Game Development: Setting Icons

[loftar]

When we can expect new client code pushed to github?

Sorry, I have a tendency to forget the public repos. Should be pushed now.

From my experience what is really useful is to have icons and ridges in the map window exaclty like in minimap so you can click on them. That I did for my custom client version:

Certainly. As I mentioned elsewhere, I do intend to integrate the minimap and map window further at some point.

[WowGain]

As I mentioned elsewhere, I do intend to integrate the minimap and map window further at some point.

Here's an idea then
Just merge them together into a detachable window that can be resized and zoomed from as small as render distance to showing the full supergrid size as in the map window, with toggles for showing the interface for adding waypoints and other such map features

[Ardennesss]

As I mentioned elsewhere, I do intend to integrate the minimap and map window further at some point.

Here's an idea then
Just merge them together into a detachable window that can be resized and zoomed from as small as render distance to showing the full supergrid size as in the map window, with toggles for showing the interface for adding waypoints and other such map features

Aka do what Boshaw already did.

[WowGain]

Aka do what Boshaw already did.

Yea sure if they just want to merge that work into the default but as they've said before they're (generally) not interested in merging other people's work if it doesn't play well with how they organize their code

They could've just ripped the minimap features for this update from amber but obviously they decided to go their own way with it

[Reyajh]

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Something seems amiss...
Edit: That's in ElSid's Amber proly something to do with that..?

[loftar]

Something seems amiss...
Edit: That's in ElSid's Amber proly something to do with that..?

Yes, clients that haven't merged the UI scaling code will display the newly drawn icons in their raw (large) form. I do actually have the code in the old branch organized in such a manner that it should be possible for people maintaining clients off of that branch to merge the UI scaling work, but since that probably clashes with a lot of their own UI changes making for a less-than-trivial merge, I'm not sure how much interest there would be in going through that without also taking the step to use the code of the new client in its fullness.

[jordancoles]

would you ever, or have you ever, loaded up ardennes's or Amber client to see how it works in practice? You could literally rip their features out 1:1, and if you don't ask any questions, these qol features would hit the mark every single time

[shubla]

Something seems amiss...
Edit: That's in ElSid's Amber proly something to do with that..?

Yes, clients that haven't merged the UI scaling code will display the newly drawn icons in their raw (large) form. I do actually have the code in the old branch organized in such a manner that it should be possible for people maintaining clients off of that branch to merge the UI scaling work, but since that probably clashes with a lot of their own UI changes making for a less-than-trivial merge, I'm not sure how much interest there would be in going through that without also taking the step to use the code of the new client in its fullness.

Pull the plug! Pull the plug! People have had plenty of time to adapt.

[SnuggleSnail]

If you guys are focused on improving vanilla client rn, consider adding a drinking keybind, and removing loading screens. As far as I'm concerned, both are required for combat, as well as just generally being nice QoL.

I don't know exactly how you handle loading resources/areas, but high ping/bad internet players legit have to wait >1 full second for an area to load. My eastern european friends can very consistently enter a great hall at the same time as me and go up the stairs on the other side of the room before I can even see my screen. Rly makes using towers with their 7 loading screens cancer. Amber/Ender don't have disabled loading screens, so in addition to making vanilla better, it would make public custom clients better.

Amber/Ender have a drinking keybind, but don't use widget prediction. The flower menu makes their drinking script kinda unusable in combat in most situations. Luckily our lord and savior widget prediction is there to save we high ping sinners, but most public clients don't use that, and presumably you could do the same thing in a less hacky way. Like just keybinding every waterskin/flask to one button(also useful for not filling every bar when you want to auto-drink out of a lot of flasks for digging/etc). Again, it would make vanilla far more usable, while at the same time benefiting the majority of the userbase that will still be using customs.

[shubla]

If you guys are focused on improving vanilla client rn, consider adding a drinking keybind, and removing loading screens. As far as I'm concerned, both are required for combat, as well as just generally being nice QoL.

I don't know exactly how you handle loading resources/areas, but high ping/bad internet players legit have to wait >1 full second for an area to load. My eastern european friends can very consistently enter a great hall at the same time as me and go up the stairs on the other side of the room before I can even see my screen. Rly makes using towers with their 7 loading screens cancer. Amber/Ender don't have disabled loading screens, so in addition to making vanilla better, it would make public custom clients better.

Amber/Ender have a drinking keybind, but don't use widget prediction. The flower menu makes their drinking script kinda unusable in combat in most situations. Luckily our lord and savior widget prediction is there to save we high ping sinners, but most public clients don't use that, and presumably you could do the same thing in a less hacky way. Again, it would make vanilla far more usable, while at the same time benefiting the majority of the userbase that will still be using customs.

Better is a subjective term. Which is the problem regarding adding of many client additions to default client.
Is it better to see very unfinished gameworld that you cannot fully interact with than a loading screen. Why any games have loading screens, when they could just show you the world in unfinished form and make objects appear later as they are loaded?

Some people view this game differently than you. Something that should look good for the eye etc.