Some suggestions and a missile problem
BetaTesterOne
the missles. They seem to be not triggering when I try to use them.
They will eventually fire, but I have to wait a short while before
they will work. and the other weapons and icons all seem to work fine
though.
and I thought of a few changes that could be made.
I think that instead of holding down an achievement for information,
it should be changed to a tap. so all you have to do is tap to the
icon to get the information, then you can tap it again to hide it or
tap on another achievement. Plus the touch icon for details will make
more sense.
I also have some suggestions for the guide and manual icons. Make the
guide icon a computer and make the manual icon a folder like a windows
folder icon with some files sticking out of it.
Anyone like these ideas or had a problem with the missiles? - Kevin
Arthur Britto
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 10:34 -0700, BetaTesterOne wrote:
> Hello everyone, has anyone else noticed a problem when trying to fire
> the missles. They seem to be not triggering when I try to use them.
> They will eventually fire, but I have to wait a short while before
> they will work. and the other weapons and icons all seem to work fine
> though.
The latest guide has a better picture of how missile targeting works:
The missile locks on to the closest enemy target in front of AND at the
same altitude of the helicopter.
> and I thought of a few changes that could be made.
>
> I think that instead of holding down an achievement for information,
> it should be changed to a tap. so all you have to do is tap to the
> icon to get the information, then you can tap it again to hide it or
> tap on another achievement. Plus the touch icon for details will make
> more sense.
If I made it modal, I would likely need to remove how it appears above
your finger. Then you would need to move your finger to view it.
I dislike the idea of making it modal as it adds two actions rather than
just touch and release it becomes touch, lift, move away, tap
> I also have some suggestions for the guide and manual icons. Make the
> guide icon a computer and make the manual icon a folder like a windows
> folder icon with some files sticking out of it.
Nice ideas.
I've asked the artist for a fold out and book icons. Depending on how
these turn out, I may pass your ideas along.
Thank you,
-Arthur
Devilishly Good
missiles seem to work okay...at least I don't recall having a problem
with them, but i have noticed that I can be repeatedly tapping the air
to air missiles and nothing will happen.
I have a suggestion with the edged buttons. I really love how you
have them dimmed now, but I was going to suggest that when they are
pressed, instead of highlighting the area underneath in green, how
about having the edges themselves get briefly brighter?
Also, wanted to say YAY! I won 2 campaigns today and earned some
acheievements!!! Don't laugh you 5-star Armor Alley generals...lol.
This was the first time for victories for me...I played more patiently
today and stopped risking my copter so much.
DG
Arthur Britto
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 14:53 -0700, Devilishly Good wrote:
> Yes, I have a problem as well firing air to air missiles, the ground
> missiles seem to work okay...at least I don't recall having a problem
> with them, but i have noticed that I can be repeatedly tapping the air
> to air missiles and nothing will happen.
Missiles work as follows:
- Find the next non-friendly object horizontally in front of the
helicopter.
-- If the object top is above the helicopter bottom and the object
bottom is bellow the helicopter top target the object.
-- Otherwise, repeat.
I have not seen a problem with missile targeting in decades. You can
practice on the barrage balloons.
Hope this helps,
-Arthur
Arthur Britto
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 14:53 -0700, Devilishly Good wrote:
> I have a suggestion with the edged buttons. I really love how you
> have them dimmed now, but I was going to suggest that when they are
> pressed, instead of highlighting the area underneath in green, how
> about having the edges themselves get briefly brighter?
I've made this change for the next release. :)
> Also, wanted to say YAY! I won 2 campaigns today and earned some
> acheievements!!! Don't laugh you 5-star Armor Alley generals...lol.
> This was the first time for victories for me...I played more patiently
> today and stopped risking my copter so much.
Great. =D
Thanks for all your feed back,
-Arthur
Devilishly Good
I've experienced the air to air missiles not responding to touches
when I have an enemy helicopter on screen with me and at my same
level. Some times you can just be mashing that button and nothing
happens :(
Arthur Britto
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 23:07 -0700, Devilishly Good wrote:
> I've experienced the air to air missiles not responding to touches
> when I have an enemy helicopter on screen with me and at my same
> level. Some times you can just be mashing that button and nothing
> happens :(
Everyone, does this happen to anyone else?
