Add button or Options-menu to change bottombar to sidebar and back

This message was edited 15 times. Last update was at 11/16/09 7:06:04 PM

Why you can't add button (or option to select bottombar or sidebar, like "Classic Left-Click Mouse" option) for change between sidebar and bottombar? It will be totally better and more comfortable for ALL C&C fans (generals and tiberium/RA fans).

On CnCNZ.com Apoc said, that bottombar is fine for widescreen monitors. Oh, really? A lot unused free space and many similarities with StarCraft (1 and 2) interface.

Really, what the problem with adding button ["Change between sidebar and bottombar"].

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9802/screen10j.jpg

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3889/sidebary.jpg

U P D A T E D (photoshoped Existor's version)

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9584/interfacerev1.jpg

You can see, that many fans are disagree with you about "fine bottombar"

i'm for Existor's bar

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 11/8/09 11:32:54 AM

Existor wrote:Really, what the problem with adding button ["Change between sidebar and bottombar"].

Because that would take time; time that could otherwise be used for designing hideous-looking units and removing further traditional C&C features.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/8/09 12:24:01 PM

Scrinoid wrote:i'm for Existor's bar

It's not my work

I would really love to see a sidebar animation like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVC-227HK4&feature=related

I'd like to see it when we start up, and the screen comes into focus or something.

thest3alth wrote:I would really love to see a sidebar animation like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVC-227HK4&feature=related

I'd like to see it when we start up, and the screen comes into focus or something.

I'd like that but only if it takes 1 second in total. I don't want to sit through 10 seconds of GUI materialising hoo-ha no matter how cool it is.

thest3alth wrote:I would really love to see a sidebar animation like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVC-227HK4&feature=related

I'd like to see it when we start up, and the screen comes into focus or something.

Sure. How many gameplay features would you like removed to allow time for developing this unnecessary interface addition?

TX1138 wrote:

thest3alth wrote:I would really love to see a sidebar animation like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVC-227HK4&feature=related

I'd like to see it when we start up, and the screen comes into focus or something.

Sure. How many gameplay features would you like removed to allow time for developing this unnecessary interface addition?

Ok, why developers can't take more time for developing C&C4 and make it better?

Existor wrote:

TX1138 wrote:Sure. How many gameplay features would you like removed to allow time for developing this unnecessary interface addition?

Ok, why developers can't take more time for developing C&C4 and make it better?

Because the time-allowance given to the devs at EALA is dictated by the corporate heads of EA, who's job it is to make as much profit in as little time as possible.

Nice-looking interface animations are ranked very low on their list of priorities.

TX1138 wrote:

Existor wrote:

TX1138 wrote:Sure. How many gameplay features would you like removed to allow time for developing this unnecessary interface addition?

Ok, why developers can't take more time for developing C&C4 and make it better?

Because the time-allowance given to the devs at EALA is dictated by the corporate heads of EA, who's job it is to make as much profit in as little time as possible.

Nice-looking interface animations are ranked very low on their list of priorities.

Ok, animation really not needed, but add button for change sidebar <-> bottombar - is that hard?

TX1138 wrote:

thest3alth wrote:I would really love to see a sidebar animation like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVC-227HK4&feature=related

I'd like to see it when we start up, and the screen comes into focus or something.

Sure. How many gameplay features would you like removed to allow time for developing this unnecessary interface addition?

None. Who the f*ck said stuff had to be sacrificed for this?

TX1138 wrote:

Existor wrote:Really, what the problem with adding button ["Change between sidebar and bottombar"].

Because that would take time; time that could otherwise be used for designing hideous-looking units and removing further traditional C&C features.

Sad but very true, it seems ...

+1 for the sidebar. I still can't believe Apoc said that they hadn't gotten a single complaint about the bottombar.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/8/09 12:55:23 PM

It agree, to whom as it is convenient

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/8/09 12:56:20 PM

Existor wrote:
Ok, why developers can't take more time for developing C&C4 and make it better?

Because we don't live in an ideal world were the best case scenario always happens. Sometimes not even the second-best or third-best.

As for the sidebar I don't think it commands that high a priority. I certainly don't think there's actually much difference beyond where your eyes need to look in-game.

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