Player health and armour

[eckojay]

I've looked through the forums and was surprised to find very few people talking about this.

Am I the only one who is unhappy with the health and armour display above players heads in the game? I find them really difficult to read at a glance, especially when there's more than one. The lack of borders and heavy saturation make them really painful to look at too.

But most importantly from a gameplay standpoint, they're bloody massive. I can barely a thing with all of these huge coloured bars running around the map. If there happens to be a team mate or two in a hallway good luck seeing anything other than the health. The problem only seems to get amplified with distance. It's caused me to be blind to 50% of the zeds in front of team mates most of the time.

I just feel as though there are numerous improvements that could be made to them such as size reduction, easier colouring, some transparency or possible number representation. It seemed to contrast pretty heavily with how polished the rest of the game seemed, UI included.

Anyone else had issues with this?

 

[Elric_de_Melnibone]

Ye, they take up far too much space on the screen.
With a full team, if everyone is in one place, it looks horrid.

I'd like to be able to make them transparent, have different variants and the ability to completely turn them off.

Maybe just show those of the players you're looking at?

 

[KaZe_DaRKWIND]

I've looked through the forums and was surprised to find very few people talking about this.

Am I the only one who is unhappy with the health and armour display above players heads in the game? I find them really difficult to read at a glance, especially when there's more than one. The lack of borders and heavy saturation make them really painful to look at too.

But most importantly from a gameplay standpoint, they're bloody massive. I can barely a thing with all of these huge coloured bars running around the map. If there happens to be a team mate or two in a hallway good luck seeing anything other than the health. The problem only seems to get amplified with distance. It's caused me to be blind to 50% of the zeds in front of team mates most of the time.

I just feel as though there are numerous improvements that could be made to them such as size reduction, easier colouring, some transparency or possible number representation. It seemed to contrast pretty heavily with how polished the rest of the game seemed, UI included.

Anyone else had issues with this?

I haven't had a problem with it. But then again the class I seem to play most often is medic so that might be why I don't have a problem with it.

 

[Pezz]

While I agree its sorta bloated and intrusive, I think its also needed to be. It needs to standout in all the chaos around you. If you can spot a team mate in trouble you can save them/heal them. If you make them transparant it would be harder too spot/see to whom is in trouble with all the stuff going on around you.

 

[GMAK]

I don't see any problem with that. Even I though it was a good thing.

 

[Creep666]

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=105654

- Exaggerated Health Bars on Players, scaling issue w/ UI

 

[outofrealman]

I dont really have a problem with it, I just hope when they are full they have a different color.

 

[CrashFu]

Would vertical bars work? It'd be non-traditional as heck but there'd at least be a lot less overlaying.

 

[2Clicks]

Yeah on 1920x1080 I dont think they are large enough. That said they can be too big in a crowded room/location. A show/hide toggle button would be nice.