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Message feature in Multiplayer game - 8/14/2020 11:19:50 PM

eheiser

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I've tried using the message feature in the Strategic Map tab to try and communicate with other human opponents. I get a text box, write the message, send it and get a "message sent" confirmation, but I don't believe anyone has received one.

Has anyone used this function successfully?

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RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game - 8/15/2020 12:06:08 AM

eddieballgame

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Repost from the other thread:

This is interesting.
In our game I have access to some data per the 'Blackspace' (major regime) & not the other majors, except for a few 'minors'.
This is via the 'Rep' & 'Regimes' tabs.
Also, per in-game messaging...where is that button?
I was not aware of that feature.

Is it via the 'Open Contact' cards?

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RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game - 8/15/2020 10:35:50 AM

DTurtle

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The thing is that the message only appears in the Report -> Letterbox tab. The other players probably didn't check there.

It would be helpful if the message would be displayed on a VidCom screen at the beginning of the turn.

To send a message, open the Strategic Map and select the regime.

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RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game - 8/15/2020 12:39:55 PM

mroyer

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quote:

ORIGINAL: DTurtle
The thing is that the message only appears in the Report -> Letterbox tab. [\quote]

Ah HA!! DTurtle is correct. I dug back through my archive of saved turns, and sure enough there are the letters from Bluto, President for Life, waiting still in a sealed envelope on the imperial kitchen table, misplaced under a book.

quote:

It would be helpful if the message would be displayed on a VidCom screen at the beginning of the turn.

Indeed.
I actually like the idea it arrives in the letter box - that zippers it in nicely with the feel of the rest of the game, but some sort of "you've got mail" notification is almost essential for this.

Thanks DTurtle!

-Mark R.

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RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game - 8/15/2020 2:14:06 PM

eheiser

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Woa, I've never checked my letterbox. A lot of bills in here. Mark, you can't trust that Bluto guy, I learned from cartoons.

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RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game - 8/17/2020 1:44:06 PM

eheiser

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Hello eddieballgame. Here is a picture. You have to pick a human controlled regime for the message button to light up.

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RE: Message feature in Multiplayer game - 8/17/2020 6:26:04 PM

eddieballgame

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Thank you Eric, good stuff...will check when I receive my next turn.
I was aware of the 'Letterbox' but not the 'Message' button.
Learn something new everyday.