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[Thoman Coston]

I have been looking at the weekly screen shots today, I noticed something a bit odd regarding the torso twist indicator. Correct me if I have interpreted the hud incorrectly.

http://mwomercs.com/...ly-screenshot-4
The triangle at the center of the compass shows the direction of the torso. In Screenshot week 4, it shows 250 deg. The mech torso is twisted to the left. Thus the second triangle on the upper side of the compas showed this fact , by having that second triangle representing the mech legs/feet direction, appearing to the right of the first triangle, connected by a line. The second triangle showed 219 deg. Now that is the odd part. Should it not be showing 281 deg instead?
Since if the torso is facing 250 deg by twisting to the left, then the legs should be facing somewhere between west and north west, which is shown by the compass correctly, but the number above the triangle is then incorrect.


I double checked with Screenshot 2
http://mwomercs.com/...ly-screenshot-2
Here the torso is twisted left, facing 212 deg (between south and south west). The legs are facing somewhere between west-north west, but the indicator number showed 137 deg (between south east and south). The indicator for leg direction should have shown 287 deg instead, which would correctly point to west-north west.

[Nasty9]

It is quite possible that it just might be a bug. It would be pretty easy to accidentally put torso heading is = absolute heading - leg heading instead of +.

[Thoman Coston]

my first mwo bug report then.

Now pls give me beta key and I shall find more bugs!

[Moose13]

Maybe what you think is the torso direction (pointing down arrow) is actually the leg position and the other arrow (pointing up) is indicating the torso and the direction to return to center.

[Alaric Wolf Kerensky]

Moose13, on 31 May 2012 - 05:05 PM, said:

Maybe what you think is the torso direction (pointing down arrow) is actually the leg position and the other arrow (pointing up) is indicating the torso and the direction to return to center.

Not likely. The arrow pointing down matches with the point of view, which would be the torso's direction.

[Moose13]

Alaric Wolf Kerensky, on 31 May 2012 - 09:56 PM, said:

Not likely. The arrow pointing down matches with the point of view, which would be the torso's direction.

You are right. I watched the videos instead of just the photos and verified the down arrow is torso indication. It appears the leg direction is the up arrow and the math is backwards for the up arrow indication.

[B4BYR4C3R]

Moose13, on 01 June 2012 - 05:14 AM, said:

You are right. I watched the videos instead of just the photos and verified the down arrow is torso indication. It appears the leg direction is the up arrow and the math is backwards for the up arrow indication.

No, what you see is correct. The torso twist indicator is displayed relative to the direction of the legs not the other way around. For want of a better term the legs are the default centre and therefore, using the following screenie as an example, if the torso is twisted 33 degrees to the right the indicator displays to the left of centre due to the torsos centre aligning with the pilots POV.

I admit it sounds confusing but after a while you get used to it.

[Moose13]

B4BYR4C3R, on 03 June 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

No, what you see is correct. The torso twist indicator is displayed relative to the direction of the legs not the other way around. For want of a better term the legs are the default centre and therefore, using the following screenie as an example, if the torso is twisted 33 degrees to the right the indicator displays to the left of centre due to the torsos centre aligning with the pilots POV.

I admit it sounds confusing but after a while you get used to it.

Watch the video with the light mech Jenner. Even with your example, the down arrow is indicating 350 and the up arrow has 33 above but appears about 307 on the compass indication. That is a 43 degree difference. The same difference from 350 to 33.

[Strisk]

I agree, it's backwards, good catch

[Thoman Coston]

I checked screenshot 6. They have fixed it

[Moose13]

Taigen, on 08 June 2012 - 04:17 AM, said:

I checked screenshot 6. They have fixed it

Outstanding work Devs. I can't wait to get into the game!