You're Being Attacked!

[LittleLady]

Same for me. I see the message when other people are attacked by other things. I do not see a message when I am being attacked by anything.

If it helps, I run combat without brief mode, so this isn't just the case of brief removing the message.

[Delirium]

I have seen a message for when someone else is attacked.

I have never seen this message when -I- personally am attacked by anything. With brief combat or without it.

This is my experience as well.

[LauraMars]

Here's what you see if someone else is being attacked:

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The Sparring Circle [S]
This is a circle in which to spar.
The sturdy, square-headed man is here.
The freckled, skinny youth is here.
The tall, muscular woman is here.

The sturdy, square-headed man attacks the tall, muscular woman.
The tall, muscular woman swiftly dodges the sturdy, square-headed man's hit.
The tall, muscular woman swiftly dodges the sturdy, square-headed man's hit.

This is what you see if you attack somebody else:

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The Sparring Circle [S]
This is a circle in which to spar.
The sturdy, square-headed man is here.
The freckled, skinny youth is here.
The tall, muscular woman is here.

>kill youth
The freckled, skinny youth swiftly dodges your hit.
The freckled, skinny youth swiftly dodges your hit.


This is what you see if somebody else attacks you:

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The Sparring Circle [S]
This is a circle in which to spar.
The sturdy, square-headed man is here.
The freckled, skinny youth is here.
The tall, muscular woman is here.

You swiftly dodge the freckled, skinny youth's hit.
You swiftly dodge the freckled, skinny youth's hit.


This has been the case for as long as I have been playing.

[Morgenes]

For clarity, are these pcs or npcs?

[LauraMars]

They are pcs.

It's the same for npcs vs pcs and npcs vs npcs though.

[Yummri]

Yeah its the same for everything.

[Morgenes]

Ok, I read the code wrong, brief combat shows the 'You attack...' and '... attacks you' messages (it doesn't hide it as I originally said).

I've verified that if the 'kill' command is used everyone gets the appropriate message if they have brief combat on.

If you have a log that shows combat being initiated by the kill command with you having 'brief combat' on and you don't get the 'xxxx attacks you' message, submit a request with the log.

I now remember that was added specifically for this reason.  If you're not seeing miss messages, you may not realize you've entered combat, and therefore we added the extra message about being attacked.

If you guys feel that everyone should see this message, regardless of brief status, that's an easy fix too.

[LauraMars]

If you guys feel that everyone should see this message, regardless of brief status, that's an easy fix too.

My vote is that you should be able to see the message regardless of brief status.

I don't like brief combat, and personally will rarely use it, but a '.... attacks you' message is something I'd really appreciate!

Thanks, Morgenes!

[LittleLady]

I think this message should be seen reguardless of brief being on or off. It's helpful to most people, who don't like to use brief as well as to the people that do.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

I'm down with seeing it all the time.

[Agent_137]

yes for seeing it all the time.

I will highlight the crap out of that string with my client.

[Jherlen]

Another vote for "display always" here too. Thanks Morg!

[Refugee]

Display always please.

[Yummri]

Please display all the time. Thank you for working on this.

[Harmless]

I also agree with displaying always regardless of brief. What a great discussion this thread was, btw