Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

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Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

Post by Challenger » 20 Jun 2017, 17:11

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): title. Most places have indicators for where the emergency exits and important places are, and airplaces have glow in the dark lines on the floor pointing towards the exits. The Almayer should have something similar since not every marine knows where the self destruct and pods are, especially the more obscure pods.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): immersion, helps newbies

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): They'd probably be like pipes that glow from under the floor or something, not invincible to being grenaded.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Code, sprite, new tile or new pipe subclass
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Re: Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

Post by Swagile » 20 Jun 2017, 17:20

Also gives more reason for xenos to follow the "shiny lights".

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Post by jusa297 » 20 Jun 2017, 18:37

Please, do. Maybe pepole will actually use lower deck pods now.
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Re: Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

Post by nerocavalier » 20 Jun 2017, 18:42

This'll help for immersion and make it easier for newer players to understand where to run away to.

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Post by Swagile » 20 Jun 2017, 20:34

Forgot to add the fact that its grey tide season and new players will be a plenty, so QoL suggestions like these are great.
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Re: Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

Post by WinterClould » 20 Jun 2017, 23:06

Evac is for cowards. +1 so the cowards can know where to flee to.
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Post by TheMaskedMan2 » 21 Jun 2017, 02:06

+1 Shiny lights are shiny
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Re: Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

Post by Jeser » 21 Jun 2017, 02:32

Yes, please. I STILL often forget and confuse when I'm trying to get to evac pods.
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Re: Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

Post by Hyperio » 21 Jun 2017, 04:06

+1 for the concept but I don't know if glowing pipes will be seen well enough with the ambient lighting of the corridors of the Alamayer (before lights are broken).

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Post by misto » 21 Jun 2017, 11:15

+1 new players especially get way too lost on the almayer despite the fact theyve supposedly lived and worked aboard the ship for some time in-character and this is a good solution

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Re: Lines/arrows on the Almayer floor that glow when evac is called and point towards the evac pods and self-destruct

Post by Bmc777 » 24 Jun 2017, 18:44

Denied. Not feasible with our current lighting system.

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