Need opinions on a new feature!
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Need opinions on a new feature!
So I cracked some of the overlay code (it's some fairly complex stuff) and came up with this:
It's an overlay that briefly (1/2 second) flickers over someone if you slash them. Is this something that people would like? I think it would make it a lot easier to tell if your attacks are actually connecting without having to look at the text bar, which I find myself doing pretty often, but I'm not sure if it would be distracting or if people would even want it. It doesn't interfere with clicking on the person at all.
It's an overlay that briefly (1/2 second) flickers over someone if you slash them. Is this something that people would like? I think it would make it a lot easier to tell if your attacks are actually connecting without having to look at the text bar, which I find myself doing pretty often, but I'm not sure if it would be distracting or if people would even want it. It doesn't interfere with clicking on the person at all.
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
I think this is perfect.
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Reduce the actual slash image a bit and yes... it covers wayyy too much right now
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Could it be possible for a similar effect to occur on the aliens?
Bullets punturing them?
Knives gutting them?
Bullets punturing them?
Knives gutting them?
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Battlefield 2/CoD style hit confirmations for marines would also be nice.
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Fucking hit markers you say Surrealistik?! I AGREE!
NOTE: I actually did agree until I thought it over for a moment. It'd be too heavily abused with the machine gun, you could just keep firing down a line, knowing you're hitting them because of the markers.
NOTE: I actually did agree until I thought it over for a moment. It'd be too heavily abused with the machine gun, you could just keep firing down a line, knowing you're hitting them because of the markers.
I'm stressing way too hard about what to put here, so I'm just gonna leave it blank.... or....
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Markers would only be visible on the target; you're not getting confirmations on blindfire.
Also the Machine Gun has been implicitly nerfed by the more open maps.
Also the Machine Gun has been implicitly nerfed by the more open maps.
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I imagine seeing a bunch of bullet markers while an alium queen gets lit up by a squad of muhreens being pretty satisfying.
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
I agree with pink, make the slash image a bit smaller so it doesn't look so weird laying itself over the entire human sprite
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
Yeah I think this is nice.
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The issue with that is having an overlay for every bullet strike would cause an enormous amount of both lag and RAM overhead. There's a lot more bullets flying around than there are claw slashes and projectiles are already a very resource-intensive thing.
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Maybe just for xenos?
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
If the icon was alot smaller it would look fairly okay.I still don't really see the use i mean we have the chatlog in the bottom right also the sound of slashing a victim.....
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
A smaller slash image would be great.
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
No MLG hitmarkers, kek, that's just, lol, no.
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
Yes.
Give the hitmarkers to marines too, but put them on cooldown so its not a constant spam. So it wont spawn more than one on someone at once.
Give the hitmarkers to marines too, but put them on cooldown so its not a constant spam. So it wont spawn more than one on someone at once.
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Can't everyone just get use to the sound of slashing.. i mean it's not that hard to distinguish hitting and not hitting...
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Doesn't tell you WHO is getting hit from the sound.Mr. Penguin wrote:Can't everyone just get use to the sound of slashing.. i mean it's not that hard to distinguish hitting and not hitting...
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True but i mean you can normally tell as your mouse will be on top of said target.Evilkyle24 wrote: Doesn't tell you WHO is getting hit from the sound.
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Re: Need opinions on a new feature!
Not if its anyone else getting hit or hitting.
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I still don't really see the need then again i rarely play alien but please for the love of god don't add cross hairs for fucking marines please...no..Just no.Evilkyle24 wrote:Not if its anyone else getting hit or hitting.
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