[project1dev] Re: Use button plan of attack
- From: eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:26:02 -0400
if we did the sonar style version, it would be more like old school final
fantasy games or zelda style, i dunno which version would be better... :-\
although sonar style would be neat w/ avarice because avarice/perception
could affect the radius of how close you have to be to notice
secrets/treasure
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Matthew Morgan <MMorgan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Maybe that’s their thing, its not something you HAVE to do…
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> my concern is that it will be hard to tell the difference between props and
> interactive items so people would be using the search beam on every prop in
> order to find secrets
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> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Matthew Morgan <MMorgan@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> I like that idea, kinda like sonar for secrets
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> the thing with alan's idea is it works hand in hand w/ our idea for
> telekenisis, i.e. people w/ mental powers could have a longer rope... i
> dunno though, it seems a little unwieldy though having to directly control
> it... i think we'd have to see it in practice.
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> a side option to keep in the back of our minds if that doesn't seem easy to
> use would be, we could have a search button that uses the same radius as the
> interact, and when you search a place and there's a hidden interactive piece
> near you, THEN you'd get the interact button.
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> I don't know
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> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Both seems like a fine idea.
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> i actually kinda dig that idea cause we get the user friendlyness of the
> pop up bubbles, while also still bein able to do secret stuff
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I would say yes. Hidden interactables such as finding a secret passage way,
> pulling a hidden lever, etc, could easily be made to line up with the body.
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
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> It seems like it might be weird cause think about this...
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> #1) you walk around and periodically a message pops up that says "Press A
> to read the book" without you even looking at the book
> #2) Othertimes you look at stuff and press A and it interacts.
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> ok actually that doesn't seem that weird :P
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> if we went that way, would the single ray from the middle be enough? we
> are at the origional question again hehe
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hidden interactables such as pushing a statue or bookshelf could make use
> of the ray originating from the center of the body like you said.
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> That's a good idea.
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> The only downside i can think of is if multiple items are in range, we can
> make it pick the closer one easily but if we have a lot of them in range it
> might be hard to pick the one you want (although we also have control over
> this so if you are ok with it it's not an issue).
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> Oh and another possible downside is we wouldn't be able to have hidden
> objects to interact with cause every interaction would pop up that message.
> Like if you interact with a statue it opens a passage way or something, it
> would be real obvious. what do you think about that?
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:43 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> what if we just have objects that are usable/pickupable have a radius and
> if you are in the radius a little button pops up that you can press, seems
> easier from a player standpoint but maybe there are downsides?
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Ok so in 2d RPG's it's easy to tell what the player is intending to do when
> they press the use button because the world is just one later and everything
> is broken up into a grid.
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> In our game, since it's real 3d, we could have items like a book on the
> ground, or a floating orb, or a book case that the player is trying to use.
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> Also, we could have multiple floors of map (like in cavemap how we have the
> bridge over the boss area).
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> so that makes things harder. Here's what i was thinking for finding out
> what the user wants to interact with.
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> 1) User presses the "use" key (enter on the keyboard, A on the controller,
> whatever)
> 2) The game shoots an imaginary ray out of the player that originates in
> the middle of their body (ie bellybutton-ish) and goes the direction they
> are facing for about a foot of distance
> 3) If that ray hit an object, that's the object they are trying to interact
> with.
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> There could be a problem if there was a book on the ground the player
> wanted to "use" since our ray starting at the middle of the body wouldn't
> hit the book.
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> There could also be a problem if something was floating above the middle of
> the body, or if there was a hole in the object that the ray shot through
> hehe...
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> but, since we have control over where objects are placed we could just be
> careful and make sure these cases never came up.
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> what do you guys think, think that'd work ok?
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