Our fleet created a channel that allows us to talk to each other across fleets and factions. We tell fleet mates to type: /channel_join <ourglobalfleetchatnamehere>
This works fine for everyone, except one of our fleet mates who says he can't join the channel because the he is restricted to typing no more then 20 characters in the chat window.
I've never heard of this 20 char limit before. Anyone know how to change it?
Nitpicking is a time-honored tradition of science fiction. Asking your readers not to worry about the "little things" is like asking a dog not to sniff at people's crotches. If there's something that appears to violate natural laws, then you can expect someone's going to point it out. That's just the way things are.
Uhhhhh, is he a silver player that just started out?
I'm fairly certain he is a silver member, but most of my fleet mates are Silver and they can all type out full sentences that considerably longer then 20 characters. I didn't have such as restriction when I was Silver.
I'm fairly certain he is a silver member, but most of my fleet mates are Silver and they can all type out full sentences that considerably longer then 20 characters. I didn't have such as restriction when I was Silver.
I'm fairly certain he is a silver member, but most of my fleet mates are Silver and they can all type out full sentences that considerably longer then 20 characters. I didn't have such as restriction when I was Silver.
Well the "just starting out" part is important. New silver players have chat restrictions (although I don't think I've ever heard of 20 characters being one of them) that are lifted after a period of time or acquiring dilithium or zen (I don't recall which, sooo, turn in 5 contraband, trade for a couple zen).
It's possible that he got mass-reported by several people in ESD or wherever for spam.
Instead of performing the /channel_join command he can join from the chat settings. Right click on any chat tab and it'll open chat settings. There's a tab for channels with a text box up top and he can type the channel name in there to join an existing channel.
Nitpicking is a time-honored tradition of science fiction. Asking your readers not to worry about the "little things" is like asking a dog not to sniff at people's crotches. If there's something that appears to violate natural laws, then you can expect someone's going to point it out. That's just the way things are.
He's had this problem since he started. He's not spammed, and even if he did, he'd have been banned from chat for I think it's 3 days, not restricted to fewer characters.
Nitpicking is a time-honored tradition of science fiction. Asking your readers not to worry about the "little things" is like asking a dog not to sniff at people's crotches. If there's something that appears to violate natural laws, then you can expect someone's going to point it out. That's just the way things are.
If he's not actually getting a warning message or anything when trying to send anything longer than 20 characters or any sort of error message at all.. well okay this is a weird idea but what if he makes the width of his chat box larger? It would be a weird set of circumstances but maybe the text entry box isn't scrolling properly when he types a sentence so he can't send anything longer than the width of the text box? (Yes I am grasping at straws here.. :P ) What if he pastes in text instead of typing it?
Nitpicking is a time-honored tradition of science fiction. Asking your readers not to worry about the "little things" is like asking a dog not to sniff at people's crotches. If there's something that appears to violate natural laws, then you can expect someone's going to point it out. That's just the way things are.
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Joined January 2009
[System]: You are limited to twenty characters.
Yeah... we are aware of the 20 character limit, I was hoping for a way around it.
I'm fairly certain he is a silver member, but most of my fleet mates are Silver and they can all type out full sentences that considerably longer then 20 characters. I didn't have such as restriction when I was Silver.
He might've spammed.
Well the "just starting out" part is important. New silver players have chat restrictions (although I don't think I've ever heard of 20 characters being one of them) that are lifted after a period of time or acquiring dilithium or zen (I don't recall which, sooo, turn in 5 contraband, trade for a couple zen).
It's possible that he got mass-reported by several people in ESD or wherever for spam.
Instead of performing the /channel_join command he can join from the chat settings. Right click on any chat tab and it'll open chat settings. There's a tab for channels with a text box up top and he can type the channel name in there to join an existing channel.
Joined January 2009
He's had this problem since he started. He's not spammed, and even if he did, he'd have been banned from chat for I think it's 3 days, not restricted to fewer characters.
Has he tried filing support tickets about this?
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Oh uh, so is it a system message that says he can only type messages of 20 characters or did he manually count to determine the limit?
Joined January 2009
He counted. I can't be sure if there was an actual system message. I was responding to someone else in this thread who mentioned system message.
I'll try the workaround you mentioned, and thanks!
Im the owner of my fleets chat channel, and I do this on occasion.
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Joined January 2009