SE4 messenger?

Ruatha · #1 June 11th, 2004, 03:00 AM

Sloow time here at the shrapnel server so I'm going to ask a question.
Is there any interest for including an ICQ type messanger into the SE4 companion.
With voice chat capability.

And should it the be connected to any of the common chat nets such as ICQ or should it be a per-to-peer network for the SE4 companion only?

Any other feature I should include?

(sitting at work 4 am and waiting for more work...)

Slynky · #2 June 11th, 2004, 03:20 AM

Gosh, I hate voting the same as everyone else (and I kinda hated the way the choices read because I would never say it that way

)

I don't use any kind of IM tool (now, waiting for Fyron to comment on that...

) but if I did, I wouldn't be using them while doing turns...it takes all my attention just to be competitive without interruptions

.

Phoenix-D · #3 June 11th, 2004, 03:36 AM

By the time this thing is done its going to have twice the code and take 9 times the space of SE4...

Atrocities · #4 June 11th, 2004, 04:03 AM

An interesting idea but why reinvent the wheel?

primitive · #5 June 11th, 2004, 08:49 AM

Bloatware

Are you planning to use the companion for a job application at M$ ?

Ruatha · #6 June 11th, 2004, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
By the time this thing is done its going to have twice the code and take 9 times the space of SE4...

Ahh, but the next Version 0.8 will be shrinked from current 2500 k to 800 k!

Quote:

Originally posted by primitive:
Bloatware

Are you planning to use the companion for a job application at M$ ?

Oh no, you've revealed my secret plan

[ June 11, 2004, 09:59: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

se5a · #7 June 11th, 2004, 12:35 PM

just an IRQ thingy would be fine. have it defult to...
ermm ahh whats the se4 IRQ room adress again?

Ed Kolis · #8 June 11th, 2004, 02:53 PM

IRC you mean? That's #se4 at irc.gamesurge.net

Fyron · #9 June 11th, 2004, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slynky:
I don't use any kind of IM tool (now, waiting for Fyron to comment on that... )

I think you should stop adding random stuff to the SE4 Companion... music player, IM program, where does it end? If you want to learn how to program these things, that is fine, but keep them separate. The program you release is definitely doing far too much already...

Fyron · #10 June 11th, 2004, 06:13 PM

An idea just struck me. Ouch! You should learn how to make the program use plugins/extensions. Then, you can keep extra stuff like this out of the core program, but able to be added in as a plugin, like Mozilla and such programs do. It would reduce the bloat for those that do not want weird features.