Feature: Basic Chat Functionality

[0xlsca]

The chat should be implemented. Since there is a plethora of channels, only a selection should be considered for the moment so we have a good starting point to iterate on later.

Known channels are listed in the documentation and specifics can be read up on the linked steam guide. Note: In general, chat messages can only be delivered to logged in (playing) players on the same server as the sender of a message.

The following channels should be included in the first iteration:

• 1: "zone" Receivers: Players in the same zone and on the same shard as the sender
• 6: "say" Receivers: Any player within a 50m range of the sender.
• 7: "yell" Receivers: Any player within a 150m range of the sender.
• 9: "army" Receivers: All players in the army of the sender

In the future, the following channels should be implemented:

• 3: "team" Receivers: Everyone in the same PVP-team as the sender Blocker: Missing team-management logic
• 2: "community" Receivers: Presumably all players on a shard Blocker: Missing community event implementation
• 4: "zone_lang" Receivers: The same as 1: "zone", limited to players using the same localization as the sender Blocker: Missing handling of the used localization of a player
• 5: "encounter" Receivers: Any other players currently taking part in the same encounter as the sending player Blocker: Missing encounter implementation
• 8: "whisper" Receivers: The target player specified in the whisper message. The target needs to be on the same server as the sender.
• 10: "officer" Receivers: Presumably all players in the army which have the "officer" rank Blocker: Confirmation needed
• 11: "debug" Receivers: Unknown Blocker: Investigations needed, it's unclear what this channel is used for. "debug" can mean many things.
• 12: "squad" Receivers: Every player in the squad of the sender Blocker: Missing squad implementation
• 13: "platoon" Receivers: Every player in the platoon of the sender Blocker: Missing platoon implementation
• 14: "friends" Note: System channel, players can not send to this channel. If a friend of the player logs on or off, the server sends a respective message to the player. Receivers: Individual players
• 15: "sin_speaker" Receivers: Presumably everyone on the same server Blocker: More investigation needed (lookup in the SDB!)
• 16: "sin_messenger" Receivers: Unknown Blocker: More investigation needed (lookup in the SDB!)
• 17: "admin" Receivers: The sender and all currently playing administrators, presumably bound to the server Note: Replies from admins are only visible to the sender
• 18: "unknown" Receivers: Unknown Blocker: Investigation needed
• Twitch Chat Blocker: Requires investigation
• PVP Lobby (TBD) Blocker: Requires investigation and an implementation of PVP lobbies / matchmaking

[eXpl0it3r]

I'd exclude army for now, given that would probably need a bigger setup to make it "useful" in a sense, i.e. supporting armies natively to begin with and setting up the relationship.

[zSleepwalker]

Wouldn't channel 18 be the Mentors chat?