Player Features and Ideas Discussion

The idea is that each kill has a replay function where the watcher can have full camera control through the duration of the fight (available after each dt?).

More cool player videos, more satisfaction of watching the kill in action motion rather than max out zoom with the menus and boxes.

I would really like a replay function. Would allow me to actually capture fights without actually losing fighting performance due to inefficient camera angles and such.



I saw only one post in all three of those links that objected to the idea.. Also you're one rude jackass.

No

fraps it.

Well if you really didn't care I don't think you would have replied. Also, your reason for 'no' is arbitrary. Just because you and 'several others' decided in history that you don't want this feature doesn't mean you get to call the shots. If enough people want it, CCP will probably do it. Next time how about using some depth in your first reply rather than linking three posts (that you didn't even read apparently) and explaining your view rather than crying report like a tiny little baby. Another thing, there is like no reason, other than instigating some sort of emotions, to even add the fact that you reported the OP to your first reply.

ewww fraps

-1 because there are far to many other projects that CCP needs to work on, things that are important to the actual game play.

-1 because I would NEVER use this feature so why do I have to wait additional time at every patch to download something I will never use. Yes, yes I know you would use the same old tired comeback of this would not add that much code so your argument is not relevant. And my answer is that may be true until you add your "I want this feature because cool" to the 20 or so other "I want this because cool" features that are hanging around here and all of a sudden it does become a huge problem for players like me.

When CCP has completed the entire list of things in game that need attention, and given that it would be available ONLY as a separate download for those who want it I would say why not.



If and please note that I say IF CCP works along the same lines as the major computer game corp that my god son works for you would be dead wrong. He works in their "graphics" department, it is their responsibility to take artists renderings and convert them into 3d computer models and work out all the details like shading, how to most efficently create the model within the games 3d engine etc. Then after testing, tweaking and final approval their work on the 3d computer models is converted to a series mathematical models and sent to the "game coding team". It is the game coding team that actually integrates these models into the code and makes them function properly with all of the other things in the game. So even IF the preliminary work is done by a separate graphics team it would still have to go through the same core group of coders and therefore it would slow down progress on other things that are more important to the rest of us, things that are actually important to game play.

Iain Cariaba, thank you for your reminder of the search feature, I haven't used the forums in several years and you kindly reminded me why. Rather than do appear witty I'll just sum it down to that I'd like this feature, you may not like it, we disagree but we're both paying for this product and have interest in how our money is used.

On the idea of fraps or shadowplay, my suggestion is more about giving access to grid data so that you can choose the angle and the playback to view the kill from various angles, zoom level etc.. The post processor already exists in the form of the eve client so it is not necessarily too much work to have this feature, it might be and maybe it's too heavy on the servers data wise, maybe it's just a simple dump to a different disk that can be filtered with automated scripts unrelated to TQ. I don't know, I usually try to think in solutions rather than complications.

Congrats as the op it is your job to think of solutions and our job is to pull apart and find every tiny hole in your idea for you to then solve

This is the point, that many seem not to understand. It's not about CCP servers recording all the video data and storing them for later replay.

It would be enough, if the "recorder" saved all the input commands (like "Approach Ship X", or "Orbit Asteroid at 500m"), positions and vector of objects and status effects (like "Ship X receives Y amount of damage) of you and the ships on grid, locally on your own drive. As i see it (and i'm no expert in this field by any means) it would basically just be a textfile with all recorded input commands and the timestamp for them. A (text-)log of what happened on gid, so to speak. The 1sec server tick comes in handy here, as It keeps the data at a minimum.

To replay the video, the player (eve client) would only have to take that commands textfile and "restage" the previously recorded grid.


I don't know, why so many are against this idea. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding.
I for one, i'd like to see something like this. +1 from me.


Regards,
Damjan