Chirper now has a mod api. Can be moved and removed!

[Gordon Dry]

Hmmm.

When a mod turns off the chirper but still checks the internal messages and decides to turn on a specific custom chirper for specific cases like serious warnings it would be great.

The chirper custom styles could be something that looks like fire, police, garbage, illness, poverty and so on. How they really look like is a creative process.

 

[FourWinds]

Hmmm.

When a mod turns off the chirper but still checks the internal messages and decides to turn on a specific custom chirper for specific cases like serious warnings it would be great.

The chirper custom styles could be something that looks like fire, police, garbage, illness, poverty and so on. How they really look like is a creative process.

Many will be amazed to hear me say that I agree! I watched the stream last night, and the new size, position, and look of the chirper has changed things: it no longer looks like it's jumping out of the screen at me, and it doesn't scream at my peripheral vision for attention.

So if the content could evolve through modding... maybe, just maybe, it will be worth keeping set to on!!! I could think of 20 to 50 water warning messages that might raise a (PG) smile; 50 would mean a lack of repetition. And given that you can't see the whole of a huge city at one time, it may be valuable to have warnings from 'off-screen.' Those 'water my plants,' and other banal chuff all have to go of course, but if what chirper provides can be made into a useful and non-repetitive data stream it might be worth having.

Of course on day one it's going in the bin until after any of this evolution might happen.

 

[Ed_Shot90]

The face of our lord and savior Gaben should be add more happiness into our lives

 

[ruzen]

Able to move is awesome.

 

[Jeza]

Oh great !
I love the feature but it's too in your face where it's placed and I'm also sure there are time when I'll want to be able to remove it so thank you so much CO for doing this

 

[eis_os]

I guess Clippy gets a new job :ninja:

 

[Droggelcim]

void OnNewMessage(IChirperMessage message);

Not really sure, but it looks like one can create and pass a message, although I haven't seen a description of the IChirperMessage interface yet. Maybe in a next update to the API docs?

It does make sense for new buildings from modders to be able to send messages. Of course, I may be wrong...

This looks more like an event handler tbh, because its part of IChirperExtension.
If it is indeed an event handler i might write a filter mod that only shows the realy important messages (people are dying, water poluted, etc.). I don't realy care for #gogreen and all that positive feedback stuff. I just want it to show me warnings

Edit: after looking at other interface descriptions in the the wiki, this seems to indeed be an event handler, though i don't see why there shouldn't be an AddNewMessage method. After all the wiki still isn't finished because defs are busy polishing things during the final hours to release

 

[Qusso]

I have nothing agaisnt that little "word clip" blue thingy . But yeah orginal position of it isnt the best and I would love to have possibility to move the bird somewhere else .