Call Signs

In short

A call sign is a title like MOONSHOT worn on your name tag. Seven exist. They are free: reaching the account level is the only requirement. Pick one in CUSTOMIZE under CALL SIGN. Added in PR #37.

How it works

• Unlock: MetaProgression.IsUnlocked(callSign) is simply AccountLevel >= requiredLevel. No points, nothing saved per sign. See XP and Levels.
• Choosing: CUSTOMIZE has a CALL SIGN category: “Shown over your batter on the title screen. New ones open as your account levels up.” Each row shows the text and either a lock with LV n, WEARING, or a WEAR button.
• Saved: the chosen id goes in SaveData.callSignId. If it is empty, unknown or locked, SelectedCallSign falls back to the first sign you can wear (ROOKIE).
• Shown: in yellow above the name tag of the selected batter on the PLAY screen (MainMenuView.DrawNameTag).
• Level up: the results screen adds a line NEW CALL SIGN: <text> for each sign the new level opens.

Numbers

id	Text	Account level	Total account XP needed
rookie	ROOKIE	1	0
big_stick	BIG STICK	3	275
moonshot	MOONSHOT	5	850
tater_masher	TATER MASHER	7	1725
wall_breaker	WALL BREAKER	10	3600
scoreboard_smasher	SCOREBOARD SMASHER	15	8225
derby_king	DERBY KING	20	14725

XP needed comes from Leveling.AccountXpForLevel: 100 x steps + 75 x steps x (steps - 1) / 2, with steps = level - 1. The account level cap is 50. The list order in db.callSigns is the order the picker shows.

In the code

File	What it does
Assets/_Project/Scripts/Data/DefaultContent.cs	CallSign(id, text, level) lines
Assets/_Project/Scripts/Data/CallSignDefinition.cs	Plain serializable class: id, text, requiredLevel (default 1)
Assets/_Project/Scripts/Progression/MetaProgression.cs	IsUnlocked, SelectedCallSign, the NEW CALL SIGN line in AwardXp
Assets/_Project/Scripts/UI/CustomizeView.cs	DrawCallSigns: the picker
Assets/_Project/Scripts/UI/MainMenuView.cs	Draws the sign over the selected batter

Gotchas

• Unlike other content, CallSignDefinition is not a ScriptableObject; call signs live inline in the ContentDatabase.
• The call sign is not sent over the network: co-op players do not see each other’s call signs.
• The id rookie is also Peapod’s batter id; they are in different lists, so they do not clash.
• Resetting levels from the dev menu also clears callSignId.

Related

• XP and Levels: account XP and levels
• Customization: the CUSTOMIZE screen
• Cosmetics: the other level-gated items