Red Orchestra adds Steamworks

[Yoshiro]

But that would bring back the buddy list functionality almost perfectly? And you do realise that it can be changed on the fly at any time ingame or in steam right? Have you played TF 2? And I'm not saying its going to be done, just saying I was going to ask the coders about it.

Here an example:

My steam nickname is now HappyhappyHoboclown

Now its MacOverlord

Now its BobdogSucksG5s

Now its Yoshiro again.

If you want proof, just look up yoshiro, and look at recently used names... Right click a name and select view aliases

 

[EvilHobo]

Just more hassle for players. Typing it in via Configuration is easy, just like using Buddies was easy.

I'm sorry, but the direction being take by the team is just idiotic

Some people don't want to **** with Steam, Yoshi.

 

[Yoshiro]

Well I wipe my hands of this I guess, I'm never going to convince you (even though changing the name the way I see it would work the same way, you change it ingame, it changes steam name, thats how it works in TF 2).

But oh well, if you find bugs in the system, drop em in the bug forum please so we can get them fixed.

 

[Zips]

Yosh - TF2 actually has the name thing as being either your Steam community name or you can change it while in-game (IIRC). Not that this really helps the issue people are complaining about any. Just wanted to shoot that info your way

 

[Yoshiro]

Thats what I ment Zips.

 

[Zips]

Thats what I ment Zips.

I mean that you can now change your TF2 name separate from your Steam name... I believe they added that ability a number of updates ago for TF2. So you can have one Steam name and then either use that for TF2 or manually change it to have a second name just for TF2.

 

[Yoshiro]

Ahh didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Zetsumei]

This is the best idea i can come up with:

http://www.redorchestragame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26052

 

[Bolt]

OK< I'm too late, people already said everything about buddies list, so I will not bring anything new to it.. But still I will quote Futurama: "Whoever deleted buddies list... Tell him I hate him".

But it's good to hear about anti-cheat fixes.

 

[Dumba [cro]]

edit: Nvm.

 

[Machoman]

At the moment, I really dont like this change...

Buddies list was a thing we need to find another clan players in a moment, and we use to do it to play wars.

In Spain we are on holidays, so I have no idea how to update the server...

Can anyone tell me how to update the server?

 

[Bone saw]

I'm sure most people don't want their Steam name in-game.

Absolutley true. Please, don't add this system to RO. I want my anonymity and not everybody overwatchin what games I play , when I play etc.

I will quit playin RO then.

 

[Luther]

A lot of whining going on. I am just happy TW have gone past their agreement which was to provide support till the end of 07 and patch a few things up. Cheers TW!
Then again I wouldn't know what this issue is as I just use xfire and avoid all this hassle. Keep up the good work.

 

[BooBoo]

Well done TWI,this is a move in the right direction.The steam friends still needs added features but it is overall better for the future of RO.Keep up the good work

 

[Shadrach]

Absolutley true. Please, don't add this system to RO. I want my anonynmity and not everybody overwatchin what games I play , when I play etc.

If you want anonymity you can set your status to offline. You can't see if your friends are online then but you can still play the games. Not much to do about the hours played though, sometimes wish there was a was to hide them from public too

I think Ramm's words has me convinced that this is the best way for all. Although I wont enable it ingame just yet. Will wait for something to come out of this:
http://www.redorchestragame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26052

 

[Paulski]

Its done, HATE it but I'm fine with it, I knew it was coming.

Just dont make false arguments that this is somehow better. Just admit that you have removed a great feature for what ever reason and that you're sorry.. make it a front page post

The only problem that I do see besides the big one is. There are many on the line of quiting or staying... You make someone mad about an issue, they stop playing your game.

You cant force ppl to use an alternative when the original just had no hassles.

 

[Bone saw]

Thx for your help Shadrach,
but the point is, does this really save us from losing our anonymity ingame? I wonder 'cause it really doesn't matter, if I do appear to be online or not, when I play tf2. People can just see/click my steam profile/ava.
And valve already has proven that they don't give a ** about the wish for anonymity.


Don't get me wrong, I appreciate TW's work for us. I just hope the RO /Steamfriends system keeps its status quo. It's not that big problem to add your old friends on your Steamfriends list, which I already did by now. No need to share your Steam identity with everybody though.

 

[Colm]

Since this new patch was added last night my RO is dead in the water when it comes to playing multiplayer.

I can do the training mode and all of the other options work, but when you clink on Multiplayer that is it, it just freezes....

Anybody got any ideas?

 

[Bone saw]

Check your firewall, maybe RO is getting blocked now due to changes made with the game's data. If it appears to be unblocked;Block it and unblock it again.

 

[[5thW]Rehakles[TRO]]

So the new steam-friends-thingy will actually show me when Im fakenicking? Now thats just poor evil? No more undercover action?



On a more serious note: I am kind of disappointed (as much as confused) with the fact that the current work on RO went into something that nobody needed (SteamFriends) AND into removing a feature a lot of people liked (buddy-list) BUT NOT into something that is really broken (8-series lag?).

Now pls dont get me wrong, I know that the 8-series problem is Nvidias ****-up, not yours, and at the end of the day I appreciate it a lot (and I mean A LOT!!1) that you guys still havent abandoned this game. Big *thumbs up* for that