Notes

Description

Just bringing back a missed feature that was available in an earlier version of the game. I started working on this in 1.06 as a proof of concept and a neat idea to bring back to the community, and had my own full system worked out. In 1.07 the developers at Bohemia Interactive started introducing a new back bones for notes in vanilla, so I dumped the majority of what I worked on for Notes, and picked up the new vanilla implementation and made it better, so instability could possibly happen as official updates go on, but I'll try my best on staying on top and bringing a pleasing looking UI and unique features to this mod.

I'm so excited to see how such a simple feature can spark ideas and interactability, post your ideas and experiences with notes below if you feel like sharing! Treasure hunts, trolling, stories, lore, you name it!

Features

- The ability to place notes or paper - Can read notes from hand or by targeting - Can write on paper while in inventory (crafting) or by targeting - Pen colors are now localized and descriptive to their color - Pen colors show up while writting and reading a note - Notes are logged server side in the server profile (name, steam64ID, and message) - When writting on paper, it is transformed into a WrittenNote (for persistency configuration)

Planned Features

- Journal/Notebook to store multiple notes in. - Pens will lose their durability when used. - Server configurability and admin permissions. - More pen colors? - Drawing (a big maybe, performance will have to be tested). - Admin notes, that can be spawned via init.c (static props, cannot be picked up). - Admin menu and options for ingame abuse control (blacklisting players, deleting notes, cords).

Known Issues

- Not fully localized (contact me if you'd like to help). - Notes/Paper don't place flush on surfaces (if anyone could help me out with making this better, please contact me!) - Same animation is used for reading/writting notes when a pen is in hand. - The UI scales to resolution, which means text can get out of line if viewing notes from someone who is using a different resolution. The UI was built for 1080p and up, any lower might result in cramming and text going off the UI. - Minor sync issues with notes/paper in community offline mode (singleplayer).

I don't have time currently to fix these solvable issues, in admist to the current pandemic, but I will try to get them fixed sometime soon™

Special Thanks

NiiRoZz - a bit of scripting help and singleplayer compatibility Steve aka Salutesh - motivation and ideas Bohemia Interactive - for the base scripting for notes (vanilla) Thank you all who participated in the initial poll and to those who donated prematurely!

Usage & Terms

This item is NOT authorized (strictly forbidden) for any of these conditions: - posting on Steam, except under the Steam account officialwardog. - hosting on any download server other than Notes' current workshop download. - hosting on any launcher for distribution other than Notes' current workshop download. - to be packaged in any form other than Notes' current workshop download. - to create derivative works.

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