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[OdinTheWise]

My bets are for a release on this Thursday or a Monday/Tuesday next week.

What I would like to know is if the radar was moved back to the top right.

[[HWK]HUGHES]

OdinTheWise, on September 02 2013 - 12:21 PM, said:

My bets are for a release on this Thursday or a Monday/Tuesday next week.

What I would like to know is if the radar was moved back to the top right.

The radar is in lower left corner.

[Sylhiri]

[HWK]HUGHES, on September 02 2013 - 12:22 PM, said:

The radar is in lower left corner.

q.q

[Dackstrus]

[HWK]HUGHES, on September 02 2013 - 11:25 AM, said:

SECOND EDIT: Don't give Dackstrus a hard time, he's a passionate fan and it's appreciated.

I'm not mad or anything. I'm not like.. Sitting here frothing at the mouth, I'm just extremly direct and blunt with the way I talk. So for those of you picking on that, Ahaha, It's funny.

I personally would just like it if patches and such were held onto untill firm dates could be set down, and a streamlined launch process could be put down.

I guess i'm just spoiled from TF2. They've a certain way they update when it's something big, And it, at least was, my main game for years. And you get used to certain things if you do them long enough.


All that being said, Yeah i understand things happen.

I'm not ragey, I'm just blunt. Deal with it.

Edited by Dackstrus, September 02 2013 - 12:28 PM.

[[HWK]HUGHES]

Sylhiri, on September 02 2013 - 12:23 PM, said:

[HWK]HUGHES, on September 02 2013 - 12:22 PM, said:

The radar is in lower left corner.

q.q

It was something we experimented with and the internal feedback was pretty good. Essentially we now have all the information you need to access most along the same horizontal plane. Give it a try and see how you feel about it. It's weird at first but becomes second nature after a while.

[Pseudophile]

[HWK]HUGHES, on September 02 2013 - 12:30 PM, said:

It's weird at first but becomes second nature after a while.

So is anal, but it's not everyone's cup of tea.

[Sylhiri]

Pseudophile, on September 02 2013 - 12:36 PM, said:

So is anal, but it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Now how the hell can someone comment off of that, lol.

[Silk_Sk]

I'm sure I can get used to the new location of the radar. I'm just puzzled as to why I'm being forced to. Why was it moved_ It was perfectly fine where it was. It just seems like you're trying to fix what wasn't broken.

[Starrphy]

The radar belongs on the horizon, I don't want to look away from my horizon.. URGH

[Pseudophile]

There is a reason many, many games keep the minimap/radar in the top right. It's unobtrusive.. tucked away neatly. Most players don't have to move their focus from midscreen to read it.

Then again, Freespace 2 and Tie Fighter had it midscreen on the bottom and those worked fine. So, who am I to judge without seeing it in motion for myself_

[Rei]

I'm still sad at the radar location, but I'll still try it out

[Dackstrus]

Pseudophile, on September 02 2013 - 12:36 PM, said:

[HWK]HUGHES, on September 02 2013 - 12:30 PM, said:

It's weird at first but becomes second nature after a while.

So is anal, but it's not everyone's cup of tea.

I'm crying i'm laughing so hard.

[Rocky1822]

It is 2 pm PST guys.... just a reminder..

[HKN_player]

and there's and option to change those floating bars , RIGHT HUGHES __

please tell me there's an option for that

[Starrphy]

Rocky1822, on September 02 2013 - 01:02 PM, said:

It is 2 pm PST guys.... just a reminder..

Yeah and eleven i nthe evening for me. X.X just give it to us.

[Rocky1822]

Starrphy, on September 02 2013 - 01:07 PM, said:

Rocky1822, on September 02 2013 - 01:02 PM, said:

It is 2 pm PST guys.... just a reminder..

Yeah and eleven i nthe evening for me. X.X just give it to us.

lol...Its 2:30am September 3 2013 for me here

[KaszaWspraju]

[HWK]HUGHES, on September 02 2013 - 10:44 AM, said:

Midnight_Wyvern, on August 31 2013 - 10:05 PM, said:

Xionos, on August 31 2013 - 09:32 AM, said:

Of course they can make improvements to the old HUD. I just wish they would keep it with the style of Hakwen. Hawken is supposed to be a dirty Future type setting, not everything is pretty, and our Mechs are held together by Grit, Ducktape, and Dreams.

The new interface seems too clean and digital, looking almost like High-Sci-Fi. I'm not saying we can't have things like the healthbar; but we need to keep the Aesthetic feel that fits in with Hawken. This isn't just another FPS shooter OR another Mech game.

The new cockpit also lacks several of the old readouts that our old cockpit had, no Altimeter, Accelerometer, or Compass. All that stuff wasn't just screen clutter, it was part of the charm of Hawken.

At the end of the day, though, what matters most is playability.

This new HUD gives you the information you need more clearly and with less "visual noise", to make for a less distracting and more precise experience.

I'm honestly fine with it.  It now has a nice blend between just gauges in the cockpit, and what looks like a cheap hack job someone did in a helmet visor to give more data.  Doesn't look futuristic enough to me that it breaks the feeling the game has had up to this point as far as tech level.

This is one of those cases where a priority was made on function over form and was a decision made by the art and design team to make that information easier to read, detaching it from the shaking that happens with the cockpit to help reduce gameplay fatigue. The art team also wasn't able to make armor and fuel easier to read and still keep a cockpit looking like a cockpit. We would love to give more options to the player, allowing users select the style themselves and customize the HUD but that's work on UI, design and art that we have not had resources for unfortunately so it's on the backlog for us at the moment.

Thank you for the clarification of the lack of "immersion" in the Hawken, now I do not have any illusions that I still play Mech Hawekn FPS, only FPS with a nice style graphic and a variation in movement mechanics. Maybe in a far-reaching conclusions reached but that's how I feel and  about feelings on the game Hawken most you asked for.

Edited by KaszaWspraju, September 02 2013 - 01:21 PM.

[Nov8tr]

I thought the patch notes were being released today. Was I wrong_

[Saturnine]

They are being released today. Patience - it's still today.

[fwip]

Nov8tr, on September 02 2013 - 01:19 PM, said:

I thought the patch notes were being released today. Was I wrong_

There's still around 9.5 hours left in the day.