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Offline Arbiter

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Minimap improvment.
« on: November 30, 2007, 10:02:20 am »
Make it work like realistic, being able to see your enemy as long as they're not hiding behind polys. Maybe put a limit to the range of the detection, cause TBH IMO, the minimap's kinda useless unless there's teamwork or climbing.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2007, 10:09:23 am »
and there should be the possibility to complete remove the minimap on a server. i know its been discussed before and we ended up with a 'blank' minimap. but this still ruins the fun in maps like explore or other puzzle maps, and labyrinth-like maps.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2007, 11:02:55 am »
Quote from: BombSki on November 30, 2007, 10:09:23 am
and there should be the possibility to complete remove the minimap on a server. i know its been discussed before and we ended up with a 'blank' minimap. but this still ruins the fun in maps like explore or other puzzle maps, and labyrinth-like maps.
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Disable_Minimap=1
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2007, 11:11:01 am »
.. learn to read, or learn to think. 'disabling' the minimap only removes the players and flags.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2007, 11:18:04 am »
Well, the current minimap looks bad. Doesn't really affect me because I don't use it, but I might if it wasn't that confusing. Maybe I'm just stupid, maybe not.

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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2009, 04:30:32 am »
Ok, I'm refreshing this topic(I know what I am doing. ;p). I would like to see minimap improved. What we already can do with it? Change it position? And something with its transparency which really doesn't work.
So my point is:
Add resizing, better transparency.
(If mentioned above are possible to do now, sorry for my ignorance.)
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2009, 06:31:23 am »
Yeah...minimap is kinda useless. Only good for checking out large maps.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2009, 06:47:51 am »
The mini map would only give some people the ability to raid others without exploring the base before...
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2009, 06:48:20 am »
Quote from: scarface09 on June 04, 2009, 06:31:23 am
Yeah...minimap is kinda useless. Only good for checking out large maps.
I agree, it's useless. It can be used to see where FFC is, but I would never use minimap to that, I think.. I havn't tried, but it seams like a distraction wen I have to focus on enemies.  The minimap doesn't show enemies does it? not even efc?
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2009, 06:56:46 am »
Maybe make enemies appear if they shoot like COD4? That works well. Don't make it too "improved" as we free users will be disadvantaged too much.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2009, 08:37:27 am »
no need to know where the enemies are, just look when some buddy dies. that means there's some enemy close that killed him.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2009, 11:23:17 am »
The problem with your idea is that you would see an enemy who's hiding behind a piece of scenery.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2009, 12:56:44 pm »
I don't get your problems.... the minimap is basically something like an enhanced Player Indicator (you know, the names of your teammates on the borders of your screen), showing also the map which is quite useful in my opinion.

Why? Well, first of all because some climbing maps are just a pain in the a** because of huge jumps you don't know of when you don't know the map and to get an idea how big the map is. Moreover it helps players who are new to a map and are totally helpless against players who have been playing that map for months.

Yes, I use the minimap and I think it's a great improvement. If you want to avoid that players can see where the enemy is by looking where mates have died you gotta change the player indicator too.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2009, 01:02:28 pm »
Omg a topic that's been dead for 2 years revived...
No, it's good as it is and I don't know about you but I like the fact that you can simply use it to remember your tactical\strategic advantage spots when the map's too big or something.
If you don't want it simply turn it off....(F2 much?)
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2009, 04:46:27 pm »
Hmm, you probably missed my point. I didn't want to change anything that it shows. Knowing teammates positions is all I need (especially when playing RS). All I ask for is some resizing and better transparency.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2009, 12:08:09 pm »
I bet you can put the map wherever you want and also the transparency.

Even the dots.
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Re: Minimap improvment.
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2009, 01:41:08 pm »
I support the idea, when you can configure the settings as a serverowner like:

-show map
-show friendly players
-show enemy players (-on sight-)
[-show kits]
-show flagpositions
-show friendly flagrunner

Options like that since Hide and Seek would be DEAD if you could see your foes on sight (when they are hidden seeker gets them then), but that is only HnS and not the whole Soldat :)
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