Got a Quick Suggestion? - Small suggestions that don't need their own thread

[syshock]

@Burbinator

So you always consciously move your arms, then your head? A normal human being doesn’t even think about it and just moves them both soon enough after eachother to be considered simultaneous.

Also, you’re != your, plurals in English are never with an apostrophe.

yes, thank you for pointing that out. I made the mistake three times in my last post (the long one). Correct me if I’m wrong but the word “your” is belonging and “You’re” is just a shortened version of “you” and “are” with an apostrophe. I learnt that 15 years ago in primary school.

[NickAVV]

Correcto. Also, I think cool HUD effects would be cool too, but what we’ve seen in the videos and stuff is good for me.

[Ballsopt]

so…anybody else have any random suggestions that won’t make it into the mod?

[The_Javid]

@syshock

In real life a persons arms are independent-- meaning your head doesnt move along with them. In a hectic firefight, your gun will move around while being positioned on your shoulder or hip, and you take advantage of this motion by aiming while still being focused on one thing…it makes a difference because normally the camera stays centered on the gun making you think the persons head must be glued to the back end of the gun (which is robotic), but now it feels like someone is behind the gun.

Free-aim doesnt mean you’re not focusing on your target or that you’re not holding you’re gun properly. You’re meant to put your arm’s in place first, aim and then shoot. Sometimes you can move your arm’s a bit while shooting if you’re confident that the gun is positioned corectly. In the videos (links) I posted, the gun was positioned normally but was slightly independent of the camera. The movement feels more natural and less robotic. Moving you’re head first means there’s less reaction time to danger, and if both move simultaneously then thats robotic. On the battlefield the obvious choice is to point you’re gun then see who came crawling out of the bushes.

Lets look at a real life situation…
You’re alone in the jungle. Its dark. You’ve got a handgun. You hear a sound behind you.
What do you do?..me? I’ll swing around and shoot the hell out of whatever is there. Also, about your head moving first… that only applies when your arm’s move out of you’re vison. Its only when you’re mentally prepared for something that both move in sync. For example you are waiting for someone to throw a ball. You’re eyes and head will move with your hand’s. Being mentally prepared all the time is un-realistic and robotic just as having the camera and gun always in sync.
It comes down to this we are talking about the battlefield and free-aim creates a realistic effect.

When I was in fire fights my head and arms moved as one in this robotic fashion that you speak of. You don’t shoot what you don’t see so to move your arms first kinda seems ricockulous to me and shooting at noises is a waste of ammo and can cause you to shoot your fellow soldiers and/or civilians. Since I obviously know more about the battlefield than you how bout you stop pretending that you know what you are talking about.

[bigfan421]

well put, Javid.

[syshock]

err… if you’re implying that you’ve fought in a proper war (there were only 2 proper wars going on in the world since 2001), then I still wouldn’t take your word for it…

maybe because both wars have been an epic fail. maybe the soldeirs are to blame for their inadequateness.

and that my friend is not an insult.

[Ballsopt]

that’s completely irrelevant.

[syshock]

I’m the one who started the topic of free-aim… so I hereby announce the end of it. From now on, I won’t say a word about it. happy

[Dillxn]

Yes! For goodness’ sake we are!

[Soup]

Okay Mr. Pedantic, maybe you don’t move your head. That’s not what anyone was saying. They said line of sight. As in where you’re looking. As in where your eyes are pointing towards. But regardless, your head moves quicker than your arms, if not the same speed, so your point is still pretty redundant.

I’m going to go ahead and repeat myself for the hundredth time: you don’t aim where you’re not looking.

EDIT: Whoops, I missed a whole page.

[syshock]

I’m dying to say something but I wont

EDIT: yes, the topics come to an end.

[Ballsopt]

sounds good.

[Soup]

@syshock

I’m dying to say something but I wont

EDIT: yes, the topics come to an end.

Then start a thread about it. Or PM whoever you want to reply to.

[syshock]

@Soup

Then start a thread about it. Or PM whoever you want to reply to.

its not worth starting a thread about. I think I’ve got the point across. Its upto the modders now.

I do agree though, that there’s a 0.01% chance of my idea being part of the mod. As a matter of fact, its probably too late to make any suggestions. I don’t see the need of this thread anymore.

[JeffMOD]

@syshock

I don’t see the need of this thread anymore.

It’s so people don’t spam the forum with suggestion threads.

[scary_guy_from_halfl]

At this point if you’re going to suggest things and then get disappointed when told they won’t make it into the mod, you might as well just suggest things that are probably going to be in anyway.

SUGGESTION:
When you have a gun, you should be able to look at guys and click and sometimes make them fall down (ideally they would stop shooting you, too)!

SUGGESTION:
No, no, here’s a really crazy idea. I know this mod is supposed to be fairly serious, but what about if, out of nowhere, there’s the Ghostbusters gun!

SUGGESTION:
Also, I know that the team has potentially recorded hours of material, but to increase immersion, the player’s character shouldn’t say anything.

[Dillxn]

@syshock

I do agree though, that there’s a 0% chance of my idea being part of the mod.

Fix’d.

[Phat]

@scary guy from halflife

SUGGESTION:
No, no, here’s a really crazy idea. I know this mod is supposed to be fairly serious, but what about if, out of nowhere, there’s the Ghostbusters gun!

SUGGESTION:
Also, I know that the team has potentially recorded hours of material, but to increase immersion, the player’s character shouldn’t say anything.

Is this a troll? Have you ever played half-life?

I will answer these ridiculous questions anyway.

Ghost buster gun wasn’t in hl1 so it won’t be in black mesa.

Here you have it learn a thing or two about Gordon Freeman (he is the character you play in hl1)

@Wikipedia.com

Gordon Freeman is a fictional character, the main protagonist of the Half-Life video game series. He is a theoretical physicist who finds himself thrust into a battle for survival against both alien and human forces. Throughout the series, Gordon must prevail in hostile situations despite overwhelming odds, usually without backup. As a means of immersing the player in the role, the character never speaks, and there are no cut-scenes or mission briefings — all action is viewed through Gordon’s eyes, with the player retaining control of Gordon’s actions at nearly all times.

Again

@Wikipedia.com

the character never speaks

And i really don’t understand your first question.

[NickAVV]

ITT, Phat fails to understand jokes and sarcasm.

[Dillxn]

And how to quote Wikipedia properly.