Typing too fast for BF1942

Creeper · 06-11-2003, 12:05 AM

I think they fixed this in the chat. You used to be able to type too fast and completely overrun the buffer or whatever it used for your chat message so the result was a few random letters of gibberish rather than a sentence. I dunno if this was a network or software issue, but I am getting a similar problem with voice key shortcuts. I have some of them memorized so for example if I see an enemy plane I will hit F3 F6 to relay that info, but I often hit them too fast and have to hit F6 twice. This may sound like a minor concern but when you are flying and each second off the throttle points you just slightly closer to that mountain...it can get annoying to have to go back and hit a key.

On a slightly related note, I also wish they'd increase the length of a message you can type.. I understand that by having the chat in the middle left of the screen you dont want extra long messages going all the way to the crosshairs.....but just make it so that if they go over the current length the rest just goes to the next line. I dont want to write a novel in voice chat...but I often find myself having to go back and type half of a sentence because I hit the limit so fast.

Phear ME · 06-11-2003, 12:09 AM

Yea i really dont like that chat bug..

But what your saying about the F row keys..

I noticed that when you are holding down a or d keys (strafe) when doing a radio call it makes it do that..

You can hit the first part of the radio call but when you hit the second F key it wont accept it..

So you have to let go of a or d key and then hit your second F key

thunder_or_fd · 06-11-2003, 12:15 AM

ya its annoying .. id say something like
nice shot
and it'd come out
ice t

or id say
why was i kicked .. just a glitch?
and it'd come out
s kedjt a glit?

urseus · 06-11-2003, 01:22 AM

Thats lag i think. When your typing and your game slows down it wont register the keys youve hit, so i guess a fix for that would be lag bugs.

Something that anoys the shit out of me is massive text bursts.

There will be no chat for ages, then 20 lines of chat just burst on your screen. Its very anoying.

marti184 · 06-11-2003, 04:25 AM

both of them bugs annoy me!

And why the f*ck is typing controlled by server? In MOHAA there is no chat lag because typing isnt probably controlled by server.

melee · 06-11-2003, 04:28 AM

I hate battlefiedl chat all together. It has killed all my typing skills. Now that I am used to trying to type as much as possible while flying over the enemy my regular typing is all garbled.

Ohf and tehhh cah lga si F6 F7 bdad 2

Picus · 06-11-2003, 05:35 AM

It has got to the point for me that I almost ignore the chat that goes on. Most of the time I find it's exactly like what urs said being nothing for a while and then a huge spew of stuff that's so outdated that it screws me up more then helps.

That and all the "sub spotted" and crap when there couldn't be a sub(berlin). Sometimes I wish that BF would only allow relevent spotting depending upon which map your on.

Caslon · 06-11-2003, 07:01 AM

I still hate how ya have to hit F8 to get rid of the top row of radio commands
at start of each new map. I know it just takes a second...but still should be
an option. That and hitting N key to zoom out to best view of entire mini map at each new map start.

It's not a matter of me being lazy..it's just, why do any unecessary keyboard
game FOV type adjustments when it could be a permanent option?

PPl get rid of the annoying top row of radio commands all the time to ease the clutter. Having not to have to hit F8 each new map is not me being a lazy bastard. I play 10 maps in a row sometimes.

Also...a helluva lot of ppl want to see mini-map zoomed out showing all flags . They don't want to have to hit N key till it shows all flags at each map start.

Not a big deal... like I said, I play 10 maps in a row sometimes. The first thing I do each map start is hit F8 and then the N key a few times. Gets old doing that at each map start. (End of wishlist - lazy bitch rant).

marti184 · 06-11-2003, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caslon

I still hate how ya have to hit F8 to get rid of the top row of radio commands
at start of each new map. I know it just takes a second...but still should be
an option. That and hitting N key to zoom out to best view of entire mini map at each new map start.

You can switch it somewhere under the options. I think it was the radio tooltip or something like that.

Caslon · 06-11-2003, 09:52 AM

"Somewhere"..."or something like that."

Caslon · 06-11-2003, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by urseus

Thats lag i think. When your typing and your game slows down it wont register the keys youve hit, so i guess a fix for that would be lag bugs.

Something that anoys the shit out of me is massive text bursts.

There will be no chat for ages, then 20 lines of chat just burst on your screen. Its very anoying.

