Added OOC speech bubbles above characters #1078

Merged

QuillTheCreature merged 2 commits from QuillTheCreature/Byrd:systems/chat/oocspeechbubbles into master 2026-10-27 19:25:11 +00:00

Conversation 3 Commits 2 Files changed 8 +36 -4

QuillTheCreature commented 2026-10-17 17:51:07 +00:00

Member

• Copy link
• Copy Markdown

Short description

Added speech bubbles for OOC messages.

Why we need to add this

In my opinion it's quite difficult to follow OOC chat when multiple players/ghosts are talking, so showing them in a similar way as LOOC messages helps a lot with that.

HOWEVER this does give away your OOC username.

As a counter measure for that, when players don't want that, they can give themselves the hide ss14 username and speech bubbles won't show up anymore for them.

Media (Video/Screenshots)

Checklist

• I do not require assistance to complete the PR.
• I have verified that the changes work before posting/requesting review of my PR.
• I have added screenshots/videos of the changes, or this PR does not change in-game mechanics.
• I have read the Pull Request and Changelog Guidelines and Byrd Station's Contributor Ruleset.

Ingame Changelog

🆑 Quill

• add: Added OOC speech bubbles. (They won't show up for any player with the "Hide SS14 Username" trait)
• add: Added a toggle in the options to disable OOC speech bubbles.

<!-- Link definitions, do not edit --> [guidelines]: https://docs.spacestation14.com/en/general-development/codebase-info/pull-request-guidelines.html [ruleset]: https://rules.byrdstation.space/#h.vigrxrnffwji ## Short description Added speech bubbles for OOC messages. ## Why we need to add this In my opinion it's quite difficult to follow OOC chat when multiple players/ghosts are talking, so showing them in a similar way as LOOC messages helps a lot with that. # **HOWEVER** this does give away your OOC username. As a counter measure for that, when players don't want that, they can give themselves the hide ss14 username and speech bubbles won't show up anymore for them. ## Media (Video/Screenshots) <video src="/attachments/4b727232-bc65-443f-a3f7-1d439aa350d6" title="Screencast_20261017_193722" controls></video>  ## Checklist <!-- Check boxes for faster reviewing of your PR --> - [x] I do not require assistance to complete the PR. - [x] I have verified that the changes work before posting/requesting review of my PR. - [x] I have added screenshots/videos of the changes, or this PR does not change in-game mechanics. - [x] I have read the [Pull Request and Changelog Guidelines][guidelines] and [Byrd Station's Contributor Ruleset][ruleset]. ### Ingame Changelog :cl: Quill - add: Added OOC speech bubbles. (They won't show up for any player with the "Hide SS14 Username" trait) - add: Added a toggle in the options to disable OOC speech bubbles.

Screencast_20261017_193722.webm

2.8 MiB

image.png

13 KiB

QuillTheCreature added 2 commits 2026-10-17 17:51:07 +00:00

Added OOC speech bubbles above characters 0c7bdce37a

Excluded players from OOC bubbles when they have the hide ss14 username trait 4f8c35f4fc

byrdbot added the

Changes: UI

label 2026-10-17 17:51:13 +00:00

QuillTheCreature force-pushed systems/chat/oocspeechbubbles from 4f8c35f4fc to f5b5193e9f 2026-10-17 17:54:30 +00:00 Compare

Balenar commented 2026-10-18 18:58:12 +00:00

Contributor

• Copy link
• Copy Markdown

I'm not a huge fan of connecting OOC chat to characters? means you expose metagamable info if you have to ask a question about a role or action or if you ever OOC chat as something hidden like a cortical borer or ninja

I'm not a huge fan of connecting OOC chat to characters? means you expose metagamable info if you have to ask a question about a role or action or if you ever OOC chat as something hidden like a cortical borer or ninja

QuillTheCreature commented 2026-10-18 21:50:33 +00:00

Author

Member

• Copy link
• Copy Markdown

@Balenar wrote in #1078 (comment):

I'm not a huge fan of connecting OOC chat to characters? means you expose metagamable info if you have to ask a question about a role or action or if you ever OOC chat as something hidden like a cortical borer or ninja

Kind of agree and that was one of my main concerns however Byrd is one of the only servers I'm aware of who has OOC enabled during rounds. In any other server you're forced to use LOOC for the same questions and it works there just fine. And then we have the 1984 rounds as well when creatures ICK OCK too much in OOC and OOC gets disabled, so creatures are forced to use LOOC for questions too.

So I don't really see it as that much of a big deal considered everything, just makes chat read a lot nicer.

@Balenar wrote in https://git.byrdstation.space/Byrd-Station/Byrd/pulls/1078#issuecomment-9208: > I'm not a huge fan of connecting OOC chat to characters? means you expose metagamable info if you have to ask a question about a role or action or if you ever OOC chat as something hidden like a cortical borer or ninja Kind of agree and that was one of my main concerns however Byrd is one of the only servers I'm aware of who has OOC enabled during rounds. In any other server you're forced to use LOOC for the same questions and it works there just fine. And then we have the 1984 rounds as well when creatures ICK OCK too much in OOC and OOC gets disabled, so creatures are forced to use LOOC for questions too. So I don't really see it as that much of a big deal considered everything, just makes chat read a lot nicer.

