

Combat Wombat · #1 October 8th, 2005, 03:24 AM

When we are chatting in the the main lobby itd be great if when someone said something it would beep(of couse thered be an option to turn this off) Also it would be nice if the sound from the game continued even when it wasn't the window you had highlighted that way you can do something else and still know when someone says something in there so people aren't sitting there for an hour having to check in every 5 minutes to see if anyones come yet.

Combat Wombat · #2 October 8th, 2005, 04:09 AM

For the beep just use the same sound the game makes when someone chats in game

Hiro_Antagonist · #3 October 9th, 2005, 06:03 AM

Actually, a very similar feature is already on the slate for v1.20. Our primary focus for that release is helping build lobby-related features.

The specific features we're going to try to implement:
-Play a sound effect when another user whispers to you if LOL is not the main window.
-Flash the task bar icon when another user whispers to you if LOL is not the main window.
-List users who are playing a game in the user list in the lobby.

-Hiro_Antagonist

Combat Wombat · #4 October 9th, 2005, 06:18 PM

That will work

PhilD · #5 October 23rd, 2005, 08:53 AM

Since the lobby is so often empty, it would be nice to be able to have a "peek" at the lobby while I'm playing a solo game. One possible solution is to run LoL twice, with one connected to the lobby, but it would be nice to have the option from within the game (I run in windowed mode, not full screen).

Also, maybe just for those who run in windowed mode, having the chat window during internet game not hide the bottom of the map would be nice, too. (Maybe there's keyboard shortcuts I don't know about, but it would still be nice to have the option)

Hiro_Antagonist · #6 October 23rd, 2005, 12:30 PM

Well, you can press Enter to quickly bring up the chat window (if it's not already up), and Escape to dismiss the chat window (if it is up).

Also, the v1.20 patch will have some features to help w/ the critical mass problem, but a large part of that is that relatively few people have bought the game. Once we get reviews in some of the bigger magazines/websites, that should help bring in customers, and fill the lobby with more people in turn.

-Hiro_Antagonist