Ingame Notebook

[RussianVodka]

I did a search and couldnt find anything on this.

So... What about making an ingame notebook?
It will work sorta like a the ingame journal we have seen in many RPG\'s, except you will be the one writing in it. It will be used for things like, if you meat someone with a complicated name, and they want you to whisper to them in a day or two. Or you just want to write down where you found a sertain item/monster. The notebook i\'m proposing will be seperate from the journal, and they will not effect each other in any way. Unless you want to write down how far you have goten in a quest, so a week later you wont have to wonder.

[TravXl]

i like that idea alot cos it would help if you couldent remember something importand or if u couldent remember what u have to do in a quest. i hope that will include something like that (could u add ilistrations)

[druke]

everquest had something like this(thought most people didn\'t know it)

/notes

it was quite a handy tool and basicly displayed a text document insdie your character preferances folder(hot keys, friends list, etc.)

[TravXl]

well that is everquest and i think more people would use it cos plane shift is more hands on interactive plus it would help out with ur skills/ jobs and it would be good if u could place markers on a map of spots where good stuff is.

[Keknehv]

I agree, this would be an excellent addition.

Did any of you ever play the original Myst? There was a notebook that came with the game to jot notes, to help you get think and mull over things when you get stuck.


This would certainly help with the quests, so that you could write down what you have done so far. \"Pages\" in the journal would also be very helpful, because then you could have a page for monsters, several pages for quests, etc.

Perhaps there would be a default journal size that you would start with, for example, say, 50 pages, 30 lines a page, 30 characters a line. I think that this would take about 43K on the server. And then, later, for not too high of a price, you could by a bigger journal, 100 pages, 40 lines a page, 40 characters a line. This would take about 156k on the server.

And so on, so the real writers could buy bigger journals, while the people who barely use this would not. Also, you could use a compression algorithm, or maybe even just a blank space compresser, to save space.

And your journal would be attached to your character, or perhaps your login, for we should have the ability to have multiple characters under one login. The journal could never be looted and never be seen, unless of course you cut and paste something to tell your friends.

Perhaps we could even have a couple of \"log\" pages, where it would automatically log things, to your level of verbosity, such as \"I have killed 32 crabs\" or, if you want it more detailed, \"I killed a crab on January 3rd, 2005, at the Hydlaa plaza, coordinates 123,542\".

I think that this would really help with roleplaying and questing.

[Myrtl]

This would be extremely useful in many situations. I get lost easy so i could wriite down directions in it and quest items i need, Or even things i just need to remember to do .

[Merdarion]

Well, why not just open a text editor and write it into there, then save it?

[Diamondcite]

Nice idea, I wonder if the game has cut and paste.

[Keknehv]

Originally posted by Merdarion
Well, why not just open a text editor and write it into there, then save it?

Merdarion, several reasons. First of all, most people don\'t like switching between fullscreen applications, because of desktop resizing and such. Also, it would detract from the aura of the game. If we have a journal displayed in the game with yellowed pages and cracks in the binding, it would certainly have a better effect than a plain white background in a text editor. Also, the point of it would be that it is on the server, and easy to access. You could also get it from anywhere.

[Frarda]

Why would the server bother to be loaded with all of these files? You couldn\'t cheat with a notebook, so surely it could be a simple text file saved on your PC that the client opens when required.

[Xordan]

I think this should be a buyable item, with limited pages in each one. A bit like writing in a book Then it would work great.

[Diamondcite]

If it\'s a buyable item, how do you intend to transfer your notes?
And I wonder if that means new characters will be given just 1 to 2 sheets as note taking papers, not everyone needs a book.

Anyone else think that 30 characters is too few characters per row?

[Merdarion]

Originally posted by Keknehv

Originally posted by Merdarion
Well, why not just open a text editor and write it into there, then save it?

Merdarion, several reasons. First of all, most people don\'t like switching between fullscreen applications, because of desktop resizing and such. Also, it would detract from the aura of the game. If we have a journal displayed in the game with yellowed pages and cracks in the binding, it would certainly have a better effect than a plain white background in a text editor. Also, the point of it would be that it is on the server, and easy to access. You could also get it from anywhere.

Well, then print it on Pergament .

You can make the client to a normal window.

[Diamondcite]

If you are going to print it, why not just write it on a post note physically?

[sashok]

Originally posted by Frarda
Why would the server bother to be loaded with all of these files? You couldn\'t cheat with a notebook, so surely it could be a simple text file saved on your PC that the client opens when required.

Great point, if this notebook/journal is not for passing on to another players, and strictly yours, it should only be stored on your PC.

And Keknehv is right, if this journal looks and feels better than notepad, then I am all for it.  Minimizing game, even running it in normal window, number 1, takes resources, two, it\'s killing the RP feel.

I am playin game Kal Online, well i\'m quitting it actually, the point is, it\'s not RP game, strictly for lvl achievment.  I write on notepad in this game... this kills the whole game environment and makes the game like some kind of job you never wanted.