Movement opinion
 

Hi, I'd like to hear what you guys think about the type of movement for the server I am working on.

http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...ad.php?t=83922

We're pretty set on attempting WASD/mouse aiming, but still have some doubts. Please let me know what you'd prefer and why.

I prefer allowing players to decide their own keys for movement via the Graal options. You don't want your server to be inconsistent and unnecessarily uncomfortable to get used to through your own personal preferences.

I'm voting classic movement system until I could see a good working WASD system.

I agree...however, depending on what we go with, gameplay will change dramatically. If we use the mouse for aiming, then projectiles can travel in any given direction rather than just straight (like era).

It wouldn't work to allow players to choose between the two, because they would be at a disadvantage when using standard movement.

Four directional shooting systems fail.

You get stuff like Era.

I vote WASD movement because for one, its unique. And secondly it opens up a wide array of new possibilities in gameplay. Especially with the sales given gameplay idea (which is similar to CS/Battlefield/CoD)

Why not just have options? What happens if someone uses their mouse left-handed?

I'l always used the Graal so.... =P

That's possible, but you'd still using the mouse to aim/shoot. I'm saying options for switching between mouse shooting and key shooting would not be practical.

Meh, if people want to gimp themselves by using only keyboard why not?

Way back when on Gman's Atrius, he created WASD movement with mouse shooting. It worked fairly well except for the fact that on inside levels, you'd often end up walking backwards when you go near the edges since the mouse runs out of room to be in front of the player.

I don't see how WASD = movement and mouse = aim could go too horribly wrong.

I'd imagine it's all contingent upon what it's going to be used for. :)

Voting standard Graal movement with mouse aiming.

What I mean is WASD is basically the arrow keys mapped to the left side of the keyboard. That = classic movement, then just some mouse aiming... really, it would take a lot to have that go bad.

I had one on my server ;_;

On another note, maybe I should just let you guys use a backup of my old server since I'm not doing anything with it, and you all seem to have around the same idea I had anyways. XD

Lord of the Swine? Honestly that system had some pretty bad wall detection.

Wartime >>; not LoTS

Yaknow...Testbed before testbed.

Oh ya, LotS was still up on Wartime, that's why I remember it. Either way it's the system i was talking about.

but we had all the detection problems worked out ~.~;;

I don't remember that. I just remember the detection was a bit off and it didn't have important stuff like corner sliding and such.

WASD + mouse definitely, if it comes even closely to the awesomeness of Counter-Strike 2D. Drakilor scripted a mouse movement for an oooold version of Mythic, I'll dig around in backups and see if I can find it.


Pre-Post Quick Reply Edit: It seems this is what I thought of.

http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...ad.php?t=72985

Has great detection, and should be editable to remove the click-to-move part.

=o Cool.