I assume, that control highlights when you touch it, but the missile
doesn't fire?
I also assume, you don't have problems with bombs and machine guns?
Unfortunately, I'm going to need more clues to solve it:
Does this happen on a fresh helicopter's first missile?
Does this happen after resupplying?
Does this happen only on the second missile?
Can you then fire at a different target?
Does this ever fail on balloons? Or, any other target?
Thanks for bringing this up,
-Arthur
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Arthur Britto
I very much like the idea of providing better feedback.
I'll see what I can do. :)
Thank you!,
-Arthur
Arthur Britto
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 23:07 -0700, Devilishly Good wrote:
> I've experienced the air to air missiles not responding to touches
> when I have an enemy helicopter on screen with me and at my same
> level. Some times you can just be mashing that button and nothing
> happens :(
Version 200907231 of Armor Alley now highlights the locked target. :)
To be clear:
To repeatedly attempt to fire a missile, hold the missile control down.
Thank you,
-Arthur
David Markowitz
Arthur Britto
On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 00:32 -0700, David Markowitz wrote:
> Finally checked this out - I like the red highlight, but it doesn't
> help with objects that are off screen (which is where it would really
> be useful). Maybe add something for that as well? Just highlighting
> the button or showing "missile target lock" or something would suffice
> I think.
You can tell, if the missile is locked, by pressing the fire missile
control. ;) If it doesn't fire, no harm no foul.
It has been suggested, that I show on the radar what is targeted. I
could trivially make items blink red/yellow.
However, the real issue is will this make the game less frustrating and
more fun? I think a part of the game is deciding to wait for a clear
shot or taking a chance or maneuvering for a better shot.
Cheers,
-Arthur
David Markowitz
On Jul 25, 2009, at 1:39 AM, Arthur Britto wrote:
>
> You can tell, if the missile is locked, by pressing the fire missile
> control. ;) If it doesn't fire, no harm no foul.
>
True, but that applies to targets up close as well.
> It has been suggested, that I show on the radar what is targeted. I
> could trivially make items blink red/yellow.
>
Maybe that would work - might be too unnoticeable as well (and might
not understand what it means)
> However, the real issue is will this make the game less frustrating
> and
> more fun? I think a part of the game is deciding to wait for a clear
> shot or taking a chance or maneuvering for a better shot.
Yeah, but will users think missile firing isn't working or just that
it's not locking on? Guess it depends on whether they read the guide/
manual.
Devilishly Good
thought it made it a lot clearer on when to launch air to air
missiles.
Hmm, making objects blink on the radar when targeted by missiles could
certainly prove interesting...especially if it was done for items
targeted by the aa trucks. Although, I would suggest a different
color than red/yellow just because we are already yellow...it might
make things confusing to some people.
DG
Arthur Britto
On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 02:06 -0700, Devilishly Good wrote:
> Just wanted to say that I really like the red halo around targets. I
> thought it made it a lot clearer on when to launch air to air
> missiles.
=D
> Hmm, making objects blink on the radar when targeted by missiles could
> certainly prove interesting...especially if it was done for items
> targeted by the aa trucks. Although, I would suggest a different
> color than red/yellow just because we are already yellow...it might
> make things confusing to some people.
I think I may have mis-communicated: I want to highlight on the radar,
the target that a missile would lock on to if the player launched a
missile.
I think the feedback from on screen locks explains how missiles lock on
targets at their height.
Thank you,
-Arthur
Arthur Britto
On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 23:56 -0700, David Markowitz wrote:
> > However, the real issue is will this make the game less frustrating
> > and
> > more fun? I think a part of the game is deciding to wait for a clear
> > shot or taking a chance or maneuvering for a better shot.
>
> Yeah, but will users think missile firing isn't working or just that
> it's not locking on? Guess it depends on whether they read the guide/
> manual.
I think the feedback from on screen locks will make apparent the
behavior of locking on without reading.
Thank you,
-Arthur