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Offline Sandwich

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Reply #20 on: March 04, 2003, 04:59:41 pm
Hehehe :D
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Reply #21 on: March 04, 2003, 05:08:18 pm
Darkage - bastard ;)

How about a simple low-toned warning alarm? It needn't be annoying, perhaps something like the red-alert alarms on Voyager... perhaps quieter but that kind of thing.
 

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Reply #22 on: March 04, 2003, 05:12:09 pm
Ok, let's settle on an option for an audible warning, but the color-coded shield display should be set in stone - no reason not to have it, I don't think.
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Reply #23 on: March 04, 2003, 05:14:52 pm
No, because the HUD can have custom colors.

I'd go for a color-changing number, though.
 

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Reply #24 on: March 04, 2003, 05:17:07 pm
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No, because the HUD can have custom colors.


Yes, but as was pointed out before, there are parts of the HUD whose colors are set to display damage levels, like your own hull indicatior. Besides, how crucial is it to have a color-customizable shield display?
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Reply #25 on: March 04, 2003, 05:17:38 pm
True, but can't you specify certain colors on the hud via the color of the .ani file? That is to say - the color of the .ani could be user specified right up untill it hits 25% at which point it turns red no matter what you do?
 

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Reply #26 on: March 04, 2003, 05:38:45 pm
That _could_ work, until some numbnut tries to set the color as red, and then goes and complains that "ti istn wekrign!!1"... :rolleyes:

But speaking of the .ani's, can they be changed themselves to a different color, or are they more of an alpha channel type of image?
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Reply #27 on: March 04, 2003, 06:00:44 pm
Why change the colors of the shield quadrants? They already fade in and out, which looks much cooler.
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Reply #28 on: March 04, 2003, 06:22:21 pm
you can also make Betty only ***** every once the shields drop below 20%, and not ***** again until they've raised above 20 then come back down
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