Finding my Friends inGame

MagicElemental

Any chance NS2 could have an easier way to tell who is who when running around not as the commander for marines or aliens. Sometimes I play with my friends on a ventrilo voice server and it's hard to find out where they are or who they are unless they say I am the guy jumping up and down or the guy shooting. Eventually the hint like window shows up displaying a name, but it takes a decent amount of time for this to occur. A switch that would allow for translucent Names to displayed above players heads would be aid-full or some other visible variation so I can find those I typically play with. Also with people I don't know, I can see, hey I have been moving out with for example "Bob" and we seem to be working together, I am going to continue to work with him. Where as that's that guy "Steve" who keeps running at the hive by himself, won't listen to commander, etc. I think this will develop a little more room for understanding of who you are playing with over time rather than guy looks just like that last guy. The names over the head worked very well for Planetside, of course that is also an MMO. Of course like I stated earlier it could be a switch in the options menu and translucent with perhaps limited font size options.

corpsman

Great idea for those who need it, <b>as long as we can have an on/off switch</b>. I don't care for it, glowing circles and selection names completely ruins games for me; however, I can definitely see how people would need this to enjoy the game more.

ozbirdboy

yeah i think this could be pretty useful for the people who need it and for people who want to work together with other players, as corpsman said...as long as theres an on/off switch i will be happy <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

yoda

I would kinda like some sort of intergration with the steam friends so marines get coloured marks on their shoulders and aliens get coloured tails or smthn or maybe some face paint to determine if their your friend or not. Its kinda useful for pub so one knows who you can depend on to watch your back and who will just run off and leave one to die.

Radix

<!--quoteo(post=1657348:date=Oct 23 2007, 03:55 PM:name=yoda)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(yoda @ Oct 23 2007, 03:55 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1657348"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I would kinda like some sort of intergration with the steam friends so marines get coloured marks on their shoulders and aliens get coloured tails or smthn or maybe some face paint to determine if their your friend or not. Its kinda useful for pub so one knows who you can depend on to watch your back and who will just run off and leave one to die.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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