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    The current pre-release of the client ("pioneer" in the version) is only compatible to itself. So you can only play with other testers. Please be aware!

    Auto delete text?

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    • QuietJoyQ Offline
      QuietJoy
      last edited by

      If there's one thing that confuses me worse than the huge numbers of players who think it is ok to write "t2 eng please" on top of your acu in your base (as opposed to typing in team chat), it is how no one ever seems to remove them. Ever. I appear to be the only player in this game who removes them manually after a few minutes.

      Could text the players add onto the screen be auto-erased after say 2 minutes?

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      • arma473A Offline
        arma473
        last edited by

        Sometimes people want markers that last longer. For example, marking an SMD with the time that it was built. Or just marking SMDs in general. You might need that more than 2 minutes later. We should just trust people to delete markers (with ctrl-shift-right click) as appropriate to keep things clean.

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          Exselsior
          last edited by

          You can remove markers that other place with ctrl-shift-right click. Or at least drag them off the map if deleting them is too much work. There are good reasons to have markers that stay so auto delete is a suboptimal solution.

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          • QuietJoyQ Offline
            QuietJoy
            last edited by

            Hmm, hadn't thought about marking SMDs etc. What about adding the "delete markers with ctrl-shift-right click" tip to the loading tips?

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            • arma473A Offline
              arma473
              last edited by

              I think there is already a tip that you can delete orders with ctrl-shift-right click.

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              • FemtoZettaF Offline
                FemtoZetta
                last edited by

                We don't need a tip for that, the game tells you how to do it when you hover over the marker symbol in the UI.

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                • KaletheQuickK Offline
                  KaletheQuick @FemtoZetta
                  last edited by

                  @femtozetta I have been playing this game for 14 years and never seen that. So I'm going to assume it's not obvious enough.

                  You must deceive the enemy, sometimes your allies, but you must always deceive yourself!

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                  • QuietJoyQ Offline
                    QuietJoy @KaletheQuick
                    last edited by

                    @kalethequick Likewise I didn't know that!

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                    • KaletheQuickK Offline
                      KaletheQuick @QuietJoy
                      last edited by

                      @intel_wins_games I had figured it out though. It's the same command to remove orders from a queue. Like if you do move-attack-move, but want to just delete the attack.

                      You must deceive the enemy, sometimes your allies, but you must always deceive yourself!

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