Fortport Posted December 4, 2019 Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) Earbuds that can be attached to a station-bounced radio, so you're the only one that can hear it. Station-Bounced radios remain functionally the same, but don't leak audio. Not visible on character sprite, thus making it ideal for nitpicky xeno players who realize they don't have ears on the side of their head or have nothing for headsets to attach to. Upgrade to station-bounced radio that makes sense, without replacing the headset in the meta. Headsets do not take fiddling and can be used with various commands during your say verb, like ; or :c. Emphasizing the fact that audio can still leak into the microphone, just as normal. And you still have to toggle the microphone on and off to speak into it. If there's anything about this suggestion you do not like, or if there are parts of it you do like but others you don't, it could be tweaked or discussed below. Thank you for reading my suggestion. Edited December 4, 2019 by Fortport
Carver Posted December 8, 2019 Posted December 8, 2019 I might argue this defeats the one intended weakness of station-bounced radios (and I'm not counting the other weakness of them being only on the z-level range-wise, that existed before multi-z station was a thing).
Fortport Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 On 08/12/2019 at 00:55, Carver said: I might argue this defeats the one intended weakness of station-bounced radios (and I'm not counting the other weakness of them being only on the z-level range-wise, that existed before multi-z station was a thing). I think there's more than one weakness to the radio. You have to go into a menu to toggle the microphone so people only hear what you want them to hear, and right now, everyone close to you hears it. I think the "everyone hears it" part is really obnoxious, and that in-universe characters would feel that way too. If you use earbuds on the station radio, you still have to do the stuff with the microphone in a menu. If you wear earbuds, you cannot wear a headset too. It's still a pretty crappy option even with the earbuds, imo. But it's slightly better.
Xelnagahunter Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 The menu is not required. Holding it in hand and using :l or :r with trigger a radio in the proper hand. But this means holding the item in hand to use it.
Fortport Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Xelnagahunter said: The menu is not required. Holding it in hand and using :l or :r with trigger a radio in the proper hand. But this means holding the item in hand to use it. I think that with earbuds you would still need to hold it to use :l or :r.
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