Redirect the Options and Messages output text.

ID:92054
 
Feb 24 2010, 3:05 pm
Applies to:Dream Seeker
Status: Open
Issue hasn't been assigned a status value.
repost of http://www.byond.com/developer/forum/?id=708489
Letsay someone wants to disable the Options and Messages window, but still wants to output the default text somewhere [Connecting to, welcome blah]
Feb 25 2010, 2:45 pm
I see this being potentially useful for debugging, especially. Despite there being many ways to handle that, it'd still be a nice addition.
Feb 25 2010, 6:09 pm
Doesn't that text already go to the default output control if O&M is disabled?
Feb 25 2010, 6:10 pm
No.
Feb 26 2010, 5:43 am
To clarify the discussion, there are different "flavors" of output text, including debug, system, and status messages. Some of these messages will reroute to a default output control already, but most do not. The reasoning behind this is that most of those messages aren't needed in the output window and represent excess clutter.

I have no objection to supporting rerouting of these messages, although I'm not sure it'd be that valuable in games either. Tom's design philosophy is that since most people will use the default, a good default is way better than adding yet another configuration option, so there should be both a solid reason to do this and an intuitive means to change the setting.