Hide chat when HUD is hidden
- Dominant language
- C
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Description
```
Freelancer.exe | 0x1A6250 | 8B 44 24 -> C2 10 00 | M0tah | Prevent chat from being displayed (but not new/departing player messages).
freelancer.exe | 0x06AAF8 | 0F 84 -> 90 E9 | Cannon | Disable new player messages.
freelancer.exe | 0x06AF1E | 0F 84 -> 90 E9 | Cannon | Disable departing player messages.
```
Ideally the entire chat should be hidden, rather than preventing messages from being displayed. If a player turns off the HUD while there are chat messages, then they would still have to wait before they disappear.
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Research direction
Start by examining the HUD visibility handling and the chat-related entry points at 0x1A6250, 0x06AAF8, and 0x06AF1E in freelancer.exe. Determine how existing messages, new player messages, and departing player messages are displayed when the HUD is hidden. Done means the entire existing chat is hidden with the HUD, while message handling continues normally.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- game-dev, reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100