People not responding to direct chat, I know why

[thelonewarrior 886]

Today my friend joined dayz for the first time, we meet up but he was unable to see my text while I used direct chat or any of the other chat options

And I was only able to see parts of what he said, some messages came through and others didnt

The connection was fine, as earlier I saw people talking on global chat (yes it was one of the few servers that allow it, they do still exist as I was told not to talk on it or the server may crash)

This makes me think, perhaps the reason people stare at you for a few seconds while seemingly doing nothing is them saying as well as you that they are friendly and want you to back off etc.

Obviously those that shoot on sight it is different, but ive read so many stories of people complaining that they try and talk to people and get no response, but what if both parties are saying:

'Are you friendly?'

Or I normally say

'I dont want a fight, back up or ill shoot'

What if the messages are actually being written......but not always recieved, this could explain perhaps half of the encounters that end badly.

Myself I am taking to using the microphone all the time, as other players always seem to hear this and I suggest everyone else invests in one.

Im not saying all encounters are like this, but think for a moment.....if there is a problem with the chat on direct chat that some players cant see it, then this explains why people seem to be typing but there is only silence, which they interprit as hostile

thoughts?

Edited July 19, 2012 by thelonewarrior

[Amazing 3]

That could be true and even if it was, I doubt people would stop shooting because they can't take the risk.

[Caviano 287]

I demand answers from the one and only ROCKET! This really should be addressed and tested ASAP.

[Whattteva 32]

I don't know about others, but the direct voice chat doesn't seem to work for me. I tested this with a bunch of my friends. They could hear me just fine through Teamspeak, but they couldn't hear anything through the game's built-in voice chat.