New HUD design

[Totoplus62]

If hiker or auria think this is a good idea (and i think so ! ), i will create a ticket for that

[Auria]

This is not a bad idea, a ticket could be created; but please give it a low priority

[Totoplus62]

This is not a bad idea, a ticket could be created; but please give it a low priority

Ok

[hiker]

This is not a bad idea, a ticket could be created; but please give it a low priority

Ok

Done in r12690 - feedback welcome!

Thanks!
Joerg

[samuncle]

I like this little effect. I have add a nice blur arround. IMHO it's better now.

I suggest to add the same effect when you use a zipper but for the speedometer.

[Totoplus62]

I suggest to add the same effect when you use a zipper but for the speedometer.

+1
Nice idea samuncle !

[tavariz91]

As we are here, Why not the same for throwing things... I mean, If you have three objects, you throw one, you get a blur around them and the thrown object is removed from the list.
(Must be less than 0.5 second effect)

I have not tried to compile the version with the blur effect et, but I'll try tonight.

[Totoplus62]

Next step with Hud: Frame for Weapon

I made this because in STK there is no border for weapons at all, this is a bit weird and maybe make people that never played STK think this game is cheap (?)
This is an illustration -->
This design permit to "divide" the frame into two parts (left and right) so it can be automaticaly adapted to the number of item

What do you think of it ?
Sorry i did not play with nightly build so there is not the new speedometer ^^

[rubberduck]

i think that is good, but when you have more than 5 weapons, there should be a number that shows your count


this often is a problem, when driving time-mode(because you get x zippers in x rounds, when more than 5 rounds

[Auria]

Totoplus, I like the idea, if you can somehow incorporate Rubberduck's idea it would be great!

[Totoplus62]

Ok so a number when there are more than 5 weapon (because this system + number may redundant), but i'm not a coder so i don't see how I can incorporate this.
I will think about a "graphical" alternative.

Nb: i have some internet problems so i'm looking at this as soon as possible

[Arthur]

I am not sure if we need it at all... current proposed weapons border is too prominent in my opinion.

[Totoplus62]

We really need something around weapon IMHO i can make them look smaller, play with opacity, color etc... that was a test
Then we can also change the size of weapon icons

[Totoplus62]

Hi,
I worked again on the weapons border and tried several things, we should really try to avoid the current "line" of weapons without anything ; every karting game have something like this:

Here are few examples:
http://mariofusion.free.fr/jeux/mario_k ... een-01.jpg
http://cdn1.spong.com/screen-shot/w/a/w ... r-PC-_.jpg
http://photo.europe1.fr/infos/high-tech ... th_630.png
http://www.theisozone.com/images/screen ... 193771.jpg
http://www.mariomayhem.com/consoles/64/ ... t_64-1.jpg
http://a2.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Purple/v4 ... 0x480.jpeg lol

Here is the result (of course we can change the size, modify, etc...)


What do you think about it ?
This also means that we should have a limitation for weapons (You can't have more than 3 of the same item at the same time for example. This is already the case for more than 90% of karting games)

[SuperMat]

That's a really cool idea . You could make an ellipse instead of a circle so that 5 weapons fit into it. (Or maybe animate the circle to an ellipse if the player gets 4 or 5 weapons)

[Arthur]

Finally a HUD proposal I think looks good. Here, have my approval.

[Uni]

This way it takes up a lot of space.. then some moving around should be done

[Totoplus62]

Yes we can reduce the size while remaining readable.
If people want to do some moving around: the organization of MK double dash GUI is really interesting imho
-> http://images1.fanpop.com/images/image_ ... 08_448.jpg

(I hope the final step: Ranking with big numbers will be done in the future)

[Funto]

Nice one
Maybe try a squared version?

[GunChleoc]

The game tends toward rounded shapes, so if squared, it will need rounded edges at least IMHO.

[Funto]

I imagined it with roughed edges (forgot to precise, sorry).
It would be just a quick test to get an opinion, maybe totally rounded is better.

[Totoplus62]

Ok funto i will try this soon even if i also think a circle is better

[Arthur]

I am also thinking the circle looks fine, but sure, try other options too if you have time.

[Totoplus62]

Hi,
Here is a very quick test with a squared version as funto suggested

I prefer the circle version.

I have questions:
What kind of resolution should I use? Current items use the 128*128 resolution (maybe this is too small).
If i use a bigger resolution, i will work on some weapon icons again. It will take more time.

I also think we should find something else for zipper icon that currently represents nothing. Any ideas ?

[Auria]

Both circle and square look nice, I'm just not yet fully convinced they're necessary - perhaps they even attract a bit more attention than they should? Maybe other people can share opinions?