I like the fact that chat now allows you to see when someone asks for an update on chat, but should it be default behaviour for an individual to automatically send someone a log of previous conversation on request?
I know this isn't a huge issue, but I feel there should probably be some small discussion about its existence. Holatuwol's post on the function can be found in this post but to summarise it kmails the last 30 messages of clan chat to a clan member if they send you a PM saying "update". Hola believed them to be timestamped (maybe they were at one point), but they are not any longer. In addition, whether you choose to log chat or not is irrelevant -- mafia retains those 30 anyways. The final point is that you can't see who posted what, just what is said, so the information is of limited use.
My concerns:
ClanManager's list of acceptable people to respond to is loaded once per session. If someone moves to my clan and I send update (since it is invoked so rarely) odds are I will get a transcript of the other clan's messages. The other way this can work (and more worryingly) if someone starts in my clan and invokes ClanManager's list, or I do an update through them, when they move I have access to their new clan's chat. I doubt this is intended behaviour.
This was at least slightly mitigated through my recent patch that at least allowed players to see if someone sent them an "update" command. However, I'm not convinced it is a particularly desirable function. Really I'm looking for feedback from folks -- is it good or bad? I'm aware this isn't a well known functionality (certainly mafia users in my clan weren't aware of it and one of them has commit access), but it does exist and it would be good to know whether you think it should.
I know this isn't a huge issue, but I feel there should probably be some small discussion about its existence. Holatuwol's post on the function can be found in this post but to summarise it kmails the last 30 messages of clan chat to a clan member if they send you a PM saying "update". Hola believed them to be timestamped (maybe they were at one point), but they are not any longer. In addition, whether you choose to log chat or not is irrelevant -- mafia retains those 30 anyways. The final point is that you can't see who posted what, just what is said, so the information is of limited use.
My concerns:
ClanManager's list of acceptable people to respond to is loaded once per session. If someone moves to my clan and I send update (since it is invoked so rarely) odds are I will get a transcript of the other clan's messages. The other way this can work (and more worryingly) if someone starts in my clan and invokes ClanManager's list, or I do an update through them, when they move I have access to their new clan's chat. I doubt this is intended behaviour.
This was at least slightly mitigated through my recent patch that at least allowed players to see if someone sent them an "update" command. However, I'm not convinced it is a particularly desirable function. Really I'm looking for feedback from folks -- is it good or bad? I'm aware this isn't a well known functionality (certainly mafia users in my clan weren't aware of it and one of them has commit access), but it does exist and it would be good to know whether you think it should.