33 replies to this topic

[Atombot]

So when i team up with a friend, i find it hard to locate him with everyones names being the same color. My suggestion is maybe we have friends come up as a different color on your HUD display when in the game.

[Houruck]

The HUD IFF indicator is good as it is. Every other PUG teammate is important, not just your friends.

Edited by Houruck, February 07 2013 - 02:35 AM.

[dEd101]

Houruck, on February 07 2013 - 02:35 AM, said:

The HUD IFF indicator is good as it is. Every other PUG teammate is important, not just your friends.

True but sometimes it's nice to be able to find your real friends easily and cover their rears when the fuzzy bunny hits the rotating office appliance.

[The_Silencer]

Maybe one new console command to highlight somehow non-intrusively one or more of your team mates on the HUD and/or radar would be good idea...

Anyways, you may learn the magic of the map too. Default control keys are M and V. I find this feature to be very useful to ubicate my team mates among many other thingies..

[Houruck]

I think this would detract immersion (and it would be annoying).

[The_Silencer]

Houruck, on February 07 2013 - 03:28 AM, said:

I think this would detract immersion (and it would be annoying).

Could you define that "this", please_

[robotokom]

I am at 1920x1080 on a 30 inch lcd so i can read the names but my friend cant see well and this would be a good thing for him.

[Houruck]

The_Silencer, on February 07 2013 - 03:46 AM, said:

Houruck, on February 07 2013 - 03:28 AM, said:

I think this would detract immersion (and it would be annoying).

Could you define that "this", please_

Sorry. This:

Atombot, on February 07 2013 - 02:01 AM, said:

[...] My suggestion is maybe we have friends come up as a different color on your HUD display when in the game.

[Atombot]

I have now problem helping all team mates out, but if im playing with my friends and they are in need of help it would be nice to identify where there are at, and the easiest way to do that is by color

[ReachH]

Sentium just rolled out their new mechOS software, that puts a greendot next to your drinking buddies. So that you can protect your casual bar bets.

[TwiceDead]

Make it an optional feature.

Everyone's happy.

With that said though, there are more pressing issues that need attention.

[The_Silencer]

Houruck, on February 07 2013 - 04:39 AM, said:

The_Silencer, on February 07 2013 - 03:46 AM, said:

Houruck, on February 07 2013 - 03:28 AM, said:

I think this would detract immersion (and it would be annoying).

Could you define that "this", please_

Sorry. This:

That's a lack of respect so be welcome to my steel ignore list. Thanks.

[robotokom]

Yes more UI/HUD options!

[KaszaWspraju]

I wanted to write own theme but connects here.

Hud has a lot of unnecessary elements, dual function, obstructions view staff, and junk information.

Many of them can be fixed very easily by adding a feature on / off in the game menu.

A few examples:

• Picture explains a lot, is the effect of the crossing area eg AA. A bit of bother and the flash of light element, tired eyes, distracting.
  
  
• Wall of text. Five lines of text (max i see 8) in the center of the screen confirming the frag, plus the total amount of XP under it and also text chat with confirm the kill. In combat is a completely redundant and covers a large portion of the screen Fix it, please, let me turn off this junk info, on / of in the options.  
  
• Here, the following two examples of how 3D icons hide important information:

• AA icon obscures enemies on minmap:
  
• Icon silos obscure my view on HP:Again, let us turn off the presence of these icons in the options.
  
• This probably does not need to explain:

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• Blue orbs in in the center of vision. Please also pay attention to the chat on the left side. How many of you are able to read, in the course of the game, two lines below the text: Kazma killed Luckyfish.
  
• Wall of text plus blue orb in in the center of vision:

The worst part is that all of the above examples messes and information overload may occur all at once or a few at a time. They really need to work on a clean design HUD, and add the feature on / off in the game menu, information which are not relevant to us or interfere with the game or obscure the center of the screen.

EDIT
Why resign with these great, fits perfectly to the whole Hawken, tag enemies and friends

Here, much more clearly visible "odometer" and the amount EU he has.


@Beefsweat
I got this beast Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 230sb. 4:3 I play on 1600x1200.

Edited by KaszaWspraju, February 07 2013 - 05:28 PM.

[Beefsweat]

Kasza, how did you get such a wider FOV inside the cockpit_ EDIT: Oh, okay, I thought it might have something to do with aspect ratio.

Edited by Beefsweat, February 07 2013 - 05:00 PM.

[Houruck]

The_Silencer, on February 07 2013 - 11:00 AM, said:

That's a lack of respect so be welcome to my steel ignore list. Thanks.

I had no intention to be disrespectful. And maybe we misunderstand each other. Please take note that english is not my native language and I was short because I wrote that from my workplace (and also it is 1:44 am here now ).

Edited by Houruck, February 07 2013 - 04:47 PM.

[The_Silencer]

Houruck, on February 07 2013 - 04:45 PM, said:

The_Silencer, on February 07 2013 - 11:00 AM, said:

That's a lack of respect so be welcome to my steel ignore list. Thanks.

I had no intention to be disrespectful. And maybe we misunderstand each other. Please take note that english is not my native language and I was short because I wrote that from my workplace (and also it is 1:44 am here now ).

I definitely missunderstood you. Thanks for clarifying, mate. Now get out of my Ignore List!

[KaszaWspraju]

...and, I forgot - Heatbars on cokpit! Shaking crosshair on impact, should be available on options: camera shake level - full.

Shame that things adding climate are removed rather than changed to options on / off in menu.

[tman7919]

I would like to point out my friends based on friends list easily so yeah this seems cool.

[KaszaWspraju]

Something came over me, looking at old videos of the game, hud was, something like a military green color (crosshair). Now we have bright neon colors. Generally then the colors were more toned, not so brilliant, which I think is better suited for Hawken.

Edited by KaszaWspraju, February 07 2013 - 06:55 PM.