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That would certainly be interesting to try. I can´t really predict if it would be better, but it may very well be.

Well, what I meant was the way Soldat handles the screen following the mouse. Right now I find it somehow awkward to use the mouse to look around and move + aim. IMO my suggested way of handling this would certainly help with this and make the gameplay more enjoyable.

the Screen following can be turned off by deactivating the "dynamic camera" option

Of course, I never meant to make Soldat clone, but IMO the way Soldat handles the mouse just fits the game. Thus I assume it would fit Teewars aswell, even though we have faster movement.

And then if the camera doesn't follow the mouse.. The enemies will see you before you see them, not an option really.

What about the file logging? Going to happen?

Thanks!

I don't want to open a new thread again, thus I use this. Could it be possible to have an option to show FPS ingame? I am aware of debug=1, but it includes so much other useless stuff that it isn't very practical solution for me.

(I run slow(400MHz Celeron, 512MB RAM and GeForce4 MX 4000) machine with Linux, thus I am rather interested to see how the machine performs overall.)

Well, just see how you use your mouse when you move. You aim towards the direction of your movement, as far as you can aim, to see further and to spot the enemies as fast as possible. With the Soldat-like mouse you don't need to change the aiming habbit at all. I have no intention to try to make the game Soldat-alike, I used to play Soldat for many years, in competitive level with some actual success, got enough of that game long time ago.

IF the idea is to make as unique game as possible, by trying to do everything in different way, then the approach is  wrong IMO. If you see something seems to work well for the other product, why not to try to use it, and see if it works better than the current system? Besides, if the approach was to stay away from other games and not to be a clone, then why to even take 2D shooter with gravity and fast gameplay - copied from Soldat(which were taken from Quake, Liero, CS etc., which have countless actual direct clones). Thus the "This is no Soldat" sounds very strange to me.

I only aim in the direction I'm moving in about half the time on Teewars. Yes, in Soldat it really is the way you describe, most likely because the maps are large and don't have as much vertical room, but Teewars is a lot more chaotic and the movement is not as easy to predict. A lot of the time you can't be sure which direction enemies will come from, while on Soldat you really do have your allies behind you and your enemies in front of you more often than not.

The developers have said in the past Quake was a source of inspiration, but they never mentioned Soldat. I would say it's very possible you see Teewars as a copy of it only because you've played the game extensively. This thread in the Community News forum didn't come up with all that many games that resemble Teewars:

http://www.teewars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=773

It's by far not as important as it is in Soldat. At least if you're playing on an interesting map that allows attacking from more than one direction. And while the dynamic camera lets you see further in one direction, it cuts the view off on the other end, which is a really bad idea if you're playing against more than one opponent.

Anyway, Matricks already said he doesn't mind experimenting with the way the dynamic camera works. I'll stick with my static camera, though.

Right now: The camera movement isn't static when moving the mouse from edge of the screen to another.
My suggested idea: The camera movement IS static when moving mouse from edge of the screen to another.

Basically the camera x/y moves half the speed mouse x/y moves, like in Soldat. IMO this is WAY easier to get used to, and yet way easier to handle well. Makes aiming easier a bit, I think.

Right now the cursor moves in circular "pattern". When you put the cursor to very left/right edge, and start moving it upwards, it actually starts moving in a shape of a circle. When you think you have moved the mouse some 1/4th of a screen, the Tee aims WAY more upwards. Thus it is VERY hard for new people to actually aim properly with the cursor when using dynamic mouse. The suggestion above simplifies this alot, and IMO the game would be way more "noob friendly" and easier to "get into".

http://ix.teewars.com/trac/ticket/313 - a variable to just show the current fps
http://ix.teewars.com/trac/ticket/314 - make the dynamic camera more customizable

Hrm... Sounds interesting but the limit to looking down etcetera keeps teewars interesting.

Sure, Soldat is a bad game, but not SO bad.