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Posted - 2014.03.26 00:06:00 -
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MINA Longstrike wrote:I'd love to see icons like that for currently deployed nanohives / drop uplinks, where they display a green circle around them that cycles down as they're used up or disappears entirely when they're destroyed.
I like it, but how would you represent multiple hives from the same slot?
Also is it just me or have they changed the FOV slightly?
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Posted - 2014.03.26 00:14:00 -
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The Robot Devil wrote:Monkey MAC wrote:MINA Longstrike wrote:I'd love to see icons like that for currently deployed nanohives / drop uplinks, where they display a green circle around them that cycles down as they're used up or disappears entirely when they're destroyed. I like it, but how would you represent multiple hives from the same slot? Also is it just me or have they changed the FOV slightly? I don't know how to keep track of multiple items or even how to show which is low. Maybe just show the lowest one and Have it turn green on the overview map. I would be fine with being able to tell from the overview map only because I just want to know where the item is that is being used the most and how much it has remaining.
I was thinking prehaps, breaknthe circle into fragments then green is active/red is empty.
so you deploy 1 you get a green circle, deploy 2 and get a green semi-circle, when the first runs out it turns red?
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Posted - 2014.03.26 00:37:00 -
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MINA Longstrike wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:Do it like vehicle icons, if you have multiples it will have multiples. You can get a lot of different nanohives and drop uplinks out though, so for each 'piece' of equipment say like an alloyed drop uplink if you only have one out it shows a full circle for that one, but if you drop a second it turns into two semicircles, with no icon for basic, the triangle over the item for adv and the x for pro. And for the rare items that allow 3 deployed - 3 semicircles on one icon. This will save on screen space overall, while keeping you aware of your equipment.
Yeah I mean imagine a logi with say 4 uplinks/ 4 nanohives each 3 deployed simultaneously, thats a lot of circles for rather menial information.
On deployed equipment you only need to know if its active or not, anything more than that and you risk cluttering the HUD, I would suggest.
BLUE - NON-DEPLOYED (Still in Inventory)
GREEN - DEPLOYED (Active)
RED - DESTROYED (No longer active, destroyed/empty)
Since you can't restock equipment, or deploy more than a fixed amount per item you would not need more than this.
Also don't give HUD info for equipment not on the suit, even if it was previously deployed.
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