Distance when not shouting

[Yawn]

ITS CHANGED

like if some1 is across from u in a reasonably small room u cant hear them unless they shout

just saying

[Spiffy]

FINALLY!!! CAN THEY DO THIS TO PUBLIC ROOMS PLS, I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE 20 SPACES AWAY STILL BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO MY CONVOS

[Zelda]

Wish they'd just revert this stupid stuff so that non-shouting works across the whole room such a nightmare in speaking games etc ;l

[sex]

people where 13 spaces awaay in my event and could not hear me
i was shocked

[Plebings]

ugh, this is going to be a pain

[Absently]

they should bring back where if they were too far away you could only see bits so it would be like h..... ..u t....a.

[MKR&*42]

For Christ sake why.

[lawrawrrr]

so annoying when hosting events -.-

[ReallyOkay]

Really strange. When all the free flow chat changes started back in June I gave the developers some feedback on the Habbo Blog specifically about distance in relation to chat. Kinda long but I said:

After testing out the BETA chat options I have a few suggestions:

What changes from room to room is the total amount of people, number of people user (x) is actually talking to, layout, and purpose.

As you’ve already realized user (x) isn’t going to have the same chat preferences as user (y) if multiple options are available. Nor do they want to be subjected to someone else’s preferences. Adding the Chat Settings to the User’s Settings is a must. I also really question leaving Chat Settings under Room Settings…… is it really necessary when the user could just change their own settings if they enter a room they feel needs a different chat setting? Just adds to the confusion and jumble that is the current user interface.

One of the main goals of this improvement is creating more individualized conversations depending upon the users location in a room. And while Free Flow mode does a better job at that, it’s definitely not hitting the mark. Range is the bottom line here. Users should be able to “resize” the range of chat they pick up in their chat log. Starting with 1 block around the user’s avatar..2..3.. etc to the current max hearing range. (I’m not a developer so don’t curse me all you devs out there when I say this :P) It seems like it should be fairly simple to implement a mechanic that allows users to incrementally increase/decrease that range.

Here are some quick examples of the idea:

http://oi43.tinypic.com/67s3sz.jpg

To fully round out the chat capabilities you should make the chat log more functional. Allowing it to be resized and locked in to desired placement would give users another option for chatting. Also when you drag your chat log down it shouldn’t still display chat in the background.

One developer responded:

"Hi. I can tell you one thing why we preferred free flow over range: It allows you to instantly see many conversations in a room and select which one to join, or change if yours gets boring without first moving to the other conversations to see their content...."

So if they've now made the range even shorter... it's a total contradiction.

[e5]

i hate it becos some people will think you can read what they say when you actually can't argh.

[Red]

ugh this is how it used to be
I hate this!!! so annoying especially when you have to hold shift 24/7 to shout!! :@@@

[Michael]

I think this is because they're making bigger room layouts so it'll be more efficient for that. They need to teach new users how to shout now if they're gunna do this :P

[Daltron]

this will make game rooms so bad :l

[Smurfed-]

Well this will be fun when hosting events. :(

[Calum0812]

So let me get this straight. I'm in a room and I can't talk to people on the other side?

Can they at least make this an editable setting? :'(

[Yawn]

So let me get this straight. I'm in a room and I can't talk to people on the other side?

Can they at least make this an editable setting? :'(
well it depends wat size room we r talking about but no u cant hear them unless u SHOUT

[-Nick]

Stupid lol in casinos great!

[Tyrell]

can we revert habbo to where we had to shout/whisper switch instead of having to hold down buttons to shout or clickon people to whisper