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[Zhuinden]

Apparently it was well-known among some people, but I've just learned that Text Chat is actually accessible in the PC version of Mass Effect 3!





I'm so disappointed, Bioware.
We were told that "we'll ask if it's possible", but there was never an actual response.
Yet, it was in the game.
It was in the game since the demo.

Modifié par Zhuinden, 21 décembre 2012 - 03:30 .

[Bryan Johnson]

You were not deceived, text chat has no plans to be supported

[Bryan Johnson]

Zhuinden wrote...

But... But it's right there. You just have to make it be available without having to alter the EXE of the game with a hex editor. Why is it not supported???

Because it isn't all there, that is all I will say on the matter

[Bryan Johnson]

4ut0b4hn5child27 wrote...

BioWare, can you explain exactly why? you are not clear when explaining something that you completely ignore.

are you afraid that this game will become trash talking community if you put the text chat?

We will not be offering future comments at this time

[Bryan Johnson]

Zhuinden wrote...

Auld Wulf wrote...

Yep, not surprised by the official response.

I've seen this reaction to even the most inoccuous things in MMOs and online games in the past. I think it's a slippery slope scenario. They take care of all of it, because exceptions can get fiddly.

See, make one exception to modding, and then you have to lay out a big, complicated ruleset of what's okay and what isn't. And if accidental bans under the 'okay' section happen, then you have a massive fireball of controversy on your hands.

Things like this make me regret buying the game, but it specifically makes me regret paying extra for the Collector's Edition.

The lack of customer support is outright ridiculous, the community's requests are often left ignored and then declined, even if the feature is not exactly the hardest thing to program. Hunter Mode? People are having health problems? "Don't use the skill, your pain is by design". Text Chat? "We had it in the demo, but figured it would be fun if people were asking for it, and we would never care".


Sigh. Well at least we get responses on how much they never cared.

Your responses are fairly dismissive in nature you expect to know everything there is to know about the inner workings, some things can not be reaveled for different reasons and yet you constantly attribute them to "not caring" or "laziness".

Your thread title even has the shock word "deceived" in it, as did we ever make the claim that text chat worked? 

Modifié par Bryan Johnson, 22 décembre 2012 - 12:05 .

[Bryan Johnson]

Zhuinden wrote...

Bryan Johnson wrote...
Your responses are fairly dismissive in nature you expect to know everything there is to know about the inner workings, some things can not be reaveled for different reasons and yet you constantly attribute them to "not caring" or "laziness".

Your thread title even has the shock word "deceived" in it, as did we ever make the claim that text chat worked?

....that's an amazingly well-phrased question.

What bugs me is that 10 months ago, we had this reply, then 10 months of nothing, and then we get no one actually bothers to attempt to finish this feature, even though the community concern was there, just as it was 10 months ago.

The problem is that you guys have created many great additions to the game. New enemies, a whole new faction, the Challenge system....
...and you'd think if you guys are capable of these, adding Text Chat would not be a significantly difficult task either. Especially considering the hotkey and the command was there ever since the Demo.

Corporations are not hive minds, not everyone is capable of knowing the state of affairs of everything. Slyvf is a writer so was not aware of the reasons it was lacking. 

You once again are assuming it is as simple as enabling a hot key, which if it was that simple then yes it would have been implemented easily. There is more to it, I am a PC gamer myself so it's not that it is dismissive towards the PC community.

[Bryan Johnson]

JaimasOfRaxis wrote...

Seriously, Bioware, with all due respect, you guys have one of the worst problems with lack-of-supported-feature syndrome I have ever seen.

We can't have things like customizable controls, text chat, options to toggle off the brightness of Hunter Mode's filters for people with medical problems, improved connectivity, improvements in the store, or even expect things like basic issues being fixed in a timely fashion. And that's not even discussing the issues you gents have either chosen to ignore or remain silent on, such as Synckills, Psychic AI, and so on.

You guys give a litany of reasons why we can't have these, or why these can't be fixed, when you're not giving us the silent treatment: The chat feature's not complete. Hunter Mode issue complainers are a minority. The economy of damage excuse. The list goes on. So let me ask you:

What can we have?

You know what games have their bugs and issues, but there are some things that are features, We definitely haven't remained silent on stuff like Sync Kills. You are right there is some stuff that we don't talk about, we do not do everything transparently, we are a private company after all with trade secrets.

Obviously we are doing something right and these issues not a huge issue if you could find enjoyment out of it for approximately 400 hours for a feature many people thought would be the biggest mistake of the franchise.

We have released 4 free pieces of DLC (another one for extended cut)

In a perfect world everything is fixed and things would be exactly how people want them to be, but this is not a perfect world. Do we like that there are bugs in our games, why would we these are products that we have spent years working on, and almost another year supporting.  

Modifié par Bryan Johnson, 22 décembre 2012 - 01:16 .

[Bryan Johnson]

Rombomm wrote...

Bryan - Is there any particular reason that you cannot tell us why text chat will not be implemented? People wouldn't assume that it's "as simple as enabling a hot key" if you could just come out and say the reason. It's pretty silly to be so secretive about such a trivial matter as the reason you can't have text chat.

If you can't tell us, though, (I realize it's not your decision) I'd suggest you quit this discussion while you're ahead. All you've managed to do here is be rather patronizing.

Nope I wont be giving a reason

This is the last post on this matter from me, have a good holidays all