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[HaywireII]

When I log on and see a friend online and send them a message they never see it. If they are already in a match they don't get the message until they leave and if they are actually out of a match they never notice that the little microscopic icon at the bottom of the UI is trying to get their attention.

I wind up calling them on the phone but I'm wondering how other people deal with this.

[Joseph Mallan]

HaywireII, on 01 May 2014 - 06:11 AM, said:

When I log on and see a friend online and send them a message they never see it. If they are already in a match they don't get the message until they leave and if they are actually out of a match they never notice that the little microscopic icon at the bottom of the UI is trying to get their attention.

I wind up calling them on the phone but I'm wondering how other people deal with this.

To my knowledge there isn't a tone but the lil button with people on it blinks when I have a Message. I don't always see it in time, but It does slowly blink.

[AlmightyAeng]

HaywireII, on 01 May 2014 - 06:11 AM, said:

When I log on and see a friend online and send them a message they never see it. If they are already in a match they don't get the message until they leave and if they are actually out of a match they never notice that the little microscopic icon at the bottom of the UI is trying to get their attention.

I wind up calling them on the phone but I'm wondering how other people deal with this.

I tend to text them, and we end up in TS, where we can freely communicate. The in-game social functions are...lacking.

[WarHippy]

[HaywireII]

Looks like my post got moved to where most of the people will never see it. I know how the in game chat works; my problem is that it just doesn't work. Unless they add in popup windows or toast notifications to the UI the existing friends list and chat is next to useless.

[AlmightyAeng]

HaywireII, on 01 May 2014 - 06:41 AM, said:

Looks like my post got moved to where most of the people will never see it. I know how the in game chat works; my problem is that it just doesn't work. Unless they add in popup windows or toast notifications to the UI the existing friends list and chat is next to useless.

A mod probably saw that you have 2 posts and didn't look at the fact that you've been a member since December 2012...saw your question and put it here.

Make a 'feature suggestion' post if you have ideas on how to improve it.

Edited by Ghost Badger, 01 May 2014 - 06:44 AM.

[Mechteric]

Yeah it could definitely use some improvement in visibility, there's plenty of gaps in the new UI they need to hammer out.

[Davers]

Chat is broken. If you send a message and the other person is in a drop they don't get it. It is very difficult to contact someone who isn't looking at their friends list already.

[HaywireII]

I made the feature suggestion post. I wish this was a Steam game so I could just have the Steam overlay in game and this would be a non issue. Steam overlay doesn't seem to work in MWO unless you run Steam with administrator privileges and then launch MWO from Steam which my friends always forget to do.

[Buckminster]

I usually end up using google chat on my cell phone. It's almost impossible to catch someone's attention with the in-game chat.