So I'd like to suggest them as possible additions to ETPro, making them optional would be fine with me (in case they are controversial). They are all just minor tweaks and are very easy to implement.1) The warmup text at the middle of the screen can get a little bit annoying when the warmup takes a long time.
So I moved it to the top and made the font slightly smaller, as can be seen here:http://213.133.111.182/Temp/etui1.jpg
Once the game starts, the countdown would appear at the center again, making it even more obvious that the game is starting. Me and the testers liked this a lot.
2) I made the background of the health/stamina/charge bars solid black instead of white transparent, because this increases the contrast and I often found it hard to see whether a bar would be completely full (solid white) or completely empty (transparent white) on a glance. This is one of the things I miss the most and I'd love to have an option for it. It looks like this:
http://213.133.111.182/Temp/etui2.jpg
However, this will show that the charge bar doesn't completely fill and that will look ugly. This is because a certain flag isn't set when caling the fillrect function for the chargebar (I forgot which one but you'll probably see it). Adding this flag makes it look better.
I also colored the charge icon green when the bar is full (and airstrikes are available), which is not just somewhat useful but also looks spiffy IMO. It also helps because if the flag is set, the bar will fill a split second too early.
3) For the scoreboard, I want to suggest two things. First, removal of the "lives left" column (the helmet thingy) when no maxlives are set. It makes no sense and only adds clutter. Second, to reserve a fixed column on the left for a status icon, so nicknames are always nicely aligned below each other. Currently in ETPro it shows two icons when a player is dead and ready, but this isn't necessary and the column could simply only show the ready icon when in warmup or intermission state. It would look somewhat like this:
http://213.133.111.182/Temp/etui3.jpg
I found this to improve readability and attractiveness a lot!
4) Last but not least I moved the overheating bar below the crosshair instead of behind the weapon icon. This is extremely useful because it allows to stop shooting at the right moment. It's a bit hard to concentrate on both the enemy and the weapon icon at the same time.
This it how it looks like:http://213.133.111.182/Temp/etui4.jpg
That's all, I hope you'll consider those.
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