have you guys even looked at your own load screen? am i missing something or is it totally crappy?
i don't see the http://www.btanks.net websight mentioned in it. i don't know if that was intentional. i would think you'd want it on there so people know where to go to get the newest map and where to join the forum, and the league, etc...
i can't read all the realm's top players! think of it, they did all that hard work to be number one, and you promised them that if they did that they'd be on the load screen, however, the only name i see when i load the game is the first guy.
it might be time to make a custom load screen. i know, i know, that's prob'ly gonna mean a bigger file to dl but it'll be worth it in my opinion. if you could make a cool looking one it should draw more attention to the fact that this is not just another map, but actually one of the best out there! i think a custom load screen is becoming more and more the expectaion from experienced players.
chicks dig artwork too. if a map has no appeal to a chick then she's going to say, "play dota, at least i can watch while u play that cuase it's like a movie." battle tanks totally lacks chick appeal and a nice load screen could be a great first step to bridging that gap.
Why's the rothchild family crest and the illuminati symbol on my 1 dollar bill? Why do rich and powerful American "christian" leaders have gay sex and worship a giant 40 foot stone owl at Beach Grove every year? Why doesn't anyone care?
I have no time for this but I would like to see some Bt-Lscreen. I think It shouldnt be any screenshots, just drawed tanks from the game. Maybe I will try to make it, but I can start it only in august. I think I'll make it anyway, even it will be already another one.
In older versions, there were screenshot like bt loading screens. But i think they are removed because of file size reduction (using that extra size for other things like models) and keeping file size low.
In fact I would like to see some concept art of BT in load screen too. Maybe there can even be contests for this if enough interest is commited.
The reason why there is no loading screen in battle tanks, is because mappers have a low size policy. They won't import anything unless it has a purpose (like a new tank for example)
I'm playing with 1024x768 resolution, and I also noticed there is some information missing due to low resolution.
I just posted a comment in the "league" section about the fact that the load screen lacks any real referance to the btanks.net website..
I think there should be more mention of the website, it really needs to be in your face!! It seems strange that loadscreen says "Join the league on our website!" Yet there is no website displayed...
The only way to get the website is by pressing f9 (which very few people take the time to do) Or by typing -league and then a random false password where it breifly appears on screen "get a password from our website http://www.btanks.net" or something like that....
I just think that you need to get the web address more IN YOUR FACE that way more people will see it and take enough interest to visit the website and mabye even register for the league, thus boosting btanks popularity all over the realms!!
yeah, i thought so too. im surprised that the homepage isnt mentioned in the loading screen anymore, defenitely it was, but i havnt read the loading screen for many games i think.
sometimes in public games i type "-team http://www.btanks.net" to do some promotion, for lordearon i think this is could be some helping inspiration
Thats what the load screen looks like for me:
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It seems like, the shown information depends on your screen resolution or something ... dunno. I'm using 1280x1024 and as you can see, everything is shown.
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I personally would remove this line: "-Try not to die often, your enemy gaines money othrwise."
You can see "it" juite often like in str = bounty. And when some one dies. In tips as well.
And made it some think like this "-Do not leave the game, your team needs you."
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what about telling people how the ingame help function works (pilot abilities, "?"-button every tank has) instead of giving concrete hints?
btw: what about an autocast function for the help ability? dunno if thats possible, but it would be helpful i think. i doubt someone will actively click it again after reading 2-3 hints he didnt find helpful.
It would be nice to make it auto-cast i think. But some abilities like repair will be disabled while it is active. But i dont think it will be a big problem.
Can an ability be autocast activated on start?
Exodus Wrote:Thats what the load screen looks like for me:
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It seems like, the shown information depends on your screen resolution or something ... dunno. I'm using 1280x1024 and as you can see, everything is shown.
My resolution is also 1280x1024. But i cant see the last 2 lines. Is it just me??
It might be because of font size and/or font type difference people use.
I sometimes see that people send screenshots and their texts are different than mine. Some are smaller and/or different font style.
could be the operating system people use too. i think i heard exodus say he uses vista. that could be it. you're probably right though horselance, it's probably the font.
ummm... who cares though? i don't think the makers of the map should be concerned really with why it's happening. if i were them i'd just take out the last 2 or 3 lines or, like i said before, get a custom load screen. and, like i said before also, i know that it's going to make the file size bigger, however i still argue that it's worth it for these reasons:
1. i know i already said this too, but chicks like artwork. some of us guys have to play maps that our girlfeinds like from time to time or else they get unhappy. girls prefer to watch me play dota cuase they think it's more interesting. if battle tanks had some artwork at the start then i'm figuring it should up its chick appeal.
2. I think a custom load screen says to gamers, "this is a well done map, made by some one who knew what he was doing." so if battle tanks had one i think it should change a lot of people's opinions about the map. yes, i have mentioned this before too, i know.
3. more people playing battle tanks = better game play and this is how: THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH BATTLE TANKS IS THAT IT'S HARD TO FIND A GAME IF YOU CAN'T HOST i.e. not enough people play it. If more people liked battle tanks then more people would play battle tanks. if more people played battle tanks then players would have to play better to win. if there were more good players hosting games of battle tanks then we would all be happier. for 1, no one would have to play with gay lag in other realms just to have a descent match anymore.
4. just for the record, dota is a huge file size and it's played about 100 million times more often than battle tanks right now. i think battle tank's file size is currently somewhere around 500kb and dota's is around 3500kb! (i think) or mb, i don't care, my point is: even though dota's about 7 times the size people don't mind taking the time to go the http://www.getdota.com and downloading the map. i wonder, is there some other reason why the map makers of battle tanks need to keep the file size so small? perhaps thier hard drives are full and that's all they can fit? i'm guessing it's got something to do with the size of files they can allow poeple to download off their websight. that's just a guess. i don't know.
Why's the rothchild family crest and the illuminati symbol on my 1 dollar bill? Why do rich and powerful American "christian" leaders have gay sex and worship a giant 40 foot stone owl at Beach Grove every year? Why doesn't anyone care?
