Feature - Rejected Auto-Fuzzby
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Winterbay
Active member
Having just tested to send a message through the fuzzby I am inclined to wonder the same. It appears to me to be really really annoying to get messages like that all the time... (or at least they are really really difficult to read, I know what I sent and I still can't decode it...)
Bale
Minion
Fuzzby can decode the messages for you automatically, but there isn't any benefit for doing it this way. I'll send you a message so you can see how fuzzby will handle the message reception.
bordemstirs
Member
Agreed.
Not sure what the original request is for exactly. A way to read them? It's super easy to read received messages.... click the button.
For people that want/need an easier way to send messages (because finding Fuzzby in a big inventory can be a hassle, and typing /use fuzzby... well, some people just don't use chat...) I will be adding Fuzzby support as soon as possible to my kmail override (I'm actually done adding fuzzby, I'm just trying to figure out what it was I did to "fix" the ampersand issue, since I'm still having it)
The messages will be a pain to read for anyone that doesn't own a Fuzzby, since they don't get a KoL-provided button for that.
Yeah, I realized that script might be better, but then you might have some issues with message formatting.
Winterbay
Active member
Thanks. My main hadn't opened the packages yet when I read it so had no button to decode things with, eh with which to decode things.
RoyalTonberry
Member
I updated the wiki page on Fuzzby. ( http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Fuzzby )
Would a feature request to have Fuzzy-made messages be configurably-automatically translated back into English be too much? (And would it be better in a new thread?)
The k-mail that fuzzby sends has the comment <!-- FUZZBISH( --> followed by the message body, followed by <!-- ) --> all inside of the message's <blockquote> tags.
Without a fuzzby, this would be nice for some people. With a fuzzby, the phrase is actually inside of the k-mail contained inside of hidden blockquotes, toggled by javascript.
Without a fuzzby, the phrase is not contained in the kmail, but the information i've outlined on the wiki page under the "More fun with Fuzzby" section is sufficient to translate from Fuzzby back to English perfectly, using only the one-letter and two-to-three letter maps, but in reverse.
One-letter map: http://ben.bloomroad.com/kol/fuzzby/fuzzby_1_map.txt
Two-to-three letter map: http://ben.bloomroad.com/kol/fuzzby/fuzzby_2_map.txt
From English to Fuzzby is also possible, but would require mafia using a rather large data file to map from the input to the output. You also can't tell the fuzzby to translate backwards from inputs not generated in-game.
You could use the information in that section to translate from English directly into Fuzzby (instead of using the substitutions that it does for special words), and then translating back from fuzzby to english would give a word-for-word translation. However, you wouldn't be able to mark the kmail as "fuzzbish" so a fuzzby wouldn't automatically pick it up to translate it back.
Would a feature request to have Fuzzy-made messages be configurably-automatically translated back into English be too much? (And would it be better in a new thread?)
The k-mail that fuzzby sends has the comment <!-- FUZZBISH( --> followed by the message body, followed by <!-- ) --> all inside of the message's <blockquote> tags.
Without a fuzzby, this would be nice for some people. With a fuzzby, the phrase is actually inside of the k-mail contained inside of hidden blockquotes, toggled by javascript.
Without a fuzzby, the phrase is not contained in the kmail, but the information i've outlined on the wiki page under the "More fun with Fuzzby" section is sufficient to translate from Fuzzby back to English perfectly, using only the one-letter and two-to-three letter maps, but in reverse.
One-letter map: http://ben.bloomroad.com/kol/fuzzby/fuzzby_1_map.txt
Two-to-three letter map: http://ben.bloomroad.com/kol/fuzzby/fuzzby_2_map.txt
From English to Fuzzby is also possible, but would require mafia using a rather large data file to map from the input to the output. You also can't tell the fuzzby to translate backwards from inputs not generated in-game.
You could use the information in that section to translate from English directly into Fuzzby (instead of using the substitutions that it does for special words), and then translating back from fuzzby to english would give a word-for-word translation. However, you wouldn't be able to mark the kmail as "fuzzbish" so a fuzzby wouldn't automatically pick it up to translate it back.
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RoyalTonberry
Member
Then perhaps it'd be a better feature request if mafia detected if you had a fuzzby to translate for you, and if you didn't, inserted a "translate" link in the kmail in the same style that the game does, and then when you click it, translate the message?
