Mute players from text chat

[dddgeronimo]

I know you guys are busy with more important issues but, if you get a chance could you please consider giving admins the option to mute a player from text chat. I would rather mute a player using racial/ethnic slurs and insulting other players than to ban them.
Some folks have no business chatting in a game.

 

[palco]

I agree,

Though some of players wouldn't mind stupid trolls talking what can be generally regarded as ****ty talks, but some weird ID like "jesus christ" from ducksoup server yesterday talked some serious slurs in game.

The funny thing is he "jesus christ" while on ducksoup server and his buddy who talked stupid trolly slurs including possible racial slurs seems to come up while there's no admins.

I think RO is made for more serious crowds, and at the same time racial slur talking garbages would only offend people in the long run.

 

[-=THOR=-]

Definitely a good idea. Would be very useful to have the possibility to mute text, just like the way we can mute voice chat.

 

[Tummel]

I think there's option to suppress chat messages, don't remember if it works.

 

[Tak]

This would be awesome as a player option, not just for server-side.

There are two players that I'm on the fence about reporting to admins, as it's borderline stuff (poorly raised versus outright racist), but given the chance I'd mute them in a heartbeat.

 

[slyder73]

Admins do have the power to blanket mute someone's VOIP if they are a problem voice spammer, but not the text chat.

Usually it is better to session ban someone like that anyway, as they get even more immature when muted, and start TK'ing and griefing.

 

[GrimReality]

Definitely a NECESSITY to mute some players from both voice AND text as an admin. Would also be nice if players could mute/ignore others as well. Perhaps also a Vote to Mute Player (voice and/or text) option?

 

[-=THOR=-]

It seems that TWI planned commands for that, but for some reason they are not fully implemented...

	`if(`WITH_TEXT_MUTE)
	else if (cmd ~= "AdminForceTextMute")
	{
		result = MutePlayer(args, true, false);
		return true;
	}
	else if (cmd ~= "AdminForceTextUnMute")
	{
		result = MutePlayer(args, false, false);
		return true;
	}
	`endif