Azande Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 What the title says. When someone uses a comms channel, it displays what kind of headset they've used (even if they're using a voicechanger) This can allow meta, as you can easily identify which department someone is from even if they're concealing their identity - and while you cannot ACTIVELY act on it due to meta rules, you can make up excuses to then avoid those people which would be hard to prove was meta. I propose changing it to the base general headset if we /must/ have an icon there at all.
LanceLynxx Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 +1, there isn't even a reason for these icons to exist, since they are pure OOC and meta.
Pratepresidenten Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 AIs/Borgs would still know which were which. Also the icons in general are an indication to these of what device is being used, be it internal radio circuitry, a bounced radio, wall mounted, interdepartmental communication devices or a headset in general.
Azande Posted January 10, 2018 Author Posted January 10, 2018 AIs/Borgs would still know which were which. Also the icons in general are an indication to these of what device is being used, be it internal radio circuitry, a bounced radio, wall mounted, interdepartmental communication devices or a headset in general. When is was addressed in the past, the Admins at the time, or the one that handled the situation said they were purely OOC. As well, this is why I suggested making all headsets being modeled as the plain radio headset rather than departments ones, perhaps the AI could retain the ability to see headset type.
ben10083 Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Yeah I remember one round I was B.O.B and someone used a voicechanger to pretend that I was rogue, entire plot undermined by people saying "It is being said by a headset not a chip it's fake!" Overall yeah +1 this is needed.
Pratepresidenten Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Yeah I remember one round I was B.O.B and someone used a voicechanger to pretend that I was rogue, entire plot undermined by people saying "It is being said by a headset not a chip it's fake!" Overall yeah +1 this is needed. This seems like an ahelpable meta issue. One of the purposes of the station bounced radio icons is to know that the audio you're hearing is infact coming from a handheld radio and so fourth. In any case, an alternate solution would be better instead of straight up removing it. When is was addressed in the past, the Admins at the time, or the one that handled the situation said they were purely OOC. Who said this?
Doc Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 +1 For changing all headset communications to show a standard radio headset icon. Having icons in general should be kept due to the infamous radio duplication spam of having active intercoms/station bounced radios sitting around. Even if it may not be realistic to know exactly where that duplication is coming from, I wouldn't exactly call it a feature to have to deal with that. That said, there is 0 reasonable explanation for someone to know what type of headset you are using, even the AI/borgs, as that is handled through encryption keys inside the headset, not the headset itself.
Fluffy Posted December 2, 2023 Posted December 2, 2023 The headset used is not displayed anymore in chat, therefore this suggestion is considered implemented. Locking and archiving.
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