Suggestion: Rabbit Hearing

Zantalos · Post by **Zantalos** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:25 pm

Oh, right, jokes. Entertaining. I guess.

Alright kidding, I suppose I didn't want to make another 'giggle' post, so I said it as if you replied seriously.

And the first person to go into these hearing effects was Ninjas. I actually think his one would be better than just switching to some kind of radar vision. That just sounds wierd, I think I'd rather just be blind or carry a torch instead.

Ninjas wrote:How about when Turner smells something alarming, he sniffs at the air and his ears perk up, and when he smells something pleasing, he sniffs at the air and his ears relax. That would work, and not be too goofy. Maybe the rate at which he sniffs could be like a hot/cold game?

And the picture in a picture thing was also suggested by Ninjas, the Lugaru 2 main art designer.

whiterabbit · Post by **whiterabbit** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:17 am

the point is hearing not sense of smell,
also It was an idea for replacing enemy detection , to have an ingame way of finding them rather than them appearing on a minimap.

Crill3 · Post by **Crill3** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:43 am

Down with the minimap, I say, on all difficulty settings.
I like these ideas.

whiterabbit · Post by **whiterabbit** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:01 am

Yes Indeed , down with the minimap !
Infact down with cumbersome/Distracting interfaces ! I mean thats one of the greatest charms of Lugaru 1 in my humble opinion.

Nuky · Post by **Nuky** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:30 am

Would falling buckets show up on the "radar"?

whiterabbit · Post by **whiterabbit** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:53 am

The magic 8 Ball says yes Nuky !

Nuky · Post by **Nuky** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:56 am

Yay!

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:36 pm

I think this was mentioned before..

but what if instead of all that radar stuff... you push the button and your guy stops and listens... and his ears hear stuff far away in the direction he';s facing... sort of like those microphone things (can't think of the name) or something???

Albab · Post by **Albab** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:34 pm

Yeah, but you can hear as you're walking, and the one direction thing doesn't make any sense at all.
It'd work if no one wanted any realism, I guess.

whiterabbit · Post by **whiterabbit** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:13 am

The reason i suggested stopping to listen is because while your active you can't really focu on where things are coming from but if he's stopping and focusing on just hearing he can use those big ol ears of his to pinpoint where sounds are coming from , thus "seeing" the soundwaves and where they are coming from.

For instance Turner stops at a T junction corridor, he uses his hearing skill and from the right, you as the player see jagged red waves traveling down the corridor, and the the left you don't see anything,
thus from this you can deduce that the left has nothing going on or no one is moving so either it's very safe or there is NINJA-DEATH bunnies waiting for you.

But from the right at least you know what you are up against and could prepare for anything.

Or on elimination missions you know going left is a utter waste of your time.

Colicedus · Post by **Colicedus** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:10 am

Sorry-if-this-sounds-Negative...
But.
This-is-going-to-be-in-open-flat-grounds-from-what-I-can-understand.
If-you-want-to-use-hearing-Get-a-sound-system-for-youre-computer.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:48 am

Col, what about the villages and stuff that are planned? if there ae also forts and underground caves etc...

whiterabbit · Post by **whiterabbit** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:20 pm

col even if it was just open flat ground you could still use it, It's for detecting things over a distance.

Colicedus · Post by **Colicedus** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:05 pm

whiterabbit wrote:col even if it was just open flat ground you could still use it, It's for detecting things over a distance.

I-see...

I-just-see-it-getting-Real-Fiddly.
Simple-is-good!

whiterabbit · Post by **whiterabbit** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:08 pm

fiddly ? nah ! just requires you to not move few a few second to activate.