Screen position

[The Man In Black]

I'm working on the ability to reposition a few hud elements via cvar but Thoth and I are in disagreement about what the user would find more intuitive. If I gave you a cvar for the x and y coordinates (percentage of screen), which do you think of as the top/bottom or left/right edge?

 

[Thothie]

Thoth and I are in disagreement about what the user would find more intuitive

We are? Nah, I just said 0 being bottom and 480 being top, as it was, is not intuitive, and a percentage, float, or bottom/center/top options would be better. I'm used to the idea that 0x0 is top left due to all the 70-80's era computers I worked on, but ya could be right that folks not raised on TSR-80's might think more like a graph chart, with 0 being bottom, is more intuitive. If it's "vertical offset", rather than coords, then yes, bottom being 0 does make more sense either way. (Also thinking some jerk might complain and want the little dude *and* the icons.)

Kinda minor thing to put up for a vote though, given all the more fundamental stuff we're doing...

 

[zeus9860]

100% x is definetly right, 100% y is either bottom/top. I'm used to top being 0 and bottom 100% from self experience, but using a graph chart as Thothie suggested, makes the opposite option also valid and probably the most popular of the two.

If i'm not mistaking, web programming XY starts at the top-left. Using canvas/js to draw things for example, can't remember if CSS followed the same logic but it probably did since they are all connected to HTML5.

Not sure which of the two is the most proper one, i am confused now, thanks.

 

[Thothie]

Well, if you wanna be really technical, should make center 0x0 and use negatives for upwards and left.

(For once, I agree with Zeus, even if mostly on the confused part.)

 

[The Man In Black]

Well, if you wanna be really technical, should make center 0x0 and use negatives for upwards and left.

Deal.

 

[Thothie]

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(Well, at least I didn't suggest Carolina Style.)

edit: After watching that vid again, I realize that machine is designed much like MSC, and works about as well.

 

[The Man In Black]

We can do both, with another cvar to say which to use.

Also, they're in logarithmic scale.

 

[Kanta]

Are we gonna get something new on the hud?

 

[Thothie]

We're adding the option to have item icons in replacement of classic ms little dude, and we're letting you move/scale the charge bars (as well as those icons), with the additional option of a charge completed sound you can customize and change the volume of that raises in pitch at each level.

 

[Kanta]

We're adding the option to have item icons in replacement of classic ms little dude, and we're letting you move/scale the charge bars (as well as those icons), with the additional option of a sound you can customize and change the volume of at each charge level.

Holy shit, thank GOD.

Also the charge bar stuff and sounds are pretty radical too.

 

[Kanta]

What about vertical charge bars, can we get that?

 

[The Man In Black]

Maybe in the future, but I've rewritten the code at least 3 times in the past couple weeks and I really want to work on something other than that for a little while

 

[Kanta]

There are definitely more pressing matters I would assume.