Bring taunts from classic into beta

The thing is if someone makes this as a mod it won't get used. Maybe 1 server will run it and little amount of players will see it. I get the whole "want it? mod it!" mentality, but somethings like this are so small that modding it isn't the way to go. Stuff like like this are supposed to make the vanilla game (even though it is only a little more) fun. I hope my post makes sense

 

If only we could edit the phrases to our likings...
"MOVE M8"
"INCOMING M8"
"UR MOTHER WAS A WOMBAT M8"
"PUSH FORWARD M8"
"RETREAT M8"

 

Ahh... I remember the good old times...

We need this!

 

The spam that would occur.........

 

Im content to keep middlefinger bound to my 1 key for max spammage.

 

Plz tell me how to bind key :/

 

Code:

#define CLIENT_ONLY

const SColor selectedcolor = SColor(255, 0, 127, 255);
const SColor backcolor = SColor(200, 0, 0, 0);

bool taunts_on = false;
bool justpressed = true;
bool justclicked = true;
uint selectedmenu = -1;
uint submenu = -1;

uint previousselection = -1;

string[][] taunts =
{
   {"BUILD", "Build a knight shop!", "Build a builder shop!", "Build an archer shop!", "Build a siege shop!", "Build a boat shop!", "Build a tunnel!", "Build a storage!", "Build ladders!", "Build a tower!"},
   {"TAUNTS", "My sword is bigger than your sword!", "None shall pass!", "I'm invincible!", "I fart in your general direction!", "Your father smelt of elderberries!", "Chicken!", "Run for your life!", "For the king!", "Bloody peasant!", "Go and boil your bottoms!"},
   {"NEED", "Need explosives!", "Need arrows!", "Need a knight!", "Need an archer!", "Need a builder!"},
   {"ORDER", "Follow me!", "MOVE!", "Hold position!", "Cover me!", "Load the catapult!", "Destroy their tunnel!", "Rush!!!", "Go, go, go, go!"},
   {"ALARM", "Incoming!", "Trap!"},
   {"ANSWER", "No", "Yes!"}
};

void onRender(CRules@ this)
{
   Driver@ driver = getDriver();

   if (taunts_on)
   {
     Vec2f screensize = Vec2f(driver.getScreenWidth(), driver.getScreenHeight());

     GUI::DrawRectangle(Vec2f_zero, screensize, backcolor);
     GUI::DrawTextCentered("TAUNTS", Vec2f(screensize.x / 2, 24), color_white);

     if (submenu == -1)
     {
       for(uint i = 0; i < (taunts.size()); i++)
       {
         GUI::DrawText(taunts[i][0], Vec2f(48, 64 + (i*32)), ((selectedmenu != i) ? color_white : selectedcolor));
       }
     }
     else
     {
       for(uint i = 1; i < (taunts[submenu].size()); i++)
       {
         GUI::DrawText(taunts[submenu][i], Vec2f(48, 64 + (i*32)), ((selectedmenu != i) ? color_white : selectedcolor));
       }
     }
   }
}

void onTick(CRules@ this)
{
   CPlayer@ localplayer = getLocalPlayer();
   if (localplayer !is null)
   {
     CControls@ controls = localplayer.getControls();
     if (controls.ActionKeyPressed(AK_TAUNTS) && justpressed)
     {
       taunts_on = !taunts_on;
       submenu = -1;
       justpressed = false;
     }
     else
     {
       justpressed = true;
     }

     Vec2f mousepos = controls.getMouseScreenPos();
     if (mousepos.y > 48 && mousepos.y < 96 + taunts.size() * 32)
     {
       previousselection = selectedmenu;
       selectedmenu = Maths::Round((mousepos.y - 64) / 32);

       if (selectedmenu != previousselection)
       {
         Sound::Play("select.ogg");
       }

       if (controls.ActionKeyPressed(AK_ACTION1))
       {
         if (selectedmenu != -1)
         {
           justclicked = false;
           submenu = selectedmenu;
         }
         else
         {
           taunts_on = false;
           justpressed = true;
           justclicked = true;
           selectedmenu = -1;
           submenu = -1;

           print("Choosed " + selectedmenu);
         }
       }
       else
       {
         justclicked = true;
       }
     }
     else
     {
       selectedmenu = -1;
     }
   }
}

Some crap code that doesn't even work. But with a bit of tweaking you may make it usable. o/

 

Why is there a suggestion & idea thread again? If devs always point to modding, why don't they just clean out the topic and put a big red, "Look at modding". Seems easier.

 

eh no

 

Eh yes

 

i rebound middle finger to the 1 key in the configs. ITS ALL I NEED! Spam 1,5,1,5,1,5 all day :D

 

Does this mean that there won't be a wizard class?

 

I'd love to see the old taunts added. I'd also love to see customizable taunts (assuming the old taunts were just slapping a number key and it made a text bubble appear instead of a emoticon) so you could program your num keys to say any number of customized presets. Would be more fun than people spamming the actual chat

Or just don't add the old taunts (given the aforementioned assumption [i didn't play classic so idk what the fuck the old taunts were]) and add the ability to customize your own. You can tell someone's a patrician if they bothered to custimize the taunt to a monty python classic taunt

 

Embrace the cancerous spam. It is the way of NIGGA