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Irgendwer

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Loading zones: Orientation markers
« on: July 04, 2010, 01:42:46 pm »
Ok, easy to implement feature request:

I got a rather old computer with way to little RAM. Just looking around may randomly freeze the game while something needs to be loaded from the harddisk. After loading finishes, the HUD immediately jumps from where I was originally looking at to what I should be looking at now. This is particularly annoying with loading zones. Going from one map to another is guaranteed to trigger some additional disk IO after entering the new area.

One loading zone, I have a particular problem with is the one between Hydlaa plaza and the arena, which has absolutely no visual clues concerning which direction I am heading towards. Loosing orientation there may very well mean going back and forth between plaza map and arena map multiple times.

So my request would be simple: Please add some visual clues (two signposts would do) that allow you to conclude immediately which map you are on (yes, I know, I could use /pos) and which direction you are heading towards

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Re: Loading zones: Orientation markers
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 08:33:32 pm »
Not a bad idea IMHO; but might not really require a waysign in each case, possibly...

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Re: Loading zones: Orientation markers
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 08:35:32 pm »
You get used to that Hydlaa--Arena loading zone after a while, even though it is invisible.


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Re: Loading zones: Orientation markers
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2010, 04:19:10 pm »
very good and useful idea. You can walk between hills and rocks for several hours, if you don't know where you're. Or log in after several years...