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tootee
04-20-2002, 00:35
is really a good idea. I dont find the current interface user-friendly. And also the funny mouse-feel.

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tootee the goldfish,
headmaster of Shogun-Academy (http://shogun-academy.tripod.com)
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Toda Nebuchadnezzar
04-20-2002, 00:46
I have to agree, the current interface is simply crap for what its worth.

EA could have made an effort, lets hope Activision do.

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Vanya
04-20-2002, 02:34
What's wrong with the current interface? I like it...

Maybe I have just not been 'spoiled' by better interfaces... http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/eek.gif
BlackWatch McKenna
04-24-2002, 00:50
if you ever played Myth II, then you would have been spoiled rotten liked myself.

The chat interface in Shogun is pitiful.

The chat interface in Myth II: Soulblighter is absolutely the best, ever, in the history of the world.
Vanya
04-24-2002, 01:47
Show me a screen cap... or describe it so I can 'see' it...
BlackWatch McKenna
04-24-2002, 05:17
Screen shots will follow (i.e. when I am not at work...)

MYTH II CHAT ROOM
In the chat room- the text comes across in an easily readable bold white 14 point font on a black back ground. When you log in , you choose your own Icon and color scheme (which your armies also wear in battle - my armies always wore my Blue and Yellow color scheme).

So - you would see my name (Black), with my Blue and Yellow Icon, on the "in the room" list. When I type my message to you, My name and icon would be displayed in the chat area with my message displayed over a black back ground. Totally readable.

MYTH II IN GAME CHAT.
You can chat to your team or to the whole game by Yelling or Whispering.

When you Yell to the whole game, a little voice actually yells, "hey!" and my text is displayed across the bottom of the screen in 20 point bold white font for about six seconds before it fades out (you can still scroll back and get it).

Same thing for a whisper to team mates- a voice says, "psst!" and in 20 point font across bottom of screen, your mates get the message.

Bungie (the makers of myth) made it super easy to communicate in game. We gave up on Shogan's chat interface and now rely on Roger Wilco voice chat.

//black
Vanya
04-24-2002, 05:36
Interesting. You can talk. Then people would recognize my voice! GAH!

Is a black background with white text more readable than black text on a white background?

I just never thought about it...
CeltiberoSkullXIII
04-24-2002, 13:20
hehehehe they u have to have lessons of GRaphic DEsign and u will be sourprised about THE THEORY OF COLORS...

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tootee
04-24-2002, 17:39
I was told by a graphic designer that the best is green on blue http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

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tootee the goldfish,
headmaster of Shogun-Academy (http://shogun-academy.tripod.com)
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theforce
04-24-2002, 18:13
Scrap the chatroom. Just fight and don't talk!

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Vanya
04-24-2002, 20:56
Quote Originally posted by tootee:
I was told by a graphic designer that the best is green on blue http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

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You are WRONG! Its yellow on blue!

Green on red comes in a close second...

http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/eek.gif
Hirosito
04-24-2002, 22:16
NOOOOOO----it's brown on black

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