QuillTheCreature added the

Priority

Low

Area/Preferences / Options

State/Needs Discussion

Type/Feature

Area/Chat

labels 2026-10-22 19:30:08 +00:00

QuillTheCreature commented 2026-10-27 19:25:06 +00:00

Author

Member

• Copy link
• Copy Markdown

Staff voted yes

Staff voted yes

QuillTheCreature merged commit 3112ef4888 into master 2026-10-27 19:25:11 +00:00

QuillTheCreature referenced this pull request from a commit 2026-10-27 19:25:12 +00:00

Merge pull request 'Added OOC speech bubbles above characters' (#1078) from QuillTheCreature/Byrd:systems/chat/oocspeechbubbles into master

byrdbot referenced this pull request from a commit 2026-10-27 19:25:43 +00:00

Automatic changelog update (#1078)

Sign in to join this conversation.

Reviewers

No reviewers

Labels

Clear labels   

Area/Accessibility

Area: Accessibility settings and features.

  

Area/Admin Tooling

Area: Admin tooling and moderation

  

Area/Art

Area: Art with no implications for other areas.

  

Area/Atmospherics

Area: Atmospherics

  

Area/Cargo

Area: Cargo department and related mechanics

  

Area/Character / Species

Area: Player characters and species features and content.

  

Area/Chat

Area: Chat-related features and changes, most likely technical.

  

Area/Combat

Area: Combat features, changes, balancing.

  

Area/Command

Area: Command department, where it isn't applicable to other departments.

  

Area/Database

Area: Changes to Database code.

  

Area/Engineering

Area: Engineering department, doesn't include Atmospherics.

  

Area/Graphics

Area: Changes to shaders or overlays.

  

Area/Guidebook

Area: Ingame guidebook, content or technical implementation.

  

Area/Mapping

Area: Maps, or tools used for mapping

  

Area/Medical

Area: Medical department, including Chemistr

  

Area/Preferences / Options

Area: Player preferences and options.

  

Area/Roleplay / Lore

Area: Roleplay aspects or content that primarily target the game's lore, rather than mechanics

  

Area/Roundflow / Antag

Area: Roundflow - "What happens in the game", including antagonist roles and their capabilities.

  

Area/Rules

Area: Changes to Server rules, SoP, or Space Law.

  

Area/Salvage

Area: Salvage changes

  

Area/Science

Area: Science department, not including Silicons.

  

Area/Security

Area: Security department, including Detectives, HoS

  

Area/Service

Area: Service department, including cooking, botany, etc

  

Area/Silicons

Area: Relates to Silicon roles, including AI.

  

bug

This is in regards to a bug.

  

Changes: Audio

  

Changes: Map

  

Changes: No C#

  

Changes: Sprites

  

Changes: UI

  

documentation

Improvements or additions to documentation

  

DON'T MERGE

This is under review, fixes, or needs significant changes.

  

duplicate

This issue or pull request already exists

  

good first issue

Good for newcomers

  

help wanted

Extra attention is needed

  

holding to vote

This is currently being voted for by the Byrds.

  

Note/Port

A port from another repository.

  

Note/Upstream

A PR from upstream.

  

Priority

Critical

Critical priority task!!

  

Priority

High

High priority task

  

Priority

Low

Low priority task

  

Priority

Normal

Normal priority task

  

size/L

  

size/M

  

size/S

  

size/XL

  

size/XS

  

State/Approved

This PR has been approved.

  

State/invalid

This doesn't seem right

  

State/Merge Conflict

  

State/Needs Changes

Changes/Concerns have been brought up and should be made before review.

  

State/Needs Discussion

Discussion needed for changes, talk about it.

  

State/Untriaged

  

Type/Balance Change

Changes something in the game related to balancing.

  

Type/Bugfix

Fixes a known issue/bug.

  

Type/Documentation

Makes changes to documentation in the repository. This includes attributions changes.

  

Type/Enhancement

New feature or request, change to game.

  

Type/Feature

Adds completely new stuff to the game.

  

Type/Question

Further information is requested.

  

wontfix

This will not be worked on

No labels

Area/Accessibility

Area/Admin Tooling

Area/Art

Area/Atmospherics

Area/Cargo

Area/Character / Species

Area/Chat

Area/Combat

Area/Command

Area/Database

Area/Engineering

Area/Graphics

Area/Guidebook

Area/Mapping

Area/Medical

Area/Preferences / Options

Area/Roleplay / Lore

Area/Roundflow / Antag

Area/Rules

Area/Salvage

Area/Science

Area/Security

Area/Service

Area/Silicons

bug

Changes: Audio

Changes: Map

Changes: No C#

Changes: Sprites

Changes: UI

documentation

DON'T MERGE

duplicate

good first issue

help wanted

holding to vote

Note/Port

Note/Upstream

Priority

Critical

Priority

High

Priority

Low

Priority

Normal

size/L

size/M

size/S

size/XL

size/XS

State/Approved

State/invalid

State/Merge Conflict

State/Needs Changes

State/Needs Discussion

State/Untriaged

Type/Balance Change

Type/Bugfix

Type/Documentation

Type/Enhancement

Type/Feature

Type/Question

wontfix

Milestone

Clear milestone

No items

No milestone

Projects

Clear projects

No items

No project

Assignees

Clear assignees

No assignees

2 participants

Notifications

Subscribe

Due date

The due date is invalid or out of range. Please use the format "yyyy-mm-dd".

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set

Reference

Byrd-Station/Byrd!1078

No description provided.