"massive text bursts" ...pretty good accurate term, never heard it before. Idiots typing useless chat crap all at once during game makes that happen.

marti184 · 06-11-2003, 10:01 AM

Options->Customize->Radio tooltip

Caslon · 06-11-2003, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marti184

Options->Customize->Radio tooltip

I was talking about the row of Radio
Commands at top of each map start. You press F8 at each new map
start to get rid of them. I wanted option where ya don't have to do that
each new map loaded. Radio tool tips?

Creeper · 06-11-2003, 06:41 PM

I also hate that every other time you hit the ` key to go in your console, it registers one or two extra `` 's so you have to backspace before you type your damn command. I often quit playing at a map change so I want to get out ASAP so I type "exit" in console because bringing up the main menu takes forever on my crap PC. If I'm too slow and the next map starts to load, my computer will be sitting on it's ass for at least 3 minutes.

rainy · 06-13-2003, 07:43 AM

i hate chat lag also.

i agree with carlson's complaints completely. auto press f8 for me. auto press n for me. what a stupid ui. go away, stupid "features"

as for the console/tilde thing, in settings\default\control\common.con

find:
ControlMap.addKeyToTriggerMapping c_GIToggleConsole IDFKeyboard IDKey_Grave c_CMNonRepetive

and add under it:
ControlMap.addKeyToTriggerMapping c_GIToggleConsole IDFKeyboard IDKey_Home c_CMNonRepetive

this changes the console key to home. no more stupid tildes! but tilde doesnt work for console anymore, which is fine by me.

BombOnBus · 06-13-2003, 08:27 AM

omg, i hate the chat bug...my chat is always like:

thres a hngr cmpart in borb ase :/

is it really fixxed now?

Fragmeister · 06-13-2003, 08:52 AM

yeah bf1942 has some rsponse difficulties... when I wanna bail out of a plane and parachute down, its:

E... NINE NINE NINE NINE!!! drives me crazy wehn u have to parachute real fast but it just wont respond. they need to fix that

Scipio · 06-13-2003, 04:48 PM

chatlag sucks. I use the minimap in the middle level of zoom, and I use the radio commands, for what it's worth.

Rugged_1 · 06-13-2003, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fragmeister

yeah bf1942 has some rsponse difficulties... when I wanna bail out of a plane and parachute down, its:

E... NINE NINE NINE NINE!!! drives me crazy wehn u have to parachute real fast but it just wont respond. they need to fix that

that has got to be the worst. especially when you bail out low and fast.

i wish i could try 1.4 stupid twl.....

thewalkingman · 06-13-2003, 06:11 PM

y a it is gre t for comm nicating wi h te m

06-11-2003, 12:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
Creeper Private 1st Class Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 134	Typing too fast for BF1942 I think they fixed this in the chat. You used to be able to type too fast and completely overrun the buffer or whatever it used for your chat message so the result was a few random letters of gibberish rather than a sentence. I dunno if this was a network or software issue, but I am getting a similar problem with voice key shortcuts. I have some of them memorized so for example if I see an enemy plane I will hit F3 F6 to relay that info, but I often hit them too fast and have to hit F6 twice. This may sound like a minor concern but when you are flying and each second off the throttle points you just slightly closer to that mountain...it can get annoying to have to go back and hit a key. On a slightly related note, I also wish they'd increase the length of a message you can type.. I understand that by having the chat in the middle left of the screen you dont want extra long messages going all the way to the crosshairs.....but just make it so that if they go over the current length the rest just goes to the next line. I dont want to write a novel in voice chat...but I often find myself having to go back and type half of a sentence because I hit the limit so fast.

06-11-2003, 12:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Phear ME Private Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 72	Yea i really dont like that chat bug.. But what your saying about the F row keys.. I noticed that when you are holding down a or d keys (strafe) when doing a radio call it makes it do that.. You can hit the first part of the radio call but when you hit the second F key it wont accept it.. So you have to let go of a or d key and then hit your second F key __________________ Xare of AC Phear Me of BF 1942 ________________________________________ Asking Players to stop the spawn killing is like asking Hitler to stop the Jew killing... Not gonna happen...

