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Gameplay => Wish list => Topic started by: Destiny@Work on March 19, 2003, 07:23:45 pm

Title: Race specific huds?
Post by: Destiny@Work on March 19, 2003, 07:23:45 pm

What about race specific huds, imo it would add to the atmoshaer. Meaning to have a hud styled in a look like your classes race.

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Post by: Jessyn on March 19, 2003, 10:50:15 pm

I was thinking of that last night, but the boards were down...bah, you beat me to it.  Like if my HUD(I\'m a Dermorian) was all green and leafy, or even just had a dermorian instead of an androgynous wingless klyros...

Jessyn

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Post by: Ravenmaster on March 19, 2003, 10:58:31 pm

from what little I know of programming, that does not sound like it would be a hard thing to do.  The hardest part would just be getting the artwork done.

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Post by: Murdok on March 21, 2003, 02:54:15 am

In my opinion I think that would make the screen area a bit too cluttered with the main chat box and everything and the existing interface.  Maybe you can just use the main chat box already present, but with specific channels for races. (I think they already have channels for guilds and such).  They could just have like /race and have different colour codes depending on what channel is being used.

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Post by: Destiny@Work on March 21, 2003, 05:35:00 am

Aehm, ok actually I was aiming for the LOOK of your hud, it would be cool if every race has an own hud STYLE representing their \"style\" not different chat channels for races.

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Post by: Murdok on March 22, 2003, 03:37:20 am

oh sorry, my bad. :O

maybe the huds could be smaller, or resizable at least, or just have a long rectangular chat box at the bottom of the screen with certain styles.  That would be cool.  :D  8)

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Post by: Axioma on May 18, 2003, 06:03:52 pm

I\'m absolutely in favor of race-specific HUD\'s. It was one of the things that made starcraft great. If it isn\'t that hard to program and implement as Ravenmaster said, than it is something that could add some nice detail to the game. But that it is. Only a detail (which would add much to the game. Aaah, can you call this a detail or not ?)

Anyway, it is not something we need right now. First we need a game, then we can customize our HUD\'s... Anyone who can help in creating some artwork for these things ? Again, specific input can help devs out a lot... So, if you have a talent, use it, and use it now for the sake of race-specific HUD\'s in PS... ^_^

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Post by: hook on May 18, 2003, 07:11:22 pm

neat idea ...if it was implemented in the client itself it would cause no \"lag\" at all ;) ...eyecandy is always nice (well... most of the time)

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Post by: Axioma on May 19, 2003, 05:44:40 pm

Huh, uhm hook, sorry to bother you again with my ant brain questions, but what do you mean be implementing in the client and all that stuff and lag ? sorry, probably a stupid question, but the only thing i know about computers is how to switch the things on and off ^_^

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Post by: acraig on May 19, 2003, 10:16:38 pm

Customizable HUDs should not be too big of a problem.  Most of the windows will have a \'definition\' file that describes how it is layed out.  So by changing those files you can change the way the window looks.  We will see later in the future if people can design and trade new window designs.

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Post by: PartyBoy on May 19, 2003, 10:19:44 pm

i like this idea alot

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Post by: Thynett on May 19, 2003, 11:08:26 pm

Well my question may seem a little stupid, but... what is a hud ? I haven\'t found any proper translation...

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Post by: beza1e1 on May 19, 2003, 11:38:25 pm

Originally: Head Up Display
The interface you see in the game, the buttons and controls. Currently your target window, the chat window and the buttons for inventar etc