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The Bar

Dec 15, 2004 Nya13 link
just add a lit feature to make it more fun.
make a "wallpaper" and maybe a music to put the atmosphere of a Bar when you click on "the bar" to talk in Station.

just not like as the sector or channel.
Dec 15, 2004 johnhawl218 link
Personally, I find this feature a waste of coding. I've never used it and honestly I don't know too many people that hang out in stations long enough to need a chat room, which is all it really is. I just leave and continue my conversations in /msg or /sector if mining. If they were to implement FPV and had a real bar where you could interact with some low life pirate scum, possibly get leads from the bar tenders on possible trade routes, etc. then I could see the need for a "bar". Just get rid of it!
Dec 15, 2004 Nya13 link
was just a little idea indeed to put more fun at station.

maybe just add a "wallpaper of Bar" when we are in station?
Dec 15, 2004 Lord Q link
i agree with johnhawl218. Unless some features are aded the bar has no reason to exist. On the short term bots could be added to the bar (similar to the mission computer), that would allow for some level of interaction without rerquiring as much coding as a FPV.
Dec 15, 2004 banister_murray link
I Personally don't spend much time in the bar...

However, I completely understand it's purpose... Role Playing. In it's current form (very sparse), role playing can happen, although there is planty of room for improvement... Wallpaper, music, bots, bar-tender hints and tips.. Excellent, bring em on...

However, the one thing that I do NOT like about the bar... Is that whenever I enter a station, I automatically enter the bar. I think the bar can stay and should be improved, but I think that it should be a place to that is entered on purpose, Not a place everyone breazes through when they enter the station.

my 2 cents
Dec 15, 2004 johnhawl218 link
If there were a command line Bar Tender that you could talk to about tips, that were not listed in the News Tab, for say good trade routes through Grey Space, and other hints on ore locations or nice Botting spots then keeping the bar around would be nice. I dont' think there needs to be a chat room though just to keep roleplaying alive, that can be done in /msg /sector /channel x, it's up to the roleplayers to do that. But as it is, keep it, it just does not have a use.