Weld Meeeeee!

Nil_IQ · May 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">No 'Weld me' sound in 1.1?</div> The title says it all really. I'm sure you've been there; you're in a group of ha/hmgs and you're heading towards a hive. Things are going great until you hit trouble in the form of a Fade/some skulks/a WOL/something nasty and unexpected. Hopefully the valient heroes triumph over adversary (ie, you kill the miscellaneous nasty thing) and you continue on, only to notice your armour is low. The comm, of course, is giving you medspam support, but what good is 100 hp with 17 armour??? What you now have is an expensive way to make yourself a foot taller.

Hopefully you all have welders, and hopefully you all start welding each other, but there's always, ALWAYS someone who doesnt get welded somehow.

So how do you tell your teammates? You <i>could</i> type 'weld me!', but it is oh so easy to ignore team messages, and even then there's always the 'someone else will do it' attitude.

What I have managed to drag out into 10 lines is:

We need a 'weld me' voice.

Thats it. Thats my point. Bet you wish you'd skipped the bit at the start, dont you <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

I had HEARD through the proverbial grapevine that a 'weld me' sound was implemented in 1.1, but I didnt notice it in the changelogs.

P.S, before you say it, NO i dont think this belongs in the S&I forum because I am asking if a feature has been implemented, not suggesting a new one.

That is all.

Mr Spock, rasie the sarcasm shields! Divert all power to anti-flame systems!

Jefe · May 2003

It'd be a nice feature to have, but you'd need some indicator over your head as well, similar to the vox sprite. This'd be great for those without voicecomm, though.

Byeka · May 2003

I agree. In reply to Nil_IQ's post.

Byeka · May 2003

Oh yeah, it's usually small things like this that make it into 1.1 btw. Hopefully, this will be implanted.

Nil_IQ · May 2003

Yeah, I meant to add that there should be a vox sprite.

In fact, there should be a type sprite as well, so that you can see when others are typing and cover them more effectivly. Obviously it would only be visible to your team, otherwise skulks would naturally go for the target that couldnt hit back <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

Cowswin · May 2003

Why not a yellow circle around the person like aliens have a green one when they look at each others health? That way you could tell exactly who needed welding without bothering with all this voice crap. Just use something already in game...

Nil_IQ · May 2003

Ideally, yes. But it would still be useful to have a way of getting your teammates attention, they wouldnt constantly be looking at your little yellow circle thingy.

Melatonin · May 2003

the bane of my short commanding career is ppl not welding.
also not having voice coms, when im soldiering its harrassing to type weld me in the thick of battle...
a weld me sound (plus icon above head) would be kick ****! it would really help out those newby marines who cant figure out who to weld (on the rare occasions they have their welder out)... as well as vets.

Jink_Jink · May 2003

this would be an awsome if implemented. count my vote in.

Belgarion · May 2003

i like it too. weld-me voice gets my vote.

Belg

iceman · May 2003

Good idea, only if Flayra would see it..

DizzyOne · May 2003

totally agree with everything, I had a game even today where it almost looked like a stalemate and where most of the time I was trying to find someone with a welder or typing weld me <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'>

Maus · May 2003

I suggested this back in December, but obviously it wasn't important enough to make it into whatever patch was in the works at the time. It'd be excellent if this made it into 1.1.

Also when I suggested this I mentioned a "cover me" radio call too, which would also be very useful.

I_of_The_Everlasting · May 2003

Oh yes, I wholeheartedly agree with this. Especially if a sprite (it would have to be a small, blue one) were placed above the head of requester. Many times during play, I had wondered why this hadn't been put in. It seems more worthwhile that "my shrink says I need an outlet for my aggression", however cool that sound may be. There's also the problem with just saying it over the mic that once a player has requested welding, people can only look around and wonder "who said that?", unless of course, he or she saw the yellow speaker. This sort of thing would help immensly.

Byeka · May 2003

Err... it's probably too late to change this, but I just had an idea. Keep the alien calls in. Say the alien uses something such as "Need Healing". Any aliens in proximity would hear the voice in english but it would sound like the hive voice "Our hive is under attack!" When marines hear it, it would sound like it always has sounded.

That_Annoying_Kid · May 2003

I'm all for weld me voice/sprite

Draconis · May 2003

There is no 'need weld' sprite/voice message at the moment in this build of 1.1.

chia-ono · May 2003

I usually tell my squad (I'm just a natural leader!) to weld whomever that has a flashlight on if they're doing nothing. But if the aliens catch on, its pretty counter productive... So having a weld me sprite would be very useful, count me in!

Maveric · May 2003

I love small things that go a long way to making a better experiance.

I luv.

Obliterater · May 2003

That would be excelent, nothing sucks more then having a HA HMG Welder and after mowing down 4 fades being eaten by a skulk while you are sitting there screaming over voice comm "Weld Me!" to the marine next to you who is standing there not doing anything.

Morden · May 2003

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I know that in 1.04 the commander can assign marines to "Weld Target At Waypoint". A voice says that and a welding icon appears over the target, be it a vent or whatever. Maybe someone can design a mod that will allow the marine to say "Weld Target at Waypoint" and stick that icon on his own head. There's a halfway solution to our problem.

PseudoKnight · May 2003

I've always wanted to start a trend to flash your voice comm to let others know you need to be welded. (ie. hit turn your voice comm on and off repeatedly to have the icon flash above your head) This is a good temporary solution until something is hardcoded.

XCan · May 2003

I want this!

DeepShadows · May 2003

Very genius, and would be very useful.

Next time, post in the <u>suggestions</u> forum so Flay actually reads it *poke*

JesusC · May 2003

Consider this idea... "Jesus Approved."

Definitely ove it to the S&I forum to catch the dev's eyes.

Marik_Steele · May 2003

One way or another, this thread has been double posted -- once to General Discussion, the other copy to Ideas and Suggestions.
For the sake of cleanliness, (and because I'm incapable of merging the two to one location) I'm choosing to close one. Since this fits better into Ideas and Suggestions, I point you all to <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=32676' target='_blank'>this thread's equivalent over there.</a>
<span style='color:orange'>*closed*</span>

Weld Meeeeee!

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