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Add short forms to text commands.

May 16, 2013 abortretryfail link
Some of the IRC-style text commands in the game could work just as well with implicit arguments if the capability were added. This would be especially helpful on mobile platforms where tab-complete doesn't work and the player's "Full Case-Sensitive" name needs to be typed in quotes.

Here's some examples:

/gunner accept - If the name is omitted, just accept the last gunner invite if the player is still docked at the same station as you
/gunner decline - Same as above.
/group join - Without the name, join the group of the last player who invited you.
/guild join - Same as above
/mentor accept - ... see the pattern here?
May 16, 2013 Snake7561 link
Couldn't you write a plugin for that?
May 16, 2013 abortretryfail link
Sure, I probably could, but that doesn't make it easier for all of the newbies who're just figuring out how the game works.
May 16, 2013 Snake7561 link
True. It seems more like a PCC thing then a dev thing
May 21, 2013 abortretryfail link
Except that the PCC doesn't have any access to that part of the game unless the devs give it to them as a special case. The PCC mission editor doesn't touch any of the in-game commands.
May 21, 2013 Savet link
Again....the ability to write a plugin does not negate the validity of a good suggestion that should be part of normal game mechanics.

+1
May 21, 2013 Drevent1 link
+1 plugins should be a last resort not a first
May 21, 2013 meridian link
+1
May 21, 2013 Snake7561 link
+1
May 21, 2013 TerranAmbassador link
+1
May 23, 2013 Kierky link
+inf
May 27, 2013 Faceof link
+1.....
May 27, 2013 idd link
+1
May 28, 2013 zak.wilson link
Plugins shouldn't be a last resort. Plugins should be for adding something that most people don't want/need or that would be too confusing for a beginner. This suggestion is the opposite of those things; most people use these commands, most people only want to accept the last group/gunner/mentor invite offered and situations where there would be confusion are rare.

Anyway, +1