Ok I just wrote a statusbar lib (well, it's not that many commands, but it still counts!) that I can use to put a status on any mob just by saying STATUSLIB_SetStatus(mob). It will read it's MP and HP. and if the MMP (max MP) is 0, it ommits the MP bar, and of course the gauge fills up depending on how much of MP or HP they have (empty space is see-throught).
Now I don't know who all have played my game and seen it yet, but it looks like this:
|P|
P is the player, the left | is the red HP bar, and the right | is the blue MP bar.
My question is, should I leave it like this, or should I do one of the following (or something totally different):
1] Make the bars smaller and go width-wise instead, and put them stacked at the bottem/top
2] Put the bars together on the left/right side.
Any suggestions would be nice ^_^
ID:154297
 Jan 26 2002, 4:07 pm
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I have a suggestion *raises her hand*
Ok. I like the idea of being able to see hp/mp/whatever on the map. HOWEVER IMO it clutters graphics up a LOT. Easy way around it (and this is my suggestion). Set it to a timer. So anytime anything is added, or subtracted to whatever you're displaying the bars will pop up, and then if theres no change for a couple seconds they'll go away. I dont think it should be -that- hard to implement but what do I know? ^_~ Elorien | |
What I ended up doing (just finished, haven't even uploaded it to the server yet) is making a small graphical display on the bottem-left corner, with an edge that looks like:
|==\ it's 4 pixels high, the 2nd being a blue mana bar, and the 3rd being the HP bar. If an enemy sets it's sights on you and decides to attack, a second icon that fits on the right side ( \==|) flashes while the enemy is still attacking. Simularly, the enemy flashes an exclimation mark when they are persuing a player. Neat huh? ^_^ | |
Most players are used to horizontal bars over top of the mob fron other games though.