[GrimGriz]

Originally Posted by Ratneck

I'd like a few different options:

1) Multiple channels/group affiliations. So you could have a "corp" chat, a "Wing" chat, a "local" chat, and a "private" chat. Just 4 examples, but if you bind each to a different PTT key you could chat in multiple channels at once.

I would suspect this would be difficult to use. For example, how would you know if the person just asked a question in corp chat was in corp chat, and what if at the same time as he asked his noob question your wingman was naming a target in wing chat?

[netburnr]

I would think the channels would have priority settings, so if one comm is going off another won't. Also, I would think there would be some sort of on screen indicator (perhaps a colored speaker icon, one color per type of comm similar to chat) that lights up when incoming voice transmissions are going.

At least thats how I would set it up

[Ratneck]

Originally Posted by netburnrol

I would think the channels would have priority settings, so if one comm is going off another won't. Also, I would think there would be some sort of on screen indicator (perhaps a colored speaker icon, one color per type of comm similar to chat) that lights up when incoming voice transmissions are going.

At least thats how I would set it up

That's exactly what I was thinking, a priority list or the name of the speaker appears somewhere on your screen color coded to the channel they're talking in.

And you could turn it off, of course!

[Matt]

voice chat makes everything so much better! that way when you jump in and theres on shady looking ship around u can hail, and if he goes heeeeeey, want some candy? you know to run away

really though, voice chat ingame I would love, make it so it can be disabled and maybe only have 3 channels open at once to save the servers. Ex) the local channel, your squad, and maybe some trading channel? THe on screen indicators for what channel its coming from I would be all for. I think tho that especially in populated areas you could run into the spam problem, intentional or just because its busy. The way around this I see is to have multiple channels per area. Examples a looking for group channel, and trading channel, and a chit chat channel, so while your trying to talk to someone u dont have to hear "SELLING DEATH LASER 596568AAADHH77 DOLLARS!" Also maybe a max on the amount of people actively talking in a channel, so when the game realizes 7 people are talking at once that it should start sending newcommers to "sector alpha(2)", possibly with the option for them to switch over into the main one should they choose. I think trading spam would be kept to a min. tho anyway because those people have it in their favour to type anyway. Private channels I wouldn't put those rules on.

[Tstrike3]

Awen

The simple solution is to make Jumpgate Evolution Xfire capable... It comes complete with a very large playerbase and an integrated Voice Chat channel....

We used it for MxO extensively...

[netburnr]

Originally Posted by Tstrike3

Awen

The simple solution is to make Jumpgate Evolution Xfire capable... It comes complete with a very large playerbase and an integrated Voice Chat channel....

We used it for MxO extensively...

[picard] make it so [/picard]

[God_Damage]

Great idea! I loved the in-game voice chat in Aces High 2.

[Teeleton]

Just put an unobtrusive box that appears down in the corner that says [ person : channel ] whenever someone opens their yap. As soon as they stop talking, it goes away.

As for its ease of use.. how many times did someone hit the wrong F button for the message they were typing?

Teeleton