In-game chatting

[Tek]

We can add friends now (which is nice). Is there an ETA on a chatting interface? Being able to communicate with other players is pretty important in developing a community IMHO.

 

[Rhaedas]

The start of it is there, but it needs work. You can text or voice chat with someone in the same instance, like at a station or in super cruise, but it doesn't carry over. Any many people either don't know how it works yet or are missing it/ignoring it when you hail them. If they can clean up the interface to make it a bit easier, and retain the connection, then it might increase in use. It's hard to use when everyone is darting around and drop in and out so much.

 

[Jenner]

The start of it is there, but it needs work. You can text or voice chat with someone in the same instance, like at a station or in super cruise, but it doesn't carry over. Any many people either don't know how it works yet or are missing it/ignoring it when you hail them. If they can clean up the interface to make it a bit easier, and retain the connection, then it might increase in use. It's hard to use when everyone is darting around and drop in and out so much.

Pretty much this. Agree 100%.

 

[Tek]

I am glad they are working on it. How do I access the interface? I didn't see an obvious way to start typing a message or voice-talking.

 

[Rhaedas]

Check your controls first. Near the bottom there's quickcomm and comms. They may not have a setting for you yet. The rest is sort of easy to get once you have them working.

 

[Jenner]

I am glad they are working on it. How do I access the interface? I didn't see an obvious way to start typing a message or voice-talking.

There is a key binding for it. "C" I think? I rebound it to a button on my joystick, lol.

It will make a little flyout window near the comms panel on the upper left of your HUD. From there you can see all of your friends, if they're online, plus any ships in your local space. However, you can only chat (text or voice) with ships in your local space, whether or not they are in your friends list.

 

[Tek]

Thank you so much. I will re-bind it to a button on my xbox controller

 

[Rhaedas]

I've found that it seems everyone who has started with a different controller, and of course added stuff later, has had totally different bindings for stuff. "C" was for me the old supercruise key. The only blessing is that through updates and restarts, nothing of mine has been written over, so thank you for that devs!.

 

[Iain M Norman]

If you have old bindings coming across from a previous version then you don't ever pick up any of the new binding introduced in the latest.

It's been that way for a while now.

It does of course mean you're bindings don't get overwritten.

 

[Bruce Warren]

The trouble with comming in supercruise though is you can't tell who they are unless they reply as only the ship type shows up on the radar not who they are.

 

[Rhaedas]

The trouble with comming in supercruise though is you can't tell who they are unless they reply as only the ship type shows up on the radar not who they are.

If you're facing them it will scan them and give you a name. Wish it would do that in any direction.

 

[icblue]

There is a key binding for it. "C" I think? I rebound it to a button on my joystick, lol.

It will make a little flyout window near the comms panel on the upper left of your HUD. From there you can see all of your friends, if they're online, plus any ships in your local space. However, you can only chat (text or voice) with ships in your local space, whether or not they are in your friends list.

Sucks even more when for once you have successfully established a voice link and after the first "hi mate" you get interdicted. The other side has no clue and thinks you're rude and broke comms.

 

[scrufferpops]

Default key for comms on the keyboard is the '2' key (not keypad)
Then select who you want to communicate with, with the spacebar then select voicecoms, text message etc