Developers keep Silverfall from "falling" into the...

jimtek · 01-30-2007, 07:15 PM

Developers keep Silverfall from "falling" into the...Bargain Bin!

I have to say that Silverfall really looks promising. It's kinda like what Darkstone should have been with the graphics. As such, unless this feature is already permentently coded into the game, I truly hope the MAP setup is reworked.

It's absolutely frustrating to look at the map (top right of screen), and when you make your character go left, he appears to go right; or up and down. This is the kind of bad design that just kills games. No game is perfect, but Silverfall really looks like a breath of fresh air in the RPG arena, cool new goons, spells, and sounds.

So please Developers, if it's possible, take a look at the MAP setup. It's definitely frustrating moving your character in the world. Many times I would start to fight a goon, and while retreating I'd get stuck behind an object and die because I didn't know where I was. And that really made me want to snap my teeth off at the gum line. I really feel the MAP setup will be this game's demise if not reworked.

I've been playing games for over 20 years, and I'm no stranger to all the genres (RPG, Strategy, FPS's, 3rd Person Shooters, Adventure, etc), so one thing I know for certain is, "listen to your gaming community." Again, if it took completely reprogramming the game to fix the MAP setup, then obviously that will never happen. But it sure would be great to see Silverfall hit the shelves instead of the Bargain Bin.

12Volt · 01-30-2007, 07:25 PM

I had no -real- problem with the way my character faces, but I did have a problem with how the NPC's have different colors on the map. Makes it hard to differentiate vendors between quest givers/guards and refugee's.

Mathmaruader · 01-30-2007, 07:47 PM

They really just need to keep the map arrow locked in the direction you character moves not let it follow the camera.

switch_foot4 · 01-30-2007, 10:13 PM

doesnt bother me at all, thought i agree make the vendors a different color dot than the quest givers

Gorkk · 01-31-2007, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathmaruader

They really just need to keep the map arrow locked in the direction you character moves not let it follow the camera.

No. That's waht like that on the French demo and in the release, and it were much more difficult to know where you were going. Every single person who played the French demo and talked on the official forum agreed to that. It's much easier to know where you going with the arrow on the minimap facing the direction of your screen and not your character.

As for the minimap, north is always up and your character move on it. For some it is better than having the minimap always synced to the screen direction and north moving around as you turn your screen, for others it's the other way around.

switch_foot4 · 01-31-2007, 01:54 PM

Well in this post its about equal on people who want it one way or the other so they should make it a checkbox and please everyone.

Gorkk · 02-01-2007, 12:07 PM

I don't think it's so simple to have the two mecanism for the map.

jimtek · 02-01-2007, 06:02 PM

I think if you took a pole of gamers with regard to facing the right way, it would be a no-brainer response. I think the best way to describe playing Silverfall at this juncture would be say "traveling North in your car on a freeway, only driving in reverse" -- so it's hard to believe that it's a 50/50 split with player preference on basic direction. That being said, a check box would be sweet; my guess it's already hardcoded into too much of the game; I'm hoping I'm wrong. Have a good one guys!

01-30-2007, 07:15 PM	#1
jimtek Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3	Developers keep Silverfall from "falling" into the... Developers keep Silverfall from "falling" into the...Bargain Bin! I have to say that Silverfall really looks promising. It's kinda like what Darkstone should have been with the graphics. As such, unless this feature is already permentently coded into the game, I truly hope the MAP setup is reworked. It's absolutely frustrating to look at the map (top right of screen), and when you make your character go left, he appears to go right; or up and down. This is the kind of bad design that just kills games. No game is perfect, but Silverfall really looks like a breath of fresh air in the RPG arena, cool new goons, spells, and sounds. So please Developers, if it's possible, take a look at the MAP setup. It's definitely frustrating moving your character in the world. Many times I would start to fight a goon, and while retreating I'd get stuck behind an object and die because I didn't know where I was. And that really made me want to snap my teeth off at the gum line. I really feel the MAP setup will be this game's demise if not reworked. I've been playing games for over 20 years, and I'm no stranger to all the genres (RPG, Strategy, FPS's, 3rd Person Shooters, Adventure, etc), so one thing I know for certain is, "listen to your gaming community." Again, if it took completely reprogramming the game to fix the MAP setup, then obviously that will never happen. But it sure would be great to see Silverfall hit the shelves instead of the Bargain Bin.

01-30-2007, 07:25 PM	#2
12Volt Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 29	I had no -real- problem with the way my character faces, but I did have a problem with how the NPC's have different colors on the map. Makes it hard to differentiate vendors between quest givers/guards and refugee's. __________________ Burn the heretic. Purge the mutant. Kill the unclean.

02-01-2007, 12:07 PM	#7
Gorkk Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 67	I don't think it's so simple to have the two mecanism for the map. __________________ La Bibliothèque de Neverwinter - Sacred - FR - Titan Quest - FR - Loki - FR by Rekka

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01-30-2007, 07:47 PM	#3
Mathmaruader Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3	They really just need to keep the map arrow locked in the direction you character moves not let it follow the camera.

01-30-2007, 10:13 PM	#4
switch_foot4 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19	doesnt bother me at all, thought i agree make the vendors a different color dot than the quest givers

01-31-2007, 01:54 PM	#6
switch_foot4 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19	Well in this post its about equal on people who want it one way or the other so they should make it a checkbox and please everyone.

02-01-2007, 06:02 PM	#8
jimtek Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3	I think if you took a pole of gamers with regard to facing the right way, it would be a no-brainer response. I think the best way to describe playing Silverfall at this juncture would be say "traveling North in your car on a freeway, only driving in reverse" -- so it's hard to believe that it's a 50/50 split with player preference on basic direction. That being said, a check box would be sweet; my guess it's already hardcoded into too much of the game; I'm hoping I'm wrong. Have a good one guys!