0013633: A radial button menu in combat

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0013633	The Last Federation	Suggestion		Apr 5, 2014 1:04 pm	Apr 5, 2014 2:39 pm

Reporter	Penumbra	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix

Summary	0013633: A radial button menu in combat
Description	When selecting a target, you would get a small menu, in a circle around where you clicked. This would let you select your weapon and then your firing mode. There are 3 primary weapons, you could have: Minigun Energy Gravity Hold Fire Then, the player would get the muscle memory of "Up" for standard, and left/right for energy/gravity, and down for hold fire. This would also server to assist the new user in what choice to make at what point in the combat flow.
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Internal Weight	New

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Apr 5, 2014 1:04 pm	Penumbra	New Issue
Apr 5, 2014 2:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Internal Weight	=> New
Apr 5, 2014 2:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0035561
Apr 5, 2014 2:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => closed
Apr 5, 2014 2:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Apr 5, 2014 2:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => won't fix
Apr 14, 2014 9:28 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - General Idea => Suggestion - General
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - General => Suggestion

Chris_McElligottPark Apr 5, 2014 2:39 pm administrator ~0035561	Ring menus almost always get in the way of actually seeing what is going on, and select targets mode is just one mode among many to begin with -- and not even the most frequently used mode. We experimented wit this sort of thing in Bionic Dues, and I was not impressed. It works in Secret of Mana because it's basically a pause of the game and it's over your character, not the enemy.