I jsut got shot.. or did I.. or.. WTF is going on? How to tell if you are shot

[MrVicchio]

Author Topic: How do u notice when someone hits u?
Grozzo
Station Member
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 02-12-2003 12:27 AM user search report post
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How will u notice when someone hits u?
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U will of course hear somekind of noice, but will the screen shake a little bit, because it would help u very much if lots of people are fighting close and u will notice that it's u who has received the damage and not another one. U don't always look at the health bar and u will be able to react quickly when someone starts to damage u and in this game u will die pretty quickly. It would make everything more excitement and interresting. The screen will only shake very little but enough to make u react and only when someone hits u the first time and when u receive greater damage.
... and yeah, the game is close to release, I know. Only an idea I came up with to increase the excitement of this awesome game.


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SporkfirePS
Station Admin
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-12-2003 09:47 AM user search report post
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You won't have a problem, Grozzo. Chambered is correct - the screen turns red and you will see the directional indicator so you can return fire or run a different direction. The dialog box will tell you who is hitting you.
Victor Wachter
Community Relations Representative
Many questions can be answered by reading the PlanetSide Game Info and FAQ

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum2/HTML/002666.html

[PrivateMonkey]

I personally take issue with the last line of Sporks reply...

The dialog box will tell you who is hitting you.

You can see this in the screenshots, and it just looks dumb. Not only is it useless, it completely reeks of MMORPGs. You have a health bar to tell how much health you are loosing. Who wants your dialogue box all cluttered up with "PrivateMonkey hits you for 10 points of damage" ? It just looks weak. Check out the screenshots to see what I'm talking about.

[Lillemanden]

Agree, when I saw the screenshots I thought i was for debugging.

[quiet]

:shrug: :)
I like that feature myself. Though a toggle option would be cool to help cut down clutter.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

What quiet said, I like putting names to my enemies, and you will get to know some quite well. Hell, you will sometimes have a grudge match.

And that whole OMG MMORPG BS, remember, this IS part MMORPG, keep it in mind.

[Tobias]

There is an option to turn off the Info that tells you how much you are being hit for.

[Civilian]

I like the feature, but what use is it if you can't see the other opposing factions names and health bars? The only way I could see it as being useful is if you want to take revenge on the person that just killed you, but you don't know which one he is. Unless you use a cert of course.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

,The only way I could see it as being useful is if you want to take revenge on the person that just killed you, but you don't know which one he is. Unless you use a cert of course.

I'll have advanced targetting and a scope, and if any enemy earns a special place in my :love:, and I see him on the battlefield, I will make sure to kamikazi right on top of him. Feel the love! :thumbsup:

[PrivateMonkey]

Originally posted by Tobias
There is an option to turn off the Info that tells you how much you are being hit for.

Not sure whether to bow or not


Are you a dev, or do you just enjoy speaking with authority?

[Incompetent]

He's a Vanu, so it would probably be safe to say thats its just one of his delusions.

[Lillemanden]

Originally posted by PrivateMonkey
Not sure whether to bow or not


Are you a dev, or do you just enjoy speaking with authority?

Thinking the same thing...

[Hamma]

I tend to agree with PM here also, I really dont think such a menu/messages are neccicary for an FPS.

Hopefully its toggleable

[mikkyT]

I agree Hamma, not necessary for an FPS.

Planetside is not an FPS, its an MMOFPS - an imalgamation (sp?) of the MMORPG and FPS genres with a smackering of RTS too.

Its primarily an MMO game. And therefore should be treated as different from your run of the mill FPS.

Some people would like to know exactly how much the 1337 rocket of 1337n3ss is going to hurt someone for...

thats why it should be toggleable, along with all other chat messages.

[�io]

Everything should be toggleable. Even the option to use armor or just run around nekkid. :p

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Originally posted by Dio
Even the option to use armor or just run around nekkid. :p

I believe running around in Standard armor is considered nekkid :D

[Tobias]

I just know things. Leave it at that.

You can toggle most things, for instace, in your chat box you can standardly see outfit chat, squad chat, and say chat. If you are a commander you might also see that chat in there. But now you are going to cap a base with your outfit, so you dont want to see the say chat cause it might be pointless spam and you need to pay attention to your commanders, you can toggle it off. Dont want to know how much you are being hit for? Toggle it off. I am not sure but I think you might be able to sepperate between hittig someone

i.e: YOU hit SmokeJumperPS for 30 Damage with the Bolt driver!

and the other which would be:

BrileyPS Damages YOU for 5 damage with the Beamer!

as in you can toggle if you want to see damage you do as apposed to damage you take. I am also pretty sure that it will not show the ammount of damage your fellow players inflict apon one another, though it will show who killed who with what on the same land mass.

Most chat messages will be toggable though.

[Joker]

Coo

[mistled]

Originally posted by Tobias
though it will show who killed who with what on the same land mass.

Most chat messages will be toggable though. I thought I read this somewhere also.

I'm not sure how well being able to see every death on the continent will work though. I know I take pause now if like four guys on my team suddenly come up on my screen as dead in other games. Can you imagine huge battle going on and suddenly thirty names of your teammates fill up the chatbox as being dead?? :eek: (say from a galaxy crashing into something) That will seriously screw with your head to know you just lost that many people and are now probably seriously outnumbered.

[Madcat170]

I hope that the "some one did this ammount of damage to you" message can be turned off just for simple reason i dont want to know whos killed me. I may get angry and go off looking for the person who just killed me rather than fighting as a team.

[SilentCacophony]

Anywhich way, once this game comes out, you're all gonna see my johnson.

I'd rather not have who hit me cluttering up that area, sicne it's also where things people are saying go. I don't want to have to scroll up to see what someone just said because I got hit 5 times and it scrolled out.

[Dravz]

It's pretty standard in any MMOxxx today to see damage messages and be able to toggle them. I'm sure you can also change their colors, etc. These are not advanced features we're discussing, these are standard things for any MMO game.

So many of the FPS gamer questions could be answered by having them play any MMORPG for a week. :)

[Tobias]

I do not believe the UI is very customizable, though you might be able to edit text color though the client if you know how. I do believe you can move the possistion of the items on the hud though.

[Destroyeron]

Tobias seems to have a reputation for pulling information out of his ass. i hope its toggable because I can see it creating a bit more lag then needed...and i need as least lag as possible.