Should allies see each others cursors?

DemO · Post by **DemO** » 09 Feb 2007, 15:35

optional FTW.

EnlightenedOne · Post by **EnlightenedOne** » 09 Feb 2007, 23:07

I doubt such a small amount of dat asuch as two coordinates what like for a game of 8 players a couple of "single" data types two identify coordinates or some equivlant in spring code would do it

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 09 Feb 2007, 23:38

Didn├é┬┤t really read the thread, but no-one should be allowed to see my slowly moving cursor.....

iamacup · Post by **iamacup** » 10 Feb 2007, 22:19

this would suck so badly

something better would be AFK indicator....

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 10 Feb 2007, 22:24

I like this idea. Not exactly high priority (FIX DESYNCS DAMMIT) but not a bad suggestion. I vote yes.

optional FTW.

+1

Scratch · Post by **Scratch** » 12 Feb 2007, 00:01

Should make it so that there is a ball where the center of the screen of the player is, in 3d, then a line(vector) to the ball which is the cursor where it is projected onto the ground. Maybe a flat texture along the ground plane would be good for this.

Lolsquad_Steven · Post by **Lolsquad_Steven** » 12 Feb 2007, 00:32

Cool idea imo.

hunterw · Post by **hunterw** » 12 Feb 2007, 02:42

Dead.Rabit wrote:while i think this would be awsome..

there is a sleight problem.
the curser exists within 2 dimensonal space.. which are different depending on where your camera is...

im sure you'd just use a sprite for it

Ishach · Post by **Ishach** » 12 Feb 2007, 07:47

steven used to always draw penises all over my base and it made me really mad

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 12 Feb 2007, 08:05

Yeah, they werent of the caliber he is used to...

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 16 Feb 2007, 19:06

I suggest we see the screen position in the minimap, as it was in the OTA.

Yatta · Post by **Yatta** » 18 Feb 2007, 18:56

wow.
24 yes, 24 no ...

Seems like the community is quite divided on this question =)

I vote YES, but optional, and I agree a screen position on the minimap could be cool too (optional too).

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 18 Feb 2007, 19:18

EnlightenedOne wrote:others have said it might affect privacy of their style of play, but if it was optional to a host, or not included in replays, or even you could choose who to share your cursor with it could be purely between clan members

I still wonder how it could affect to your privacy

Only if you want to to lie that you didnt see something

It never bothered me in OTA, i actually liked that i can see what my allies are doing.

This would also reduce spamming the markers on the map, because you can see that the player is already watching that place.

1v0ry_k1ng · Post by **1v0ry_k1ng** » 18 Feb 2007, 19:39

i dont want people perving my cursor tbh

hunterw · Post by **hunterw** » 18 Feb 2007, 20:15

devs need to spend their time on something more important than this

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 18 Feb 2007, 20:30

Bleh, this aint hard thing to add, i think? It was in the old demo recorder at least...

LordMatt · Post by **LordMatt** » 18 Feb 2007, 21:52

Showing ally's screen position is an important feature. Their cursor isn't.

drolito · Post by **drolito** » 19 Feb 2007, 11:57

If that don't make more lag it should be good !!!

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 19 Feb 2007, 12:40

I dont think that would make any more lag than building one unit and moving it...

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 20 Feb 2007, 16:34

If its not to hard to implement,
and it dosn't cause lag,
and it is made option for both the viewer and the cursor position sender,
and it's not made to a high priority
then go ahead and do it.

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