Hi,
I just released a new plugin for OSRS that is based on the messaging system in Dark Souls. It's called RuneMessages on the plugin hub.
Every world has their own messages and messages are based on the area you are currently in. You can also like and dislike as well as report messages.
Would love to have some beta testers check it out to see if the servers are stable. It would be very funny to see what messages the community can come up with, there are thousands of memeable word combinations and words based on OSRS lore.
Check it out at https://runelite.net/plugin-hub/show/rune-messages and please raise a issue on GitHub or join the Discord if there are any issues.
Thanks a lot, can't wait to see what you guys come up with
Try jumping
try finger but hole
Welcome to my sign locked hardcore Ironman, I can only do what’s on the signs and were starting with something exciting !
Fort
Night
Fort knight?
Chest ahead. Iykyk
I want gwynevere to smother me to death on her melons
Hidden Path Ahead
Liar ahead
Safe spot ahead
I love this idea. Can't wait to check it out and see what messages are spread around.
Oh boy can't we all.
Amazing chest ahead
O you don't have the right, o you don't have the right
Dog ahead/behold, dog!
Fort, nite?
I want to go home...
and then edge
Praise the sun
Dog?
Time for crab
Mist or beast
Fine work, skeleton
Listen carefully , skeleton
Dog
Love this, im gonna install it and forget about it until I see some random funny shit somebody left in the world
Can have blood stain version?
Good idea. For dying. I'll look into implementing it
Not just for dying. Words on ground like a few dark red blobby lines instead of signpost object. Walk near, right click examine, spits words in chat box.
Less in your face + different vibe + You have to interact first to reveal like a kinder surprise.
(Ignore if impractical, just spitballing)
Edit: or maybe something like puddle of slime /scenery objects like from prop hunt?
They need to be OSRS model so if you know a good model put the ID here and I'd be happy to look into it.
How resistant is this to abuse? I could see it being super cool, or spread everywhere with bs and it just becomes a massive visual hindrance.
Can't really be abused. Set of words you can choose from. 5 messages per zone. Users have API keys so they can only edit/create their own messages. Report system in case of anything to extreme.
Oh ye of little faith.
I keep logs of the messages so any funny business or abuse of systems will be swiftly rectified.
Does this mean that you are the single point of failure and all that is needed to abuse this system is to overwhelm you with naughty messages? challenge accepted … I jest
Haha no I won't go into detail. I work in cyber security and build the backend as a enterprise service for fun so ppl are welcome to try and abuse it
5 messages per player per zone, or zone in general? Hypothetically, could someone have 1000 accounts and layer every tile in each zone? Thats basically what im asking.
What is a "zone"? A chunk? Also, does it work like Dark Souls and only show messages from a certain subset of players you're connected to, or does it show ALL of them to everyone?
All of them to everyone. The game map is based on region ID's and each region has its own messages. E.g lumbridge swamp, lumby castle, al kharid, dungeons, all have different region ID's and their own messages.
Rear ahead, therefore try tongue.
Is there a way to crowdsource this plugin so we can see each others notes around the world?
You can already see each others notes. There's just not a lot of notes because it just released haha. Not sure what you mean by crowdsource, I am OK paying the server costs for now but if you mean financially but thank you for the offer!
Add ways people die please
Goblin
this is awesome lol
I can't wait to see these messages while running around.
Great idea. Looking forward to seeing the absurd messages people will leave in random places
Are there options for how the messages look in the world? Like using different objects or something. That one is bigger than I would personally like
Not yet but on GitHub you can raise a feat which is a suggestion for an update and I can consider it, it's kinda hard to resize objects. Not sure if it's possible but I'll give it a thought
Idk about resizing them, I'm just thinking of other objects like in the prop hunt plugin
Yeah you can currently choose from like 6 objects. I will add more later :)
Awesome!
What about gestures? In souls games you can put a silhouette of your character doing a gesture attached to the message, is this something that could feasibly be added?
Great idea by the way!
Yes, it's on my to do list. I released it early to understand how the servers fare with real traffic.
Yes it could, it's on my to do list.
Has to be one of the best plugins for the game, can’t wait to see what people write throughout my day
Would overlap be an issue?
No, the ago won't spawn 2 on the same spot
Please find a way to copy the loadstone writing! This will be so cool!
Ohhh I loved this plugin in FFXIV, glad to see an OSRS version!
I just experienced this system for the first time in Where Winds Meet and it was nice/helpful in some puzzles when the game released, after a very (short) while people found out they could put the signposts on top of stuff like oddities in order to make people missclick/clutter their screens in predictable areas or spoil quest outcomes - reporting/downvoting them became so common it started to outweigh the positives and I ended up disabling them altogether in that game.
I hope the plugin in OSRS gets popular enough to where people have fun with it, but not popular enough to the point where inevitably it reaches enough of the people that just enjoy ruining things for everyone else.
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Yes, of course. It's not changing assets. It streams in from a database based on the region ID you are in and is client side. 30 random messages are chosen, if you leave the region and come back, new messages appear based on the algo.
i love the idea, but dude just make it typable. That wording UI was meant for joystick limitation and even most people preferred keyboard function over this style of input - great idea but improve on it bruh
nah the limitations make things more funny, and this also means he doesn't have to worry about heinous shit being typed in the messages
It’s also meant to not let people use slurs
The original system was like that but Jagex would remove the plugin cuz there's gonna be hard N words everywhere so I changed my mind.
This way is better anyway. The messages in Dark Souls are funny because people have to work within the limits, so we get funny comments like try finger but hole. Without the limitations it wouldn't be fun.