Unless I am mistaken I am quite sure that back in the day, when you went into the mech lab the different components were highlighted on your mech.
For instance, select the side torso and your 3d mech model would show (highlighted) exactly where the component starts and ends.
Why do we not have this anymore? I litterally only just discovered the other day the position of the Atlas cockpit (after shooting the stupid slit in the middle of the face and doing nothing for too long). Also some mechs dont always have a clear cut place for ST / CT. When the game used to highlight the components, you could see everything without the needed guesswork.
Can we get this back please?
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What Ever Happened To Components Being Highlighted In The Mech Bay?
Started by HGAK47, Aug 23 2017 07:16 AM
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- Big Daddy
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Posted 23 August 2017 - 08:42 AM
Did we have that? 
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- The Spear
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Posted 23 August 2017 - 08:47 AM
El Bandito, on 23 August 2017 - 08:42 AM, said:
Did we have that?
Seems like it
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Posted 23 August 2017 - 08:58 AM
That is one of the things I actually really liked about the original UI.
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Posted 23 August 2017 - 09:03 AM
Jay Leon Hart, on 23 August 2017 - 08:47 AM, said:
Seems like it
Holy **** that was looong time ago. Nostalgia, haha.
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Posted 23 August 2017 - 09:07 AM
Hey thanks to Jay for the image. Thats the one! Oh man seeing it all like that again takes me back haha but damn look how useful that is seeing the components!
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Posted 24 August 2017 - 02:49 AM
The whole mechbay and cameras and stuff was better back then. I liked the aethetic of the old UI better, too. =[
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Posted 24 August 2017 - 02:51 AM
Oh man, I forgot about that. I really didn't like the old mechlab UI, but that was a nice feature of it.
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Posted 24 August 2017 - 02:52 AM
Still not sure why when assigning weapon groups, weapon position on mech / mechcomponents are not highlighted / communicated.
generally it's an easy affair, but when you've got 8+ weapons it can get a bit funny.
generally it's an easy affair, but when you've got 8+ weapons it can get a bit funny.
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Posted 24 August 2017 - 03:31 AM
It was nifty, and a variation of it coming back for those that build their mechs in column view instead fo expanded would be nice, I suppose. But it certainly did NOT show you what the hitboxes were. (Yeah, the Atlas? Left eye.) There are a few player-made resources out there that will show you hitboxes, but the only one I know off the top of my head stopped being updated years ago.
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