Improved CCTF HUD messages

Post by **R.Flagg** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:18 pm

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:08 pm

NICE!!!

Post by **Tim** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:41 pm

Geez, geez, triple geez! Not much to say... Nice!

Romulus777 · Post by **Romulus777** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:04 am

Beter (SP?) than

You have your Flag, Return to Base
You have the enemys Flag, Return to Base

flashing on my screen

jb · Post by jb » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:58 pm

Romulus777 wrote:Beter (SP?) than

You have your Flag, Return to Base
You have the enemys Flag, Return to Base

flashing on my screen

Rom,

up till now there were not working well..nor did it tell you about all four states:

you have your flag,
you have their flag,
you have both flags
they have your flag

Post by **Tim** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:17 pm

jb wrote:up till now there were not working well..nor did it tell you about all four states:

you have your flag,
you have their flag,
you have both flags
they have your flag

What about:
they have both flags
they have their flag

LoQtUS · Post by **LoQtUS** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:38 pm

o_0 What about:
I'm Pimping Your Flag for a Dollar?

Sorry couldn't help myself.

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:38 pm

LoQtUS wrote:o_0 What about:
I'm Pimping Your Flag for a Dollar?

Sorry couldn't help myself.

Yes... we can all see that you need professional help...

Post by **Shadowstar** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:10 pm

We need a "Hide, it's Flagg!" too.

LoQtUS · Post by **LoQtUS** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:03 pm

ummmmmm been to the professionals and now they need help

What about "All your Flagg's R. belong to us" ?

Post by **Shadowstar** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:14 pm

Uh oh, I think we've started something ugly.

I think we need a "Genman has a railgun, run away!" message

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:37 pm

How about:

1) "I am lock-yoo-tuss, I am borg, resistance is futile!!!"

2) "RUN, IT'S TIM!!! TE'S COME TO GET US!!!"

3) "Oh, don't worry, It's only me, jb..."

etc...

Post by **Tim** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:09 pm

lord_kungai wrote:2) "RUN, IT'S TIM!!! TE'S COME TO GET US!!!"

Don't worry, I won't hurt you... Here's a sandwith of peace (TM), just to reassure you

.
I put in some salama, cheeze (I know it's S, don't bug me), salat, cucumbers [ignore]CGL napalm nade, CGL poison nade, 5 proxy mines, turret beacon[/ignore]...

It's healthy

Post by **R.Flagg** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:26 pm

Yes, I realize we're joking at this point, but to be perfectly honest, and just for gaming conversation,

I dislike having any of these flashing HUD messages. The only reason I support them being there is because they are in vanilla. And of course if they are to be there, then they should be more correct and match our game type(s). (which, as you can see, is being done)

But the truth is that if the HUD is designed correctly, and the player is paying attention, then you shouldn't need a big ugly flashing message telling you what is going on, and what you should do.

As far as I'm concerned these are nothing more than hand-holding, a way to help the inexperienced or the ADD afflicted - at a cost of annoying the more experienced player who would rather see more of the game itself.

Even the radar dots that Epic added to hold your hand and show you the way home in a CTF map I think are going overboard, but at least they aren't too much in the way. We of course altered them to point to flags instead of bases in CCTF. And as I've posted before, I think our HUD could be even better, perhaps incorporating Epic's hand-holding radar, and a flag-radar of ours all into one easy-to-read HUD, with no flashing text needed.

I will also make a request that we include a "minimized HUD" option, so that those of us who don't need or want such things can remove them. This ideally could include things such as those triangles over players heads and stuff like that.

Minimized HUD's are not a new idea, many games and mods have given players the option. Even the brand new AOE3 for example, included a minimized HUD option after hearing feedback for it from the demo.

It's a nice feature to include which can make the game experience more enjoyable for some, which doesn't affect other players, and doesn't detract in any way from the game or mod in question.

Edit: and no, this is not the same as 'scaling'. Minimized in the sense that some items which are not required to play the game, are removed. Not just scaled down.

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:31 pm

Nice pointers, though i especially like the HUD IMH cause of the unreal elements it brings in...