World An Alternate Way Of Displaying Damage [64 Supporters]

NicBOMB · Feb 1, 2018

BUMP +1 sUpPoRTEr

Eula · Feb 6, 2018

As long as it’s toggleable, it should be fine. Some people might want to see how strong their one elemental damage is compared to another.

Cruuk · Feb 13, 2018

Big bump man

Cruuk · Feb 23, 2018

Cruuk said: ↑

Big bump man
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Cruuk · Mar 8, 2018

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Big bump man
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TitanZERØ · Mar 13, 2018

yes
i like this feature
i hope it will come next update
+10

XxDiCaprioxX · Mar 30, 2018

Cruuk said: ↑

Currently, damage is displayed like this:
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On it's own, it's a nice way of displaying damage; it's not overly intrusive, and it's nice to look at and easy to understand.
But, if I do different types of damage with my weapon, what if I want to know the total amount of damage I've done? I can do addition just fine, but it's not so easy when you're trying to add 5 different numbers that disappear after a second. And no, I don't plan to fill my screenshot folder with hundreds of pictures that are just damage displays.

I know that there are sources out there that help with this kind of stuff. But that only shows the amount of damage your build can do, not the amount of damage your build just did in a short span of time. I like to know the damage I did on the fly.

I propose the implementation of an alternate way of displaying damage, where by using a command like "/toggle damage" or anything of an equivalent function, it would modify the way damage is displayed to the player who used the command (client-sided, of course), going from this:

[- 127 ✦ ]
[- 84 ♥ ]

to this:

[- 211 ♥✦ ]

Doing "/toggle damage" or something again would switch it back of course.
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This alternative damage display would help display the exact amount of damage for builds that utilize multiple types of damage, like the ones that use Rainbow items.
Any damage done by other players will also display like this, if the alternative damage display is enabled for the player seeing the damage done of course.
If one doesn't like this way of displaying damage, they could simply stick with the current display, I'm not suggesting to remove the current display, keep that in mind.

The order the elemental symbols would go on the alternative damage display would be the same element order seen in the skill points menu, it would go Neutral-Earth-Thunder-Water-Fire-Air.
If an attack/spell utilizes all types of damage in one hit, it would look like this:

[- 1000 ♥✤✦❉✹❋ ]

I am aware that the order of the elements is a little different than the order my alternative damage display uses.
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But, if you start from the bottom and go up, you'll notice that it's almost similar to the same order my alternate display uses. I just chose that order because I felt it was the most "consistent" one, don't ask...

Ok enough of this pointless tangent.

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The one thing I'm not 100% sure about yet is the color of the damage number, because if we put multiple types of damage into 1 box, what color will it be? At first I though the number color should be white, but that's already used by Air...
The more feasible options for me are light red, the same color Neutral damage uses. There's also light orange/tan(?), the same color Neutral damage also uses on the HUD.
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I was also considering a color different than the Elemental colors entirely but I'm not sure which...

However, I think the best option for the color of the damage number would be for it to change based on the damage type that did the most damage in that hit.
If you hit something for Thunder/Air damage, and the Thunder damage did more than Air, then the number's color would be yellow.
If the damage done by each damage type is the exact same... Uhh... The color will randomly be any of the same number values? Not too sure on this one.

EDIT: On second thought, maybe this option isn't the best regarding number colors, having the color constantly switch would just look weird. Other than the light/tan orange color mentioned earlier I can't think of any other colors. If anyone has an idea for the number color go right ahead and tell me.
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I'm not too familiar with coding, so unfortunately I'm