[Super-tux-devel] Re: [Super-tux-commit] supertux/src defines.h,1.32,1.33 world.cpp,1.69,1.70 world.h,1.37,1.38

[Ingo R. <gr...@gm...>]

Ricardo Cruz <rm...@us...> writes:

> Instead of limitating the number of bullets, according to the ones
> in screen, do it in a time bases. This was asked in a comment on The
> Linux Game Tome and I already wanted to do this, since the day I
> made that hack, so here it goes. You can tune that time on the
> defines.h file, it is the BULLETS_TIMEOUT definition (in ms). There
> is a fire test level.

I have to say that I very much prefer the old behaviour over the new
one, since it had numeros advantages:

 * With the old behaviour it was pretty clear when one is being able
   to shoot again, with the current system one has to wait some amount
   of time, which leads to make the fire button feel very unresponsive
   (press a msec to early -> no reaction). There is no visible
   indicator when one is ready to fire again

 * With the new behaviour one is unable to shoot multiple fireballs in
   a row, especially when confronted with a row of enemies, this makes
   fireballs pretty useless, since one has to wait

 * Lack of punishment/bonus when killing enemies. With the old system
   you had to be carefull with targeting the enemies, since when you
   missed, you would have to wait until the fireball disapeared to
   shoot again. If you on the other side hit, you would be rewarded
   with having another fireball instantly ready. With the new system
   you always have to just wait, no matter what you do.

In general the new system basically replaces nice gameplay dynamics
with boring waiting and even lacks a visible indicator on what is
going on.

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