Command map

(skybuck) #1

Hi,

Ofcourse the game is just out and it’s a bit early to tell…

But the command map doesn’t really work for me at this point.

Instead RTCW had a team overlay. Every important location had like a name like:

‘upper bunker’, ‘upper base’ ( which look to much the same by the way )
‘upper bunker’ should have been called ‘the net’ or something :slight_smile:
and others like: ‘lower bunker’, ‘murder hole’ etc.

That way I could see really fast were someone was… It seemed to be a bit buggy though ? sometimes your location was somewhere else.

But the command map is also kinda fun to watch how the people move…

That’s why I say it might be a bit earlier to comment on it… still have to try it out more… much much much more ! :slight_smile:

It’s also a bit hard to see if people are a medic or a lt etc… specially when the little compass is zoomed out etc…

Hmm… RTCW also had a compass so you could locate wounded enemies ?

I can’t remember if ET had it ? :slight_smile:

Ofcourse I am not saying ET should have exactly the same stuff as RTCW but the same kind of features would be nice…

Maybe it can be done differently… maybe red arrows showing where wounded soldiers are :slight_smile:

(klumpeh) #2

It would work better imo with full team listings in a Team Overlay, not just fireteam, and written locations - makes it easier and more playable.

(skybuck) #3

I would have loved a full listing of team overlay in RTCW as well…

But wouldn’t that clutter the view to much with text ? Probably yes. :slight_smile:

Anyway… it’s good that people speak their minds about what they like.

The more the better :slight_smile:

Don’t get me wrong though… I like the G command map too.

Euhm… but the fireteam thing seems useless ?

The fireteam overlay could be replaced or changed to be more like a team overlay in RTCW.

Also the ranking info… is kinda useless at this point because I don’t know the ranking terms :slight_smile: I don’t know what they are called or how to spell them… especially in german. As you can see I fresh too :slight_smile:

So maybe it’s a better idea to replace that text with icons if possible.

I am thinking something like X-COM had :slight_smile: that was awesome graphics but a bit hard to tell who was best… rookies or easy to spot:

‘R’ for rookie with a knife in it. For good people had like a ‘death head’ sign.

But it still wasn’t clear enough… only years after playing the game and reading about in on the net did I figure it out completely :slight_smile:

Now most people hopefull now stratego :slight_smile: using names like that to specify rank would be funny…

Maybe it should be customised per country… american’s have a different ranking sytem I am sure :slight_smile:

Another way is to use a really easy way:

( It would be easy to figure out: ’

Rank ‘1’ would be best.
Rank ‘2’ a little less…
Rank ‘3’ a little more less…

BUT is still really usefull information to have on screen ?!

Probably not: because the text is sorted… the best player is on the top and the worst player is on the bottum.

So having this ranking information on screen during the action… is probably useless.