Remove screenshake effects from Arena and Cathedral

kala_captain

Well the title says it all.

They mess you up in sudden death, I can't see what I'm doing.

They don't contribute to gameplay and they just make it more distracting.

KOKORONOKAWARI

It is part of the map's ambience...

El Negro

kala_captain wrote:

They don't contribute to gameplay and they just make it more distracting.

Just change that to;
"It contributes to the game by being distracting, so it increases the challenge of having to focus on your enemies."

Done! Right?

Come on, boys, all that "distracting screenshake" is NOTHING compared to how you cute lil' girls make sprays of sexy naked females and stuff.
Even if sprays can be disabled, they're still there.

And I'm very sure Sudden Death was made to be so everyone gets a very hard time to fight, after all the purpose of SD is for everyone to die.
If you ask me, both maps you mentioned ain't too harsh on the Sudden Death, more than lts_town but still.

Combine™

The screenshaking is an effect, it's not ment to contribute to gameplay or do anything but make Sudden Death feel cool. Same goes for the embers particle effect during Arena Sudden Death, since you have a Volcano Erupting it's expected to have screenshaking.

kala_captain

El Negro wrote:

Just change that to;
"It contributes to the game by being distracting, so it increases the challenge of having to focus on your enemies."

Done! Right?

Come on, boys, all that "distracting screenshake" is NOTHING compared to how you cute lil' girls make sprays of sexy naked females and stuff.
Even if sprays can be disabled, they're still there.

I don't agree with that argument though, because its not a skill that can be mastered. Strafing and parrying for instance, is something you can get better at. You can't get better at know wtf is going on when your screen goes crazy.

Also how are sprays comparable if they can be disabled?

El Negro

I never said it's a skill, it's a bother.
You CAN get adapt to it though, I doubt lts_arena and lts_cathedral have randomized screenshakes. Even if they do, the very first one when SD starts is always guaranteed.

Sprays are comparable because you said that the screenshake effect doesn't contribute to the gameplay and it's just a distraction, compared to sprays, they sure do something unlike sprays would.

Combine™

Just to end this so we don't go back and fourth on replys. It will not be removed, i understand you may not like it but in the end it's something you'll need to get over with. I didn't like the kicking or rolling mechanic but i got over it which in the end i got use to it so it's no problem anymore, and that's all you need to do so this small detailed screenshaking effect during Sudden Death will be no longer annoying to you.

Spirrwell

I wasn't going to say anything, but Combine, you really can't say whether it will or won't be removed. Is it likely? No. The screenshake is hardly distracting, and they make sense. If it's that bothering to you, try the other LTS maps. But the shaking has no major effects. It doesn't stun you, it doesn't stop you from moving or any of that.

All it does is shake the screen a little. It doesn't force your screen to rotate at all. It's purely visual, and again, I don't know why you call it distracting. It's really not. Does maybe make it ever so slightly more difficult? Maybe, but asking for its removal just seems kind of silly.

Felis

We are talking about Sudden Death here, the screenshake is intended to be distracting just like the other effects while all hell is breaking loose. You can even get killed by a random meteor in Arena if you are unlucky enough.

AGSMA

tbh the shaking effects are a lot more disorienting in Trinket Wars maps in general than in Arena and Cathedral, and that's actually part of the gameplay. The shaking in the LTS maps is far less annoying to handle, and that's a fact.

kala_captain

Spirrwell wrote:

I wasn't going to say anything, but Combine, you really can't say whether it will or won't be removed. Is it likely? No. The screenshake is hardly distracting, and they make sense. If it's that bothering to you, try the other LTS maps. But the shaking has no major effects. It doesn't stun you, it doesn't stop you from moving or any of that.

All it does is shake the screen a little. It doesn't force your screen to rotate at all. It's purely visual, and again, I don't know why you call it distracting. It's really not. Does maybe make it ever so slightly more difficult? Maybe, but asking for its removal just seems kind of silly.

AGSMA wrote:

tbh the shaking effects are a lot more disorienting in Trinket Wars maps in general than in Arena and Cathedral, and that's actually part of the gameplay. The shaking in the LTS maps is far less annoying to handle, and that's a fact.

What? Is it just my eyes/my monitor or something? Because I can hardly even see which way people are swinging their weapons when the effects start (maybe in 144hz its more noticeable?)

Its definitely not a "fact," its at least personal opinion.

Spirrwell

I have a 144 Hz monitor. It's hardly noticeable. What is noticeable is how garbage 60 Hz is. I've had this 144 Hz monitor for a month and it has made 60 Hz just seem utterly terrible. It looks so slow and sluggish AGHHH. Sorry, off-topic rant there. It should be illegal to have anything less than a 90 Hz display.

Mayday

can i overclock my monitor

i have 60 herts

El Negro

Mayday wrote:

i have 60 herpes

Ha! I got 69!

Spirrwell wrote:

Sorry, off-topic rant there. It should be illegal to have anything less than a 90 Hz display.

Well pay me to get a better monitor!

Spirrwell

Mayday wrote:

can i overclock my monitor

i have 60 herts

Yeah, you can. Though any gain will likely be minimal. Depends on the monitor, the cable, the graphics card, and so on.

Mayday

ok

how do where i go to increase the clock

Major Chulain

make sure you have an intel hd 3000 first otherwise it goes poof

lillemakken

Major Chulain wrote:

make sure you have an intel hd 3000 first otherwise it goes poof

O rly?

Spirrwell

When did it become 3 years ago? Anyway, this thread has gotten way off topic, so I'll have to stop that here. If you want to make a thread about that though, certainly do it. Overclocking refresh rates is an interesting topic that's different per graphics card manufacturer, so feel free to start a thread.