bullet holes in armour

[easypickings]

wouldn't it be good if you could see bullet holes in your body armour,

i did try it out on paint with a few pics i had saved and it looked really good, i would post them but im at work so i cant...

[Biohazzard56]

More things for the video to draw on the screen=lower FPS

Cool idea though

[UncleDynamite]

I think most people have bullet holes turned off, since it's a drain on performance. I like the idea, however, but I would rather see scruffed up armor instead. It's nice to be wearing a nice, gleaming set of armor, but I think there's something to be said about armor that's nicked and scratched, with the paint chipped away in some places. That type of suit would have to be a skin, however, since creating a scratch would be just as difficult as creating a bullet hole. But something to think about.

[dscytherulez]

Yeah, that would drop fps...

[easypickings]

just be good to look battle worn, if fps wasnt an issue,
you could even have bandages over wounds once a medic has healed you or lose your helmet

[HawkEye]

i wuoldnt mind seeing bulletholes on armor, i was just thinking about that idead a few ideas agao. i play with bullet holes on.

[worldvengence]

well...they could make it where the normal skin for armor is scuffed etc...that way it wouldnt mess with FPS....just take away shiny completely

[ORANGE]

Orange thinks this is a bad idea because it would lagizle my computidizle to much

[Kyraal]

As with most things that aren't crucial to gameplay you can make it optional. For us who have machines that could handle that kind of load without getting a noticable drop in performance, I'm sure it would be most a most welcome addition.

The devs spend so much time trying to get the balance right, and adding large updates (capitol buildings), but what I think PlanetSide really need, is some polishing on a more subtle, and finer level. Such as the above mentioned suggestions.

[TheN00b]

Ya, the Devs are great with the hammer and chisel, but they need more work with the sandpaper...

[Dharkbayne]

It'd be cool, just toggleable, and it could be like the Tribes 2 damage, nice and shiny and whatnot at first, and ripped to shreds at low damage. It would help when picking out targets when sniping too

[Rbstr]

Originally Posted by Dharkbayne

It'd be cool, just toggleable, and it could be like the Tribes 2 damage, nice and shiny and whatnot at first, and ripped to shreds at low damage. It would help when picking out targets when sniping too

Thats whan enhanced targeting is for.

[Dharkbayne]

not everyone has adv targeting. It would be like the vehicles, you don't need adv targeting to see them smoking with the flashing headlights.

[GreyFox]

Does the bullet holes really cause that much of a FPS strain?

I havn't noticed much of a strain... (on this low-end machine)

[Destroyeron]

I think it would look cool, however I think that the devs do need to go down with sandpaper on the games engine. lol