06-11-2003, 01:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
urseus Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia. Posts: 6,073	Thats lag i think. When your typing and your game slows down it wont register the keys youve hit, so i guess a fix for that would be lag bugs. Something that anoys the shit out of me is massive text bursts. There will be no chat for ages, then 20 lines of chat just burst on your screen. Its very anoying. __________________

06-11-2003, 05:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
Picus Chief Warrant Officer First Class Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 978	It has got to the point for me that I almost ignore the chat that goes on. Most of the time I find it's exactly like what urs said being nothing for a while and then a huge spew of stuff that's so outdated that it screws me up more then helps. That and all the "sub spotted" and crap when there couldn't be a sub(berlin). Sometimes I wish that BF would only allow relevent spotting depending upon which map your on. __________________ No hippies wanted. Use that rifle you stupid plane camper.

06-13-2003, 08:52 AM	#17 (permalink)
Fragmeister Sergeant Major Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hawaii Posts: 632	yeah bf1942 has some rsponse difficulties... when I wanna bail out of a plane and parachute down, its: E... NINE NINE NINE NINE!!! drives me crazy wehn u have to parachute real fast but it just wont respond. they need to fix that __________________ \"wakka wakka wakka.\" Surrender now and win the Free Hat!

06-11-2003, 12:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
thunder_or_fd Master Sergeant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 525	ya its annoying .. id say something like nice shot and it'd come out ice t or id say why was i kicked .. just a glitch? and it'd come out s kedjt a glit?

06-11-2003, 04:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
marti184 Private 1st Class Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 147	both of them bugs annoy me! And why the f*ck is typing controlled by server? In MOHAA there is no chat lag because typing isnt probably controlled by server.

06-11-2003, 07:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,562	I still hate how ya have to hit F8 to get rid of the top row of radio commands at start of each new map. I know it just takes a second...but still should be an option. That and hitting N key to zoom out to best view of entire mini map at each new map start. It's not a matter of me being lazy..it's just, why do any unecessary keyboard game FOV type adjustments when it could be a permanent option? PPl get rid of the annoying top row of radio commands all the time to ease the clutter. Having not to have to hit F8 each new map is not me being a lazy bastard. I play 10 maps in a row sometimes. Also...a helluva lot of ppl want to see mini-map zoomed out showing all flags . They don't want to have to hit N key till it shows all flags at each map start. Not a big deal... like I said, I play 10 maps in a row sometimes. The first thing I do each map start is hit F8 and then the N key a few times. Gets old doing that at each map start. (End of wishlist - lazy bitch rant).

06-11-2003, 09:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,562	"Somewhere"..."or something like that."

06-11-2003, 10:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
marti184 Private 1st Class Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 147	Options->Customize->Radio tooltip

06-11-2003, 06:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
Creeper Private 1st Class Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 134	I also hate that every other time you hit the ` key to go in your console, it registers one or two extra `` 's so you have to backspace before you type your damn command. I often quit playing at a map change so I want to get out ASAP so I type "exit" in console because bringing up the main menu takes forever on my crap PC. If I'm too slow and the next map starts to load, my computer will be sitting on it's ass for at least 3 minutes.

06-13-2003, 07:43 AM	#15 (permalink)
rainy Private Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 57	i hate chat lag also. i agree with carlson's complaints completely. auto press f8 for me. auto press n for me. what a stupid ui. go away, stupid "features" as for the console/tilde thing, in settings\default\control\common.con find: ControlMap.addKeyToTriggerMapping c_GIToggleConsole IDFKeyboard IDKey_Grave c_CMNonRepetive and add under it: ControlMap.addKeyToTriggerMapping c_GIToggleConsole IDFKeyboard IDKey_Home c_CMNonRepetive this changes the console key to home. no more stupid tildes! but tilde doesnt work for console anymore, which is fine by me.

06-13-2003, 08:27 AM	#16 (permalink)
BombOnBus Private Join Date: May 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 66	omg, i hate the chat bug...my chat is always like: thres a hngr cmpart in borb ase :/ is it really fixxed now?

06-13-2003, 04:48 PM	#18 (permalink)
Scipio Master Sergeant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: over there, by the beer Posts: 527	chatlag sucks. I use the minimap in the middle level of zoom, and I use the radio commands, for what it's worth.

06-13-2003, 06:11 PM	#20 (permalink)
thewalkingman Corporal Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 185	y a it is gre t for comm nicating wi h te m __________________