Learn More About The Marine Hud

A1win · October 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">a screenshot with _some_ comments</div> This screenshot is few weeks old. Today I added <i>some</i> comments about the features of the picture.
<img src='http://a1win.teinixxx.org/screenshots/half-life/ns/ns_nothing0000_edit.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
edit: I edited another screenshot, too. This one is about the commander UI.
<img src='http://a1win.teinixxx.org/screenshots/half-life/ns/ns_bast0003_edit.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

Cold_NiTe · October 2003

What screenshot? Where? Who am I? Where am I? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

very nice.

all we need now is an alien one...

A1win · October 2003

You know, I didn't take that screenshot for this purpose... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>
It might be a bit difficult to take a similar screenshot for aliens...
I post it here as soon as I get one <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

esuna · October 2003

To be honest, this is amazingly cluttered and tells you a lot of pointless stuff. For one thing about NS is it requires Half Life. And if people have played Half-Life, more importantly online or on a LAN (Which i think we can safely say everyone has), they know about the chat messages and death messages.

Also, the explosion seems tottally pointless, as with describing the minimap symbols as they're too small to actually see.

I recommend everyone goes and watches the NS Slideshow for information about the HUD and the game, it's far more useful than this image.

A1win · October 2003

This wasn't seriously meant to teach people to play Natural-Selection. The shot was just so full of everything so I didn't have any other choise x)
And besides, at least I can recognize the symbols on the minimap.

Cold_NiTe · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (::esuna:: @ Oct 12 2003, 10:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> To be honest, this is amazingly cluttered and tells you a lot of pointless stuff.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
It is cluttered, I'll say <b>that</b> much. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

A1win · October 2003

Hmmph, try to take a screenshot with that much stuff which is not that cluttered <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>
And again, this was made for fun, not for educational purposes <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>

Cold_NiTe · October 2003

<i>Hey, I didn't say I don't like it!</i>

Course I am kind of curious if you did this in photoshop, because if you did, did you use the pen tool? I've been trying to find someone who knows how to use the pen tool in photoshop, so I can learn from them.

A1win · October 2003

I did this in Paint Shop Pro, it's pen tool is quite easy, I didn't have to ask anyone or read anything... Kind of guessed how it works <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>

DragonMech · October 2003

Thanks A1win. This will help a bunch of people new to NS.

Psycho-Kinetic_Hyper-Geek · October 2003

You missed the "Select ALL" button and the hotgroup explanation in the comm one.

Ballisto · October 2003

esuna, was that really needed? i think its a good pic.

Cold_NiTe · October 2003

Esuna was just being a chump. I think they pay him for it. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

esuna · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Oct 20 2003, 04:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Esuna was just being a chump. I think they pay him for it. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
No, i think i'm being realistic thank you. To presume that people don't know what the chat or death messages are is patronising at best.

Try focusing more on NS specific points.

Also, the NS slide show is infinately more detailed and also so so so much clearer than these images.

Ape · October 2003

I think it was a good effort, although a bit cluttered I'm sure newbies will find it handy.

At least his heart is in the right place. GW mate, anything that helps to turn our precious little nublets into players with half a clue can't be bad.

BlueNovember · October 2003

Just to clarify,
IMHO the picture is impressive, and useful to n00bs at least. The Slide show has nothing about the commander view AFAI-can remember. It's been a long time...

The work put into it is also admirable. Well done. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

The 'Select ALL' marines button is the circlular one to the left of the squads. It is also bound to the 'L' key by default.

A1win · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (::esuna:: @ Oct 22 2003, 10:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Oct 20 2003, 04:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Esuna was just being a chump. I think they pay him for it. <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
No, i think i'm being realistic thank you. To presume that people don't know what the chat or death messages are is patronising at best.

Try focusing more on NS specific points.

Also, the NS slide show is infinately more detailed and also so so so much clearer than these images.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Again, this was <i>not</i> <b>originally</b> made <i>to teach people</i> to play NS so that's why there are also some futile comments.
</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlueNovember @ Oct 24 2003, 05:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>The Slide show has nothing about the commander view AFAI-can remember. It's been a long time...
The work put into it is also admirable. Well done. <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Well, ::esuna:: posted the first reply before I added the commander screenshot...
I made this for fun, I enjoyed making this. Don't think I used a lot of time just to teach newbies <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>
(But please, don't think I don't care about getting new people to play NS. I'm teaching my friends to play it:)

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Psycho-Kinetic Hyper-Geek @ Oct 16 2003, 04:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>You missed the "Select ALL" button and the hotgroup explanation in the comm one.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
I didn't miss the hotgroup explanation, it is there (okey, the white line is missing;).
And okey, the "Select all" I <i>did</i> miss but I'm not gonna add it anymore x)

Cold_NiTe · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (::esuna:: @ Oct 22 2003, 10:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Oct 20 2003, 04:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Esuna was just being a chump. I think they pay him for it. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
No, i think i'm being realistic thank you. To presume that people don't know what the chat or death messages are is patronising at best.

Try focusing more on NS specific points.

Also, the NS slide show is infinately more detailed and also so so so much clearer than these images.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
See! They just slipped him a $20 right there, just now. Just for saying that... Didn't anyone else see?

A1win · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Oct 24 2003, 11:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (::esuna:: @ Oct 22 2003, 10:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Oct 20 2003, 04:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Esuna was just being a chump. I think they pay him for it. <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
No, i think i'm being realistic thank you. To presume that people don't know what the chat or death messages are is patronising at best.

Try focusing more on NS specific points.

Also, the NS slide show is infinately more detailed and also so so so much clearer than these images. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
See! They just slipped him a $20 right there, just now. Just for saying that... Didn't anyone else see?</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Actually, it's <i>me</i> who is paying for him just to get more posts under this topic <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>(not really, it's 3am here x)</span>

Haze · October 2003

Good job on the picture. Ensuna, its good to people that are new to NS and want to learn more. Theres not anything bad with it. Its cluttered, so what, the point still gets across. There is no set way to learn different objects on the hud, you can learn the ammo counter, then the group selector, and then the health counter, it really doesnt matter.

I applaud you on your efforts, as they get the points across quite effenciently. (Or however you spell it)

A1win · October 2003

I must say that these were made in about 20 minutes or so <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

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