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Squishy · 24 Feb 2005, 13:05

Just an idea i think it would be handy if when u saved a scan to journal you had the option to 'hide coords' so that u can paste a link without giving coords away

noah02 · 24 Feb 2005, 14:19

dont ppl do that on sandman?

Orion Treet · 24 Feb 2005, 21:57

You can just parse them, cause it's handy for yourself to have the coords.

barney · 25 Feb 2005, 15:31

yea the amount of scanning i do when looking for a target i need the coords attached to scans or i would end up having to scan many times cos i had forgotten the coords, so if i wanted the coords hidden would have to parse anyways.

i would never use it and am sure a lot of ppl would be the same, think there are better things time could be spent on

Zero · 25 Feb 2005, 16:00

yeah, im with barney here
when i play i try to get as much useful info as possible about who im attacking and this usually means i will have hundreds of past scans in the "waves" section and if i couldnt see who i scanned then it would take me ages to work it out.

Alessio · 25 Feb 2005, 16:03

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Just an idea i think it would be handy if when u saved a scan to journal you had the option to 'hide coords' so that u can paste a link without giving coords away

Good idea

Zero · 25 Feb 2005, 16:10

oh, sry
i think i read the original thread wrong

good idea in that case

noah02 · 25 Feb 2005, 16:39

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Originally Posted by Zero

oh, sry
i think i read the original thread wrong

good idea in that case

I think I did aswell

I mean it would be handy for lets say battles and that so you can spam big battles all across irc getting kicked from channels and that after hammering some guy and being well chuffed coz it was like 50 planrts on 50 planets and there was blood and everything

Remy · 25 Feb 2005, 16:58

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Originally Posted by noah02

dont ppl do that on sandman?

I dunno if ppl can parse scans on sandman, but since sandman miraculously reappeared when 1up did, and disappeared when fury died, you can safely assume that the scans will be used by 1up to get intel.

CrazySpoon · 25 Feb 2005, 17:03

Just make an option in the wave menu, where you can click to options, open wave in new window "with coords" and "without coords". Thats all you have to do...

Squishy · 26 Feb 2005, 13:52

or even in journal as u dont paste waves that much (at leaste i dont) ware cpprds make a big difference but i do like to paste the battles ware their was something intresting happened. (usually when i lose all my fleet cos i forget to jump scan)

And i dont always paste these ware
a) coords are allowed
b) ware i want poeple to get my coords (ether cos its at my planet or they newscan the find out who i am)

Goafer LX · 26 Feb 2005, 14:23

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Originally Posted by Remy

since sandman miraculously reappeared when 1up did, and disappeared when fury died, you can safely assume that the scans will be used by 1up to get intel.

well that fills me with confidence....

MrPedantic · 26 Feb 2005, 16:37

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Originally Posted by Remy

I dunno if ppl can parse scans on sandman, but since sandman miraculously reappeared when 1up did, and disappeared when fury died, you can safely assume that the scans will be used by 1up to get intel.

So dont use their parser? or better still write your own

If they coded it, they can do whatever they like with the data people put into it, and you dont have a right to complain about it.

Plus if you want to hide coords, stop being lazy. Paste the thing into notepad, do a find and replace for coords to xx:xx:xx and stop asking for useless features that very few will have a need for.
Seriously.
How often do you give a scan to your enemies?

barney · 27 Feb 2005, 00:48

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Originally Posted by CrazySpoon

Just make an option in the wave menu, where you can click to options, open wave in new window "with coords" and "without coords". Thats all you have to do...

Possibly a better way to implement this idea sounds like it would please all and be a handy addition however would it be worth the time really ?????

Remy · 1 Mar 2005, 17:10

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Originally Posted by MrPedantic

So dont use their parser? or better still write your own

If they coded it, they can do whatever they like with the data people put into it, and you dont have a right to complain about it.

Plus if you want to hide coords, stop being lazy. Paste the thing into notepad, do a find and replace for coords to xx:xx:xx and stop asking for useless features that very few will have a need for.
Seriously.
How often do you give a scan to your enemies?

- LCH has a parser for it's own members (but anyone can use it)
- Vision has a public parser
- pilkara had one too i believe, but i cannot check it since pilkara doesnt seem to exist anymore
- I bet there are more.

And i'm not lazy, i was answering someone :-)

Goafer LX · 1 Mar 2005, 17:15

hmm, writing my own sounds good, unfortunately not every1 has that computer competence

Doorsdown · 1 Mar 2005, 22:17

pilkara is still up just i dunno if they can do the new jp's/ FA's or battle reports.

Goafer LX · 1 Mar 2005, 23:12

i can't access pilakra... just says page is unavailable. maybe its me though

noah02 · 2 Mar 2005, 09:41

Bad Gateway

yep i get the same to think it died

Kal · 12 Mar 2005, 00:08

i'm approving this becuase its simple and easy