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Pre-Downtime Notification
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Paikis
Vapour Holdings
#1 - 2013-05-31 11:01:06 UTC
One hour before downtime, and then 30/15/5 minutes before, there is a popup message to tell the players that the server is coming down. This is all well and good, but it completely shuts down your User Interface until you click the OK button.

Can we change this? I haven't lost anything yet, but I'm waiting for the day one of my ships explodes because I can't click on anything due to this popup window.

Can this be changed so that the window still shows up, but doesn't shut down your overview.

Ta.
per
Terpene Conglomerate
#2 - 2013-05-31 11:04:08 UTC
yes pls!
and i already lost a ship due to this nice little window thats locks your ability to do whatever else and surprise you nicely :)
Ifly Uwalk
Perkone
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-05-31 11:05:00 UTC
+1 tbh
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-05-31 11:07:19 UTC
No argument here.

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Thebriwan
LUX Uls Xystus
#5 - 2013-05-31 11:10:55 UTC
Just NO. Because you would then complain about not being able to read the message in the heat of the battle (or mining op Bear). And CCP should reimburse your losses.

Also: Features & Ideas Discussion is this way.
Dave Stark
#6 - 2013-05-31 11:21:26 UTC
agreed, it's rather annoying.
in fact, can we just disable the notifications all together? the 5 min countdown that doesn't lock the ui is more than sufficient to be honest.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#7 - 2013-05-31 11:34:13 UTC
60 minute unintrusive downtime countdown timer. Gets highlighted yellow blinking for a few seconds at 60 minutes, orange at 30 minutes and red at 15 minutes, stays red at 5 minutes, blinks at every minute and at each of the last 10 seconds with increasing urgency.

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Amelia Ryan
CONCORD Operations
#8 - 2013-05-31 11:39:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Amelia Ryan
Why not simply do it this way.
It's the tutorial notification, it stays there until you proceed with the tutorial or as you can see you can also click it off.
Use it for shutdown notifications as well.

Doesn't interfere with anything if it suddenly pops up while you are doing stuff, and CCP doesn't have to invent anything new.
Paikis
Vapour Holdings
#9 - 2013-05-31 11:40:57 UTC
Amelia Ryan wrote:
Why not simply do it this way.
It's the tutorial notification, it stays there until you proceed with the tutorial or as you can see you can also click it off.
Use it for shutdown notifications as well.

Doesn't interfere anything if it suddenly pops up while you are doing stuff.


That works.

As does any number of other notification message boxes that EVE already uses, none of which lock your UI... except the downtime notification one.
Turelus
Utassi Security
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#10 - 2013-05-31 11:41:26 UTC
This has been ask of CCP over and over and over... They always say "yeah great idea!" then we get something we didn't ask for in the next patch/expansion.

(Turelus is in bitter mode today)

Turelus CEO Utassi Security
Roime
Mea Culpa.
Shadow Cartel
#11 - 2013-05-31 11:41:35 UTC
+1

It's not that important a message

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TKL HUN
Jugis Modo Utopia
#12 - 2013-05-31 11:48:28 UTC
I lost plenty of targets in pvp because i wasn't able to lock or tackle them because of these messages, so yes, change it plz.
amurder Hakomairos
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-05-31 11:49:06 UTC
Turelus wrote:
This has been ask of CCP over and over and over... They always say "yeah great idea!" then we get something we didn't ask for in the next patch/expansion.

(Turelus is in bitter mode today)



too busy nerfing ships and turning this into bland vanilla space game to do something this simple and helpful
Amelia Ryan
CONCORD Operations
#14 - 2013-05-31 11:51:16 UTC
Roime wrote:
+1

It's not that important a message


I think it's handy, but adding an optional check box could solve that.
Hessian Arcturus
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-05-31 11:54:17 UTC
Great Idea +1

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Paikis
Vapour Holdings
#16 - 2013-05-31 12:56:51 UTC
Amelia Ryan wrote:
Roime wrote:
+1

It's not that important a message


I think it's handy, but adding an optional check box could solve that.


This is also a valid option. Just ANYTHING to stop it from locking my UI.
Ultim8Evil
Exit-Strategy
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#17 - 2013-05-31 13:05:34 UTC
Why not put it in the corner with the combat/aggression timers and give it its own countdown icon?

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Paikis
Vapour Holdings
#18 - 2013-06-04 08:30:06 UTC
Still an issue, please take a look at this CCP.
J'oorus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#19 - 2013-06-04 08:34:22 UTC
I agree.

Let there be a opaque timer countdown somewhere on the screen, that doesn't lock up your interface, visible, but not debilitating.

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Shocker Stalin
Doomheim
#20 - 2013-06-04 08:36:30 UTC
Why not just the text at the top-center of the screen (if you haven't changed the default layout) just like the minus 5 min countdown? They are already using it at shutdown, so why have a window that needs to be closed at all. Just do them all that way.
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