Customizable hud - Colors, layout and group or squad view?

[Saxxon]

I have watched all the videos in existence, as far as I know and most have been solo and I haven't noticed a group view or readout on the hud. The orange/amber hud colors are nice and good for visibility but I am more of a blue or green fan myself. One last thing will I be able to drag around elements of the hud to position them where I want or will these elements be locked into place?

Forgive me if I have looked over this discussion. I have searched the site and only found one thread that really didn't answer the questions I have posed here.

 

[ZeeWolf]

by group view do you mean some kind of tactical display? I believe that is still being worked on and there is some information in the DDF Under the communication thread. But some kind of icon system for directing your wingmen is in the works.

Somebody did a mock up of the GUI in different colours recently, maybe they could post it here. Currently the HUD we have seen are all of the Falcon De Lacy craft so this may differ on later cockpits, we don't know. The ability to choose colours would be nice though

 

[Cody]

The ability to choose colours would be nice though

<nods>

 

[Saxxon]

Thanks for the replies

These questions might be a little premature and considered fluff at this time considering we are in alpha stages atm. I did want to get this out there tho.

 

[Yaffle]

Thanks for the replies

These questions might be a little premature and considered fluff at this time considering we are in alpha stages atm. I did want to get this out there tho.

Not really fluff at all. If you were colour-blind the displays currently are a dog's breakfast to interpret. For that accessibility issue alone I hope FD allow some form of customisation.

 

[ZeeWolf]

I found them

Originally posted by MxM in Alpha, these are his concepts only

 

[Saxxon]

Very nice! Although the purple and pink seems a bit over the top, but hey it is nice to see options.

thanks Zee

 

[Iain M Norman]

Very nice! Although the purple and pink seems a bit over the top, but hey it is nice to see options.

thanks Zee

Looks to me like the purple and pink have exactly the same luminance and saturation as the others. You're just being hueist!

*giggles*

Looks like a made a word up

 

[tooterfish]

One last thing will I be able to drag around elements of the hud to position them where I want or will these elements be locked into place?

If you look closely the displays are holograms rendered inside the cockpit. They're not overlays on your screen, so I doubt you'll be able to reposition them.

You never know though.

 

[Saxxon]

If you look closely the displays are holograms rendered inside the cockpit. They're not overlays on your screen, so I doubt you'll be able to reposition them.

You never know though.

Excellent point! Maybe they should remain fixed. I don't want to end up where we are playing the hud instead of looking around the cockpit.

 

[Leonick]

If you look closely the displays are holograms rendered inside the cockpit. They're not overlays on your screen, so I doubt you'll be able to reposition them.

Why would that prevent you from moving things around? Seems rather sensible that you'd be able to tell the ship's computer where to project certain HUD elements.

 

[Cosmo Bozo]

Not too bothered about moving stuff around, but I'd love those colour options.

 

[Riedquat]

really like those colour options, would be really nice to be able to configure them to change when certain condition are active.

Ie - change to Red when hardpoints deployed, green when docking, etc, whatever your preference.

 

[Saxxon]

really like those colour options, would be really nice to be able to configure them to change when certain condition are active.

Ie - change to Red when hardpoints deployed, green when docking, etc, whatever your preference.

Now that is a cool idea I didn't even think of.