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Make bombs more visible!!!

Discussion in 'Suggestions & Ideas' started by Vania, Nov 7, 2013.

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  1. Vania

    Vania Shopkeep Stealer

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    Bombs are super destructive, they should be very visible, with like a ton of sparks flying and glowing.

    Right now bombs are hard to spot, they get hidden behind corpses and stuff in the ground, that doesnt make sense.

    You should always be able to see what killed you, it's like a golden rule in game design.
     
    Vania, Nov 7, 2013
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  2. Kouji

    Kouji Cold, Uncaring, Sadistic, Evil and Cruel Meanie Administrator Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester
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    I think they are visible enough. They have a high contrast against the knight's colors since they are black so you can always see if they pulled one out, they have a sparkler on top, they grow big and red when they are about to explode, they give out light that makes them obviously visible in the dark and theyy make a very noticeable fizzzzz noise.

    As far as destruction goes, you have to be fairly close to them, within about 4/5 insta-killed by them if you are an archer or have 2 hearts, they do very little tile damage, to the point where it's almost negligible.
     
    Kouji, Nov 7, 2013
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  3. 8x

    8x Elimination Et Choix Traduisant la Realité Forum Moderator Staff Alumni Tester
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    A year ago there was a colour-blind guy that could not distinguish sand from stoneblocks, his solution was I think to make colours that fit his perception. You may see this better:

    Bomb2.png

    I made them a bit purple. If you think this might work for you replace this png file with the Vanilla Bomb.png, which is located at your KAG folder: /Base/Entities/Items/Explosives
    You can modify the sprites too, and as they are client-side, you wil be the only one who sees it.
     
    8x, Nov 7, 2013
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  4. Vania

    Vania Shopkeep Stealer

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    Thanks, that's nice. I was not thinking about myself though, I was thinking about the new steam players who will leave bad reviews because they got killed too many times by bombs they didnt see.

    And on that topic, yesterday I saw a ridiculous amount of newbies dying repeatedly to their own team saw mills.
    You may think that's funny but it's going to get the game bad reviews.

    What bothers me is these issues are very easy to fix, dying to your own team saw mills doesnt add anything to the game. I'm not for dumbing the game down but some degree of user-friendlyness is necessary.
     
    Vania, Nov 7, 2013
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  5. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Team killing with the saw mill is essential, otherwise you can just place them in a vertical tower for a team only instakill, very resilient flag protection. They can be turned off with E when they aren't in use by anyone on the team.
     
    Geti, Nov 8, 2013
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  6. Bernhardt

    Bernhardt Builder Stabber

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    Just curious, do you play zoomed out all the time?

    If you use the default zoom, it should be pretty easy to spot bombs.

    I for one can see them, but on top of that I read the game, follow the trajectories of flying objects and listen to the hissing sound fuses make.
     
    Bernhardt, Nov 8, 2013
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