a flag icon next to the players name (to know which language he speaks)

Capt.Cool · #1 02-22-2010, 12:39 PM

I would love to see an icon like a little flag next to your player name to represent the language you speak.
Sometimes you play with someone and try hard to explain something in english just to find out that he speaks german too.

If you see a flag in the scoreboard (teamroster) next to each players name, you know who is from your country.

We need of course not all flags here, but the most important for the RO community like:
USA - GB - Germany - Austria - Russia - France - Spain - Italy.
Also it would be good to have a "EU flag" for players in the EU and a "World flag" for players who wants to stay anonymously.

Since Steam already allows users to select their flag in their steam profile
how possible would it be to just have that info transfer over? @ by bswearer

Should be not too much work for the devs, but would help a lot!

Zetsumei · #2 02-22-2010, 12:41 PM

I would need a gibberish flag

Apos · #3 02-22-2010, 12:47 PM

and ofcourse there will be original WWII french flag - 3 white vertical stripes?

husbert · #4 02-22-2010, 01:10 PM

that would be nice in the scoreboard

Floyd · #5 02-22-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Apos

and ofcourse there will be original WWII french flag - 3 white vertical stripes?

I must admit, that made me chuckle

Capt.Cool · #6 02-22-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by LemoN

I wouldn't like that as i don't want a gazillion of Germans talk to me in German.
Also this would only lead to 3-5 languages being spoken in the ingame-chat at the same time.

Main language should be English.

If you dont want somebody to speak german to you, just set your icon to english!

But anyway, if you are in a tank together with a compatriot you can speak privatly in your language, and just the tankcrew hears it.

Zetsumei · #7 02-22-2010, 04:33 PM

I wouldnt ever use it for voip myself but it could just be fun knowing where someone is from.

Like for instance if klaus is playing he cannot nickfake as he's pretty much the only israeli RO player.

Apos · #8 02-22-2010, 05:58 PM

If we're talking serious about flag feature: I dont like it. I have met many times with situation of racism between players cos of many reasons. Imho it will be better if players stay as anonymous as they want.

husbert · #9 02-22-2010, 06:02 PM

i always like it when people speak other languages in chat
for example finnish:
"öööiuuää juööaslüü panzer ü älüie assembly hall ääüüöö"

and in tanks its always helpful
except being in a tank with "klingelmuller"

(hes a very popular 24/7 player on twb servers )

Apos · #10 02-22-2010, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by husbert

i always like it when people speak other languages in chat
for example finnish:
"öööiuuää juööaslüü panzer ü älüie assembly hall ääüüöö"

and in tanks its always helpful
except being in a tank with "klingelmuller"

(hes a very popular 24/7 player on twb servers )

im guessing thats russish and you can see only "öööiuuää" cos ours versions doesnt have cirilics font.

Well I think better communication orders and commands should work for RO:HoS with fast access. I very like "Q" and "T" menu from Battlefield 2 game.

Zetsumei · #11 02-22-2010, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Apos

im guessing thats russish and you can see only "öööiuuää" cos ours versions doesnt have cirilics font.

Well I think better communication orders and commands should work for RO:HoS with fast access. I very like "Q" and "T" menu from Battlefield 2 game.

No russian is~: ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~

Napoleon Blownapart · #12 02-22-2010, 09:23 PM

why not just have a flag in the team rosters... so when u check the teams/score... the flag shows where each player is from... same should go when u join a server... ex: if u speak english.. don't join a full of germans b/c they will probably be speaking german

Zetsumei · #13 02-22-2010, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Napoleon Blownapart

why not just have a flag in the team rosters... so when u check the teams/score... the flag shows where each player is from... same should go when u join a server... ex: if u speak english.. don't join a full of germans b/c they will probably be speaking german

I thought that was pretty much the original suggestion ;o. (the only possible issue is racism that could happen)

SturmSS · #14 02-23-2010, 02:00 AM

I like the idea. It would be nice (depending on whether an allies name comes up when you aim at him or not) if their flag would also come up in-game instead of having to hunt them down on the scoreboard.

O'Shannon · #15 02-23-2010, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Capt.Cool

If you see a flag in the scoreboard next to each players name, you know who speaks your language!

i like this idea of displaying the nationality on the scoreboard.
but you shouldn't be able to selcet it in the options. Since RO:HOS will be using steamwork for stat tracking and all, there should be a way to detect somebody's "Location" and automatically display the right flag.

Capt.Cool · #16 02-23-2010, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by -[SiN]-bswearer

what if, what IF we all learned the same language?

to be fair to all languages, i vote that somebody creates a brand new language for all mankind to use!

ESPERANTO !!!

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Originally Posted by -[SiN]-bswearer

since Steam already allows users to select their flag in their steam profile how possible would it be to just have that info transfer over, like how steam names (KF for example) are mirrored as player names in game?

Thanx for the input, I included it in my suggestion.