Unvanquished Forum

As you might know we will replace the complete user interface. ( every menu, dialogue and hud)
Now is a good time to summarize all ideas and suggestions.
What do you like or hate on the Interface of Unvanquished/Tremulous or other Games?
Witch features do you miss?

a few examples:
I want
a history in the Serverbrowser

circle menu's
for build/buy/evolve

easy visible game informations
how much time is left, the gamemode, if it's sudden death, map rotation

a minimap

interface for demo playback

i don't like
to use the mouse arrow ingame
except options menu

ps. keep the bold text short and clear. links to existing discussions are great.

Circle menus are awesome. One of their biggest advantage is that they can be configured for use in three distinct ways which are all very efficient:

1. Hold a key (menu opens) → Use mouse to click on an entity (action executes, menu closes)
   Releasing the key cancels.

2. Hit a key (menu opens) → Use number key to select an entity or use mouse to click on it (action executes, menu closes)
   Hitting the key again cancels.

3. Hold a key (menu opens) → Use analog stick to point in the direction of an entitiy → Release Key (action executes, menu closes)
   Releasing the key while analog stick is centered cancels.

A good looking example from CS: GO, displaying your current gear when you don't select an item, displaying the items stats if you do:

mm circle menus would be nice. The CS:GO layout is probably the most efficient as well as best presented one I have seen!
Personally I think that when you join a game, rather than pressing 'fire' it automatically takes you to the team select menu. And also, I noticed that the alien team is initially highlighted in that menu, whereas I think none should be highlighted. It's only a small change, but ultimately many small changes will enhance the overall satisfaction.
A minimap is much needed! :)
And I like the idea of server information. Possibly if you click on a server, it will display the information in a window to the right.

A clutter-free HUD
A server browser with more space (like I did in TremFusion)
A progress bar for downloads
More assets (images, sounds)

IMHO a circle menu if good when ingame but has no real use for the spectator menus: they provide quick access to things in the middle of a battle but have no added value except the wow in the other cases.

edit: fixed a typo

Akele's mockup:

That cool gets us new players

Sorry haven't noticed this thread. please move http://unvanquished.net/forum/showthrea ... -Alien-HUD here. Thanks!

[quote="Ishq"]Akele's mockup:

Holy shit. That is perfect haha

Hold a key (menu opens) → Use analog stick to point in the direction of an entitiy → Release Key (action executes, menu closes)
Releasing the key while analog stick is centered cancels.

I mentioned something like this in the past. Although, i originated my idea from L4D's chat menu (hold z/x/c and use the mouse to navigate, and let go of that z/x/c to initiate its function)