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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
| 0001547 | Zandronum | [All Projects] Suggestion | public | 2013-10-18 21:43 | 2014-06-15 16:28 |
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| Reporter | StrikerMan780 | |
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| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | acknowledged | Resolution | open | |
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| Summary | 0001547: Improved, Compact Team Info Display. (cl_drawcoopinfo) |
| Description | Right now, the COOP/Team info display is a bit messy and takes a lot of screen space, especially if you're using a large text scale (ie. 320x200), or have a server full of over 16 players. It's also all over the place (3 lines per player, takes up both sides of the screen if more than 2 players on a team, etc)
I'm suggesting a more compact display, using truetype fonts be added. It would have it's own scaling CVar, and would be compatible with Widescreen displays.
The idea of how it would look like, is based on Quake 3 Arena's team display. ZDaemon I do believe uses a similar system to Quake 3 as well, using TrueType Fonts.
I attached a mockup screenshot of how it should look. The colored transparent background highlights the columns and gives a quick reference to the type of information it displays:
Black = Names
Dark Red = Health
Dark Green = Armor
Dark Purple = Weapon
Dark Yellow = Ammo
Dark Blue = Location
This should carry over into the actual implementation, and is not just for the mockup. The location column could be collapsed if the current map lacks any SECTINFO, or UDMF Location fields. |
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| Attached Files |  Screenshot_Doom_20131018_173409.png (814,256) 2013-10-18 22:25
https://zandronum.com/tracker/file_download.php?file_id=1087&type=bug
Screenshot_Doom_20131018_173409_BrightnessFix.png (794,518) 2013-10-18 22:27
https://zandronum.com/tracker/file_download.php?file_id=1088&type=bug |
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| Issue History |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
| 2013-10-18 21:43 | StrikerMan780 | New Issue | |
| 2013-10-18 22:25 | StrikerMan780 | File Added: Screenshot_Doom_20131018_173409.png | |
| 2013-10-18 22:27 | StrikerMan780 | File Added: Screenshot_Doom_20131018_173409_BrightnessFix.png | |
| 2013-10-18 22:28 | StrikerMan780 | Note Added: 0007433 | |
| 2013-10-18 22:29 | StrikerMan780 | Note Edited: 0007433 | bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=7433#r4150 |
| 2013-10-18 22:29 | StrikerMan780 | Note Edited: 0007433 | bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=7433#r4151 |
| 2013-10-18 22:33 | StrikerMan780 | Note Edited: 0007433 | bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=7433#r4152 |
| 2013-10-18 22:34 | StrikerMan780 | Note Edited: 0007433 | bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=7433#r4153 |
| 2013-10-19 00:05 | StrikerMan780 | Note Edited: 0007433 | bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=7433#r4154 |
| 2013-10-19 21:03 | Thetis | Note Added: 0007438 | |
| 2013-10-20 16:35 | DevilHunter | Note Added: 0007442 | |
| 2014-06-15 14:36 | Watermelon | Note Added: 0009382 | |
| 2014-06-15 14:36 | Watermelon | Status | new => acknowledged |
| 2014-06-15 14:39 | Dusk | Note Added: 0009386 | |
| 2014-06-15 16:27 | StrikerMan780 | Note Added: 0009450 | |
| 2014-06-15 16:28 | StrikerMan780 | Note Edited: 0009450 | bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=9450#r4986 |
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StrikerMan780
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2013-10-18 22:28
(edited on: 2013-10-19 00:05) |
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God motherfucking damnit... This tracker NEEDS the ability to edit descriptions if you are the poster. I accidentally submitted without fully completing my description.
Anyhow, I added a new image to increase brightness/contrast so you can see the display better.
The edit I wanted to make to my description was to indicate that if a User's/Weapon's/Location's name was too long, it would get trimmed, and a ... added to the end, which is displayed in the Mockup screenshot.
Since TTF Fonts aren't in, and might not be for a while, CONFONT could be a good choice until then.
Also, if you want some description for the columns besides color, having a top row/header that shows this would be fine:
Name | H | A | Weapon | Ammo(or Amo) | Location
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Thetis
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2013-10-19 21:03
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Personally, I think it would be better if there was a "COOPINFO" lump so modders can edit the display to suit their needs. (Assuming it is possible to create such a feature). |
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This, and what Thetis said. I too, feel like the Coop Info takes up alot of space, even while in Widescreen mode, I sometimes have to toggle it off. |
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This is something I've wanted to do, it'll be on my list. For now I'll acknowledge I want to do it, and will return to it hopefully when some of my list clears up |
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Dusk
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2014-06-15 14:39
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The problem I'm seeing here is that there isn't enough screen space for massive amounts of text like that. StrikerMan's screenshots don't exhibit the problem since they are so hi-res but what about 640x480? 800x600? |
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StrikerMan780
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2014-06-15 16:27
(edited on: 2014-06-15 16:28) |
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Yeah, with Coop info the way it is currently, I can't even see half of the stuff on-screen with it covering it all up while a server is full. Be it at 640x480, or running 1920x1080 with text scaling on.
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