Chat interruption

[rat_in_car]

Chat becomes more annoying in TMT than TMUF/TM2. Not only is disabled while loading but also while you see congratulations screen, then vote screen (why it's mandatory?). Is it really neccessary? Is it that difficult to made chat that works even while loading map? This is the best moment when people may write something before racing.

[riolu]

+1, that's quite annoying indeed.

[i7mean]

That is true, I can't write something longer than "gg" when the map is over, so annoying.

[TMarc]

True for PC users, but was not really important due the original console target.
I don't know how many people do have a keyboard constantly connected to their PS4 or X-Box One, but it is certainly a minority, especially if they are kids who only want to play.

[i7mean]

Ok but since they implemented the chat in the PC version, they could do something about this maybe if they have time.

[rat_in_car]

And, most important, ManiaPlanet is not for consoles, right? And chat is still unavailable during map loading. I think it's not difficult to made.

[TMarc]

yes and no. There won't be further development of Turbo. Only bugfixes.

[AlexNidhogg]

Marc... check at Rocket League... there's a chat and EVERYBODY use it on PS4/XOne...
...I think you don't really know what console target is... really, i'm sorry about that.

[TMarc]

What a nonsense like "everybody", because this is never absolutely right.
Look at the stores where consoles are sold. The default package is a console, perhaps one or two controllers, and perhaps also one or a few games, if it is a very special package.
A Keyboard? Never seen on the default packages, only as more or less expensive add-on.
And entering a chat message letter by letter in the middle of a game is not what I would call ideal and responsive.
Unless it is a fake chat, with predefined words and sentences, but this is not that much better

[AlexNidhogg]

Huh... i'm talking about PS4 virtual keyboard... we don't care about ideal & responsive... the point is, everyone using it and in a middle of a match, we don't have time but we use it. So in a 5 min game on trackmania... we can do it also!
Do you find the "Ping" Option ideal & Responsive? Ping is not a Chat... it's a... useless option, mostly when we're one hundred on a server...

Bref! Passons!