Ingame typing animation
#1
Posted 20 March 2016 - 08:37 AM
So how about a simple animation for mechs that indicate that the pilot is typing into the chat? Maybe some blinking hologram characters in the front of the cockpit? Or something like that.
Would give team mates confirmation what you are doing and enemies the chance to be a gent.
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#3
Posted 20 March 2016 - 10:06 AM
speech bubble from the typing mech
i also prefer radio command like CS
#4
Posted 20 March 2016 - 06:01 PM
If you're going to type, find a good, safe place to do so. Teammates will know you were typing when your message comes up in chat, and if you don't move after that they should understand that you're probably typing something more. If you're typing longer than just a few moments, you're probably typing more than you need to.
A speech bubble is also unnecessary for two more reasons:
- Serving as a way to show that you're typing to the enemy will only give most opponents more reason to fire upon you (easy free points).
- If it'll be done as an animated holo or something that's attached to the mech and will be visible to both teams, it's possible said holo-thing could be visible above walls, around corners, or even through walls if done incorrectly.
If anything, maybe you could put a small, smaaaall three dot animation that just goes "dot dot dot, dot dot dot..."
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. .
. . .
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. .
. . .
(repeat)
That's a big "if anything," though. I really don't think it's necessary.
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#5
Posted 21 March 2016 - 04:22 AM
Maybe if only visible by team mates and only if were some tinny & non-intrusive icon.. ;)
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#6
Posted 21 March 2016 - 04:29 AM
Thought about it a tad more and I guess blinking dots (like tj stated) on the hud overlay showing pilot name and health would probably be the best place.
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#7
Posted 21 March 2016 - 05:04 PM
Im with TJ on this one, if anything a small flash on the hud with " ..."pilot name" typing" would be more than enough but as stated...
if your typing too much you deserve to be shot... and this comes from some one that types alot lol
until i got a new mic today .... YAY n fuzzy bunny All i need now is that update and that anti cheat.... XD
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#8
Posted 22 March 2016 - 05:34 AM
Although I'm with TJ as well on this.. =)
I think that by simply displaying a 2D little white globus to the left of the pilot's nickname on the HUD, that would be the proper way to implement it.
Non intrusive, subtle enough and if you want (yes, again..) only visible to team mates, so no opponent might abuse of it
The " . . . " thing TJ suggested could apply to text based chat -within the little globe. On the other hand, withouht diplaying any dot into it when the end-user is running ingame VoIP
That would be all the cents i've got on the subject
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The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than it is in practice.
#9
Posted 22 March 2016 - 10:17 PM
I'd like to see the pilot climbing out of his cockpit, sitting on his mech and lighting a smoke during longer chats. Also I'd like my chat message to appear on my Bluescreen-CRT chassis. Didn't someone propose a salt shaker as holo-taunt?! And that please.
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#10
Posted 23 March 2016 - 05:18 PM
I'd like to see the pilot climbing out of his cockpit, sitting on his mech and lighting a smoke during longer chats. Also I'd like my chat message to appear on my Bluescreen-CRT chassis. Didn't someone propose a salt shaker as holo-taunt?! And that please.
I see some great screen shots from this compilation
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