Add a current position counter to the HUD. (also change compass)

[White Rock]

Just a small suggestion: could you have a current position indicator near the compass so we don't have to bring up the map everytime we want to say where an enemy is/where the pilot should pick us up?

I was roaming in a technical before when i had to bring up the map to figure out how to tell our squadleader where the enemy we just drove past was. Not the smartest thing to do as a driver.

Could look like
As in: D7 5 or D6,4 or D2KP2?

Also, would't it be better to have the compass touch the coordinate markers instead of the numbers?
As in:
\/ Pointer thing
||||||||| Cordinate markers
N 15

Instead of the current
\/ Pointer thing
N 15
||||||||| Cordinate markers



What do you guys think?

[Smegburt_funkledink]

Originally Posted by White Rock

Just a small suggestion: could you have a current position indicator near the compass so we don't have to bring up the map everytime we want to say where an enemy is/where the pilot should pick us up?

No thanks, the more stuff that gets added to the H.U.D, the more unrealistic it becomes. What's unrealistic about using a map to see where you are rather than a magic floating number stuck to your eye?

Originally Posted by White Rock

Also, would't it be better to have the compass touch the coordinate markers instead of the numbers?
As in:
\/ Pointer thing
||||||||| Cordinate markers
N 15

Instead of the current
\/ Pointer thing
N 15
||||||||| Cordinate markers

What do you guys think?

I kind of agree with this, despite the compass being a tad unrealistic. This would help you use the compass accurately but the current usage of the compass isn't exactly true to real life.

[White Rock]

I just see it as knowing your current position, something we should expect a military unit to do, but not maybe some pubbies in a game.



Im all for making a game realistic, i just think realism has it's limits and sometimes you have to simulate the things throught no realistic means, otherwise you get a great boring mess which does not even play realistic, just has realistic features.

Such as if you neede a loader in every tank...

[mp5punk]

yea i would like to see the V pointer back that really helped me.