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And I would like to make you cool too!
Here are a few things to keep in mind as you become cool:
The command to turn off you hud is /hudtoggle. I won't tell you how to turn it back on, because a hud is NOT COOL.
The command to get into third-person view is probably something like /viewtoggle. I dunno, I just hit F2... Anyway, third person is a bit of a tricky view mode. On a standard (75) field of view setting your bus will take up almost a sixth of your screen. The solution is to /set fov 100 or so, but that's not a very lasting solution, since pressing i at any point will reset your view back to 75º. Even if you're just typing in ze chat window. The obvious choice is to make your own zoom bind with the wanted values. I myself like 110, but everything works quite well up to 130, at which point the sides get a bit too blurry. 95 is the point where you will barely get any distortion, but that's rather too small. It just makes it harder to find people.
Anyway, do these two simple things and you're practically cool! Flying a bus makes you actually cool! Weee!
Some more things to keep in mind:
People are all over!
The biggest problem about going hudless is that people are now a lot harder to find. The large fov might help a bit, but don't expect it to help you all that much. Fortunately, targeting people still works, so if you're wondering who that purple vult is, face him or her and hit b. What's that? Not target info?!? You mean you didn't hit k right after?!? NEWB. Another helpful thing is that when people shoot at you, you can usually tell where their shots are coming from! So, if you're fighting someone and they suddenly disappear, don't despair! Dodge erratically and wait for a shot!
The radar is more useful than it looks!
Aside from people now being extra-hard to find, hudlessness also takes away your ability to see fun things like rockets and mines. Mind you, the homing beep that homers make is actually made by the hud, so the only clue you might have to being tracked is the tell-tale WOOOOOOOOOSH that seems to never leave you alone. At least there's that wooooosh. Mines are entirely silent and fairly immobile (lightning balls aside) and as such are probably the biggest non-glowing threat to your well-being. You can probably spot them when they're first dropped, but running into them afterwards is a real danger.
The radar is not as necessary as it might seem!
A major issue with a lack of hudlessness is that you can no longer see the wormholes! Thankfully, traderbots are perfectly willing to go through them invisible wormholes and light them up for ya. Sometimes people are that nice too. In general, just sit around long enough and someone will warp through and show you the wormhole.
Good news at last!
Being in third person and all, you can now more deftly avoid pointy rocks! Also, knowing exactly where your ship begins and where it ends is quite useful in dodging fun things like tachs and blue ions. Weee!
I might add more later, but then again... I might not! DUN-DUN-DUN!
Here are a few things to keep in mind as you become cool:
The command to turn off you hud is /hudtoggle. I won't tell you how to turn it back on, because a hud is NOT COOL.
The command to get into third-person view is probably something like /viewtoggle. I dunno, I just hit F2... Anyway, third person is a bit of a tricky view mode. On a standard (75) field of view setting your bus will take up almost a sixth of your screen. The solution is to /set fov 100 or so, but that's not a very lasting solution, since pressing i at any point will reset your view back to 75º. Even if you're just typing in ze chat window. The obvious choice is to make your own zoom bind with the wanted values. I myself like 110, but everything works quite well up to 130, at which point the sides get a bit too blurry. 95 is the point where you will barely get any distortion, but that's rather too small. It just makes it harder to find people.
Anyway, do these two simple things and you're practically cool! Flying a bus makes you actually cool! Weee!
Some more things to keep in mind:
People are all over!
The biggest problem about going hudless is that people are now a lot harder to find. The large fov might help a bit, but don't expect it to help you all that much. Fortunately, targeting people still works, so if you're wondering who that purple vult is, face him or her and hit b. What's that? Not target info?!? You mean you didn't hit k right after?!? NEWB. Another helpful thing is that when people shoot at you, you can usually tell where their shots are coming from! So, if you're fighting someone and they suddenly disappear, don't despair! Dodge erratically and wait for a shot!
The radar is more useful than it looks!
Aside from people now being extra-hard to find, hudlessness also takes away your ability to see fun things like rockets and mines. Mind you, the homing beep that homers make is actually made by the hud, so the only clue you might have to being tracked is the tell-tale WOOOOOOOOOSH that seems to never leave you alone. At least there's that wooooosh. Mines are entirely silent and fairly immobile (lightning balls aside) and as such are probably the biggest non-glowing threat to your well-being. You can probably spot them when they're first dropped, but running into them afterwards is a real danger.
The radar is not as necessary as it might seem!
A major issue with a lack of hudlessness is that you can no longer see the wormholes! Thankfully, traderbots are perfectly willing to go through them invisible wormholes and light them up for ya. Sometimes people are that nice too. In general, just sit around long enough and someone will warp through and show you the wormhole.
Good news at last!
Being in third person and all, you can now more deftly avoid pointy rocks! Also, knowing exactly where your ship begins and where it ends is quite useful in dodging fun things like tachs and blue ions. Weee!
I might add more later, but then again... I might not! DUN-DUN-DUN!
Someone forgot to take their meds today...
I'm cool because I get to go see nine inch nails in May! Yay me!
I'm cool because I get to go see nine inch nails in May! Yay me!
You can set the default fov in config.ini...
I'm cooler cause my friend Sausage is playing with NIN.
OK he's not my friend but I see him a couple times a year and he talks to me.
Genka is my friend though! That beats somone named Sausage any day.
Ed. You can recognize Sausage by his Mac tattoos. He has a Sad Mac and a Dead Mac on his arms and the power symbol on the back of his neck.
OK he's not my friend but I see him a couple times a year and he talks to me.
Genka is my friend though! That beats somone named Sausage any day.
Ed. You can recognize Sausage by his Mac tattoos. He has a Sad Mac and a Dead Mac on his arms and the power symbol on the back of his neck.
im cool now!
/me cant wait to show off his coolness
/me cant wait to show off his coolness
Capn' the ship can't take much more of this!
http://lemming.localnetsys.com/zoom.jpg
http://lemming.localnetsys.com/zoom.jpg
Way off topic.
sc4r4b, are you going to Coachella?
If so, *ENVY*. O_o
sc4r4b, are you going to Coachella?
If so, *ENVY*. O_o
Hahahaha n00b... that's the dumbest idea you've come up with :P
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Thumbs up from me!
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Thumbs up from me!
Nope... I have too many responsibilities that keep me from going to Coachella. :(
Aeternalis, is it actually possible to be off topic in the Off Topic forum?
Sure Paedric, just post a bug here :P
But then it would be off topic, so no worries. :-p
But what if you were on topic? :P
n00b is so cool *shiny eyes.
If you're on topic, you obviously shouldn't be posting in Off Topic, now should you? :-p pvffffffffttttt!!!
turnip
Ah, but if you were on topic in Off Topic, you would be off topic. Which, in Off Topic, would be on topic. Therefore, you'd be off topic, since you're in Off Topic... :-D
You guys have read way too much into this On Topic - Off Topic thing.
... stop thinking! It hurts! Give me my weekend back! :(
... stop thinking! It hurts! Give me my weekend back! :(
I am a banana!
You certainly are.