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Improved CCTF HUD messages
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:18 pm
by R.Flagg
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:08 pm
by lord_kungai
NICE!!!
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:41 pm
by Tim
Geez, geez, triple geez! Not much to say... Nice!
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:04 am
by Romulus777
Beter (SP?) than
You have your Flag, Return to Base
You have the enemys Flag, Return to Base
flashing on my screen
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:58 pm
by jb
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
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:17 pm
by Tim
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
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:38 pm
by LoQtUS
o_0 What about:
I'm Pimping Your Flag for a Dollar?
Sorry couldn't help myself.
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:38 pm
by lord_kungai
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...
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:10 pm
by Shadowstar
We need a "Hide, it's Flagg!" too.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:03 pm
by LoQtUS
ummmmmm been to the professionals and now they need help
What about "All your Flagg's R. belong to us" ?
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:14 pm
by Shadowstar
Uh oh, I think we've started something ugly.
I think we need a "Genman has a railgun, run away!" message
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:37 pm
by lord_kungai
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...
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:09 pm
by Tim
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
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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
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:26 pm
by R.Flagg
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:31 pm
by lord_kungai
Nice pointers, though i especially like the HUD IMH cause of the unreal elements it brings in...
