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Topic Subject: What are those little things?

Drinian
Savage Norseman
(id: TimmySpok)

posted 05-23-05 07:39 AM EDT (US)

Im wondreing, what are those little blue things over cannons that look like gunsights? you dont have to actually aim your cannon wiht a sight, do you?

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Rookierookie
Banned

posted 05-23-05 09:30 AM EDT (US) 1 / 11

...eye candies?

Taufiq Khan
Skirmisher
(id: Shala_T)

posted 05-23-05 09:39 AM EDT (US) 2 / 11

Yes Timmy! I know exactly what u are talking about!

lol..Could you or someone else post a link to a picture of what you are talking about please.

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Maffia
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posted 05-23-05 11:07 AM EDT (US) 3 / 11

http://ageofempires3.com/ScreenshotsMedia/ScreenshotDetail.aspx?ID=38 The things that i assume Timmyspok is talking about are in the top left of the pic.

EDIT: fixed link

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wglmb2
Skirmisher

posted 05-23-05 11:28 AM EDT (US) 4 / 11

They're the things; I've been wondering as well.

king of ages
Skirmisher

posted 05-23-05 11:46 AM EDT (US) 5 / 11

I've been looking at those alot try try to figure out what they are. Originally I assumed it had to do with the direction its firing, but after watching the video thats not the case.

There is never one above an undeployed cannon so I believe its merely a marker which points out where deployed cannons are on a battlefield.

If it means more, I haven't figured it out yet.

Luckyass
Skirmisher

posted 05-23-05 12:33 PM EDT (US) 6 / 11

its probably a cursor wich shows u wich unit ur selecting

ES_DeathShrimp
VIP

posted 05-23-05 01:01 PM EDT (US) 7 / 11

It's really hard to tell whether a cannon is limbered (packed) or unlimbered (unpacked), so we added those little spinning icons. This was a bigger problem earlier in development when there weren't many animations for the cannons. I'm not sure if we'll need this feature by the time we ship or not.

king of ages
Skirmisher

posted 05-23-05 01:42 PM EDT (US) 8 / 11

haha, score 1 for me.

Personally, I hope you get rid of them.. I can see how they'd be helpful but they also ruin the looks of the battle, by having a big ole bull's eye above the cannons. If I want to take screenshots of the battles, the bulls eye won't help.. Maybe make it optional if its really that bad?

Also, the "XP Granted" thingie, ya..that wouldn't be good in screenshots too.. I'd just have the counter at the bottom, because you can assume when your units die you'll give XP to the enemy.

Drinian
Savage Norseman
(id: TimmySpok)

posted 05-24-05 02:40 PM EDT (US) 9 / 11

Youve totally answered my question. but i agree, they look ugly.

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Gerbs
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(id: gerbil30)

posted 05-24-05 02:56 PM EDT (US) 10 / 11

maybe its what way the cannon is facing

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Spacemonk
Skirmisher

posted 05-24-05 03:07 PM EDT (US) 11 / 11

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maybe its what way the cannon is facing

erm... read the post by the blue guy.

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