Free Look also head mounted flashlight

IvanKeska

This is something I wish we would have in game right now, because i'm use to playing Arma where I can hold down ALT to let me control my head and look around without changing direction. This would make know how tight a area is for you seamoth a lot easier also just add to the experience of swimming around. Because If your running away or going into a spooky area, you want to be able to look around but not be turning towards say a creature you see swimming around.

Also if we could have the flashlight made into a head mounted one that would go with this really well and even if free look isn't put in would this would still be useful for just lighting the way without leaving yourself defenseless.

04Leonhardt

You could combine the Flashlight and Rebreather to make a deep-diving helmet that uses less oxygen at deeper depths, and has a built in light at the top, that you can flip on and off by pressing "F"

Even an immersive little animation with the player reaching up to flick the button.

IvanKeska

04Leonhardt wrote: »

You could combine the Flashlight and Rebreather to make a deep-diving helmet that uses less oxygen at deeper depths, and has a built in light at the top, that you can flip on and off by pressing "F"

Even an immersive little animation with the player reaching up to flick the button.

Ya that would be a good way to go about it, but should it have a little less illumination well the handheld becomes a little more powerful. That way you got a slight trade off as you would in reality.
Thou how many lumins do these future flash lights have? I ask this because the light I have puts out 400 lumins and I feel thats brighter then what we have in game.

Leuenteich

I wouldn't tend to make the handheld flashlight brighter by default, but give it the workbench upgrade "increased brightness" or something, as the "deep-diving helmet" would be an upgrade of the flashlight, too.

The_Shark

@IvanKeska love it, as usual with things you say. Yes, you can look around, but doing so also changes your swim direction. What if you want to look back at how close the Reaper chasing you is, without swimming directly into its jaws? Free look would allow that.

@04Leonhardt Yes. I've noticed that the workbench is worth getting, but it's rather limited. Things like that would make it even more worth the trouble of building. Also, totally in agreement with the switch-flip animation. It's the subtle things that get to me, like looking down and seeing your own legs, or flipping a switch instead of the item just spontaneously turning on.

DarkPrince7256

Leuenteich's idea is really awesome. I hope that is implemented one day...