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Galanti · 03-09-10, 01:00 PM

I have no problem with the minimalist approach in theory as it does fit the new direction rather well. However the vanilla implementation to me is flawed in two ways. Note I said vanilla, modders are improving it all the time.

1. It's too modern looking. No need for further comment as we've hashed through this ad naseum.

2. Choice of elements displayed. If you're going to pare down the amount of UI elements visible to the player, concentrate on only showing the critical elements. Perhaps have others as a slideout. In fact, ideally almost all elements would be slideouts, as any kind of HUD detracts from the great new fps perspective and eye-candy. Two glaring examples: That ghastly bright orange exclamation mark to indicate the current mission, and the TC controls. Who in the hell clicks on those controls to scale down to 1x from 8192x???

03-09-10, 01:00 PM	#5
Galanti Captain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 536 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	I have no problem with the minimalist approach in theory as it does fit the new direction rather well. However the vanilla implementation to me is flawed in two ways. Note I said vanilla, modders are improving it all the time. 1. It's too modern looking. No need for further comment as we've hashed through this ad naseum. 2. Choice of elements displayed. If you're going to pare down the amount of UI elements visible to the player, concentrate on only showing the critical elements. Perhaps have others as a slideout. In fact, ideally almost all elements would be slideouts, as any kind of HUD detracts from the great new fps perspective and eye-candy. Two glaring examples: That ghastly bright orange exclamation mark to indicate the current mission, and the TC controls. Who in the hell clicks on those controls to scale down to 1x from 8192x???