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Character Change Request

ikonn#1068 ikonn
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edited December 2012 in Controls and Interface
Since this was done in STO and it has made switching characters way more convenient, I am asking that a tab be added to change characters without having to log out and log back in again. Many of us have multiple characters and it would make switching characters much easier than having to log out and back in again.
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  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    This would best be added as a log-out option, (i.e. 'Logout completely' vs 'Logout to character select screen').
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  • randomchance4242randomchance4242 Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    That's pretty much exactly how STO does it, Bioshrike. When you bring up the escape menu, it includes the options "Log Out," which takes you fully out of the game, and "Change Character" which takes you back to your character select screen.

    It's a small change, but a huuuuge QoL improvement, and I'd definitely love it if the feature was brought over to Champs. Signed with the fury of a million exploding suns.

    I tried to start up a topic in the suggestions thread when STO first came out with the feature, but the more exposure it gets, the better.
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I think someone said somewhere 'not going to happen'.
    But things change.
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  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,540 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    flyingfinn wrote: »
    I think someone said somewhere 'not going to happen'.
    But things change.

    They did change for STO, how hard can it be to take the code from one game and paste into the other??

    Meanwhile, at Cryptic, after doing that change:

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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    It as hard as coding the Foundry here.
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  • itsbrou#5396 itsbrou
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    edited December 2012
    The game already has this feature, sort of.

    If you load a demo through the launcher(not command line) and throw GoToCharacterSelect into the console, it will do exactly what STO does.

    It's a privileged command, so it only works while playing a demo, which elevates you to level 9(that's what gotocharacterselect is set to as a command).

    (As an added treat, you can still disconnect the camera and fly free through the character selector.)
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  • sarkastiansarkastian Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    ixionveridian wrote: »
    Since this was done in STO and it has made switching characters way more convenient, I am asking that a tab be added to change characters without having to log out and log back in again. Many of us have multiple characters and it would make switching characters much easier than having to log out and back in again.

    The delay getting back into the game is due to long loading times (which can take several minutes during peak times), not from time spent retyping your password to get to the character select screen (which takes only seconds). CoX also returned you to the login screen when you chose "logout" until sometime in 2008 (if memory serves). In that game, it was a big deal. After login, you had to choose a server and wait for the character list and choose a character and THEN wait for the game to reload (they changed it so that logging out returned you to the character select screen for the current server). You don't have that added layer of complexity here, and CO takes longer to load than CoX did. And CoX required you to wait 30 seconds while the logout completed before you could continue, while CO immediately drops you to the login screen.

    So this is a minor QoL request. Nice, yes. Necessary, no.

    I'm not sure what someguywhoplaysgames was saying, but I wish I did, that sounds like it might be handy. Although loading a demo from the launcher and opening the console sounds like it would actually take LONGER than simply retyping your password at the login screen.
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