Hacking

[Hikowa]

I think a great thing that would be cool was if a base is hacked a little timer would pop up in everyones HUD thats in th SOI so everyone could see how long is left for a hack.

[1024]

Sure.

[Jaged]

:thumbsup:

[BloodWulfe]

I see no reason to object to this. :D

[gunner_uk2000]

what would be nice, would be to have something to do when hacking, like in SS2, instead of just a progress bar.

[Piith]

yeah that would be easier then trying to squeeze by MAX guarding the Hack to see how much time is left :hitit:
:trsucks: :vssucks:

[TheRegurgitator]

thats a good idea then you wouldnt have the cc rooms crammed with soldiers

[00AgentDuck]

You could always check it once then type /alarm. You can set up a stopwatch and that you can set the time for and you can check it as much as you want by just typeing /alarm again.

[OutlawSZ]

good idea

[EarlyDawn]

Yeah, make it count down in a minute:Second:Thousanths of seconds format to make it feel futuristic.

Good idea.

[Bismarck]

I like that idea. Also, say a squadmember is in a base that is hacked by his empire, not only will the timer show up in his hud but also in his other squadmember's huds, or maybe just the sl. Or maybe something would come up inthe chat box thing saying "10:00 TOH at ________".

[Hamma]

Never gonna happen.

I can't recall the reasons the devs said this would not happen however

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by Hamma
Never gonna happen.

I can't recall the reasons the devs said this would not happen however

Hmm. I remember that Dave (I think that was his name) said he liked the idea from the last interview when that was brought up. I don't remember them dismissing it though. Could someone find out for sure if they did dismiss it. I will look into too. If I remenber correctly, it sounded like something they were interested in adding.

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Hikowa
I think a great thing that would be cool was if a base is hacked a little timer would pop up in everyones HUD thats in th SOI so everyone could see how long is left for a hack.

When your at a base and the flag on the map show's up just use /alarm and set a timer for 15 minutes. Duh!:rolleyes:

[TheRegurgitator]

im too lazy to do alarm

[Hikowa]

yeah i figured the Little timer would show up in everyone hud right under the map or right above ur fps stats. And the alarm thing. Who wants to do an alarm every single time somethin is hacked and what if more than 1 thing is hacked at a time. And it would show up in everyone hud on the soi just not the squad.
i dont see y the devs could not put this in

[Revolver]

Yeah, and /alarm isn't exactly user friendly

You gotta press the x each time, not press esc (this is a problem for those of us who like to turn their sensitivity way up for that UT-like sensitivity, but it makes navigating menus near impossible). You can only go by minutes and hours, and you gotta re-open the window to check time. plus if you didn't disable the warnings, they pop up at the most inopportune times.

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
When your at a base and the flag on the map show's up just use /alarm and set a timer for 15 minutes. Duh!:rolleyes:

Ah...I didn't even know about this feature...thanks...I will use it. :)

The only downside or area that isn't covered is that when you come into a base that is already hacked you don't know when it was started...so alarm won't do you any good then:p

[Streamline]

Lets just put a ball above every base and when the clock gets down to ten seconds everyone starts counting down together. At the end of the ten seconds the ball drops and we all scream happy new year and kiss our spouses. :rolleyes:

[1024]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
When your at a base and the flag on the map show's up just use /alarm and set a timer for 15 minutes. Duh!:rolleyes:

Then why not just make it so it automatically does it to make it easier for everyone?

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by 1024
Then why not just make it so it automatically does it to make it easier for everyone?

Becouse everyone is too lazy to do it them selves. I can set a 15 minute timer 5 seconds.

[1024]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
Becouse everyone is too lazy to do it them selves. I can set a 15 minute timer 5 seconds.

But owuldn't it be nice if it just happened automatically? Woudl it really imbalanced the game that much?

[Lonehunter]

Is it that hard to tap "Q" and move your mouse around for 30 secs!

[1024]

when you're in the middle of trying to secure a base or take a tower or defend an AMS or destory a tank or anything of the sort, YES!

[Hikowa]

Plus the Alarm cant be very accurate for a few reasons.

1. Not many people stare at the map 24/7 some of us like 2 actually play
2. it takes a certian amount of time to set the timer so its not very accurate.
3. Its not very hard to set it up so a fukin timer jumps in the corner of ur screen.
4. The devs really cant be that lazy i mean it shouldnt be that hard 2 do so.

[1024]

Ya but somethign so simple would take this dev team months to do. :rolleyes:

[Hikowa]

yeah i guess so

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by Stream|ine
Lets just put a ball above every base and when the clock gets down to ten seconds everyone starts counting down together. At the end of the ten seconds the ball drops and we all scream happy new year and kiss our spouses. :rolleyes:

LOL....I will bring the champagne or the apple cider for the non-alcoholic group.