Compass Rose

[LordReaver]

Would it be possible to also have a compass rose on the minimap, in the manner of PS1? I never actually liked the ones that have been show in screenshots so far.

[Crator]

Commo Rose

[Zulthus]

He's talking about the compass rose, not the commo rose.

[FastAndFree]

That would be nice, I do not like compass bars

[NewSith]

Good point indeed, BF3 is really annoying when it comes to target calling because of that bar's insufficiency. I mean, there's nothing wrong with finding out the direction you need, but it takes some time unlike when you have compass rose. That's a bad thing.

EXAMPLE:
- Enemy prowler... uhm... uhm, this is south, in that case that is... *BOOM*

[Xyntech]

Considering that the idea is for PS2 to have a faster pace than PS1, it would be silly to take a step backwards in the speed at which you can pinpoint a compass direction.

Bring back the rose! At the very least include it as a HUD customization option, the default option at that. I see no reason not to have a few different options for those who prefer their compass a certain way, but considering that they are planning on sticking with a single HUD configuration to start with, get that initial HUD right.

[Mastachief]

i suspect the HUD is yet to be finished so plenty of time for it to appear but i concur the compass rose is pretty essential

[Captain1nsaneo]

Having transparent NESW on the minimap seems like a no brainer. In a similar vein, I'd also like to see useful or scaling grids on the world map. The rigid battleship grids didn't provide near enough detail for easy communication and were typically ignored because of it.

[Erendil]

Agreed with everyone above. A compass rose in the minimap is far superior to a bar and is definitely my preferred choice. PS1's implementation was pretty good since you got secondary/tertiary direction tick marks as well and it hardly interfered at all w/ the info displayed in the minimap.

I also hope that they keep in the option for a rotating minimap so that what's in front of you is always at the top of the minimap. Ideally I'd like it to be a toggle you can bind to a key since I prefer a rotating minimap while indoors but a static "up is north" minimap while outdoors

[Atuday]

One thing I would like is to have the option to set north up on the mini map compass. The world does not turn you do.

[NewSith]

A little /bump, seeing that the lastest pic still has the bar instead of the rose...

This thread only recieved positive response so I propose keeping it on track.

[Coreldan]

Word. It's good you brought it up so they might actually still change it according to feedback.

We need to be able to see the whole compass at once, makes calling out targets so much easier.

[FHMathew]

I agree with that , Myself with many other BF2 players in the FH community hate the compass in BF3 too small and does not make it easy to report enemy positions quickly and effectively. So small you forget its even there especially when your in combat, don't do it !

When I play BF2 in our FH2 Campaign it's lovely having the big compass on the mini map especially when I'm commanding my Division

[Erendil]

Originally Posted by NewSith

A little /bump, seeing that the lastest pic still has the bar instead of the rose...

This thread only recieved positive response so I propose keeping it on track.

Too funny, after I saw the Scythe HUD pic I was gonna /bump this thread tonight when I got back from work....

Like I said above, PS1's compass that circumflexes the minimap is far superior to a bar compass like the one in the pics we've seen so far. I'm sure there are some who prefer the bar compas so maybe there will be an option to choose one or the other.

Ideally, I'd like the following:

• An option to choose between a bar-style and circumflexing compass
• An option to choose between a static minimap with up = north and a rotating one that has up = the direction your avatar is facing
• A configurable keybind to toggle between the static and rotating minimaps on-the-fly
• Both the automatic and manual minimap zooming that's present in PS1 (I have zooming down to mouse scroll up/down, and its invaluable)

[Xyntech]

I tweeted (and I almost never tweet) Higby right after seeing that picture. I expressed my love of the pic, and asked if we would be getting the option of a compass rose.

No response as of yet, but he hasn't posted anything on twitter today, so I'll have to wait and see if I get a response.

I'm really hoping we do. It's a clear improvement over compass bars for fast paced games. All of the other shooters should adopt it.