SGN Chat
One of the most frustrating shortcomings of Star Wars: The Old Republic has been its rather limited chat system. Not only are custom chat channels difficult to use, you’re also limited in how many you can join and can even be randomly dropped from them. Worst of all, they’re both faction and server specific. This makes communicating among our faction-specific guilds difficult and getting invites out to new members even more so.
We’ve come up with a novel approach to this ongoing issue, our own chat app. The app has unique features that fulfill a much-needed niche while helping our community take to it quickly. Instead of using the in-game chat, this app provides us with a cross-faction guild chat that we can utilize. Instead of new members having to hunt us down in-game, they can simply open up the app and give a quick “Hello”. That way, no matter what faction a member or guild officer is playing, they’ll be able to communicate with the entire in-game membership currently online.
Features
Transparency | When you first open the app, the UI will be transparent so as not to obstruct your game view. This also allows shadowed text to take center stage. Click the circle icon in the toolbar to turn the app opaque for better greater visibility.
Pinned | By default, the app is always on top, allowing you to still play your games while seeing what’s going on in chat. Click the thumb tack to toggle this on and off.
Quick Reply | Tapping the Insert key will bring the app front and center, even when you’re focused on another game or program. The text field is automatically selected and you can start typing right away and a quick Alt + Tab will get you right back in to the action.
So without any further ado, you can download the app here. This is the first official release of the app so there’s bound to be some bugs and other issues. Please give it a try and report back to me with any problems. You’re welcome to use it whenever you’re at your computer, not just when you’re in SWTOR. We’ll be using this as part of our overall goal to revitalize Knights and Lords of Stonewall and we look forward to seeing you in-game!
Note: You'll need to set your Full Screen Mode to Fullscreen (Windowed) for the chat to be visible while in-game.
We’ve come up with a novel approach to this ongoing issue, our own chat app. The app has unique features that fulfill a much-needed niche while helping our community take to it quickly. Instead of using the in-game chat, this app provides us with a cross-faction guild chat that we can utilize. Instead of new members having to hunt us down in-game, they can simply open up the app and give a quick “Hello”. That way, no matter what faction a member or guild officer is playing, they’ll be able to communicate with the entire in-game membership currently online.
Features
Transparency | When you first open the app, the UI will be transparent so as not to obstruct your game view. This also allows shadowed text to take center stage. Click the circle icon in the toolbar to turn the app opaque for better greater visibility.
Pinned | By default, the app is always on top, allowing you to still play your games while seeing what’s going on in chat. Click the thumb tack to toggle this on and off.
Quick Reply | Tapping the Insert key will bring the app front and center, even when you’re focused on another game or program. The text field is automatically selected and you can start typing right away and a quick Alt + Tab will get you right back in to the action.
So without any further ado, you can download the app here. This is the first official release of the app so there’s bound to be some bugs and other issues. Please give it a try and report back to me with any problems. You’re welcome to use it whenever you’re at your computer, not just when you’re in SWTOR. We’ll be using this as part of our overall goal to revitalize Knights and Lords of Stonewall and we look forward to seeing you in-game!
Note: You'll need to set your Full Screen Mode to Fullscreen (Windowed) for the chat to be visible while in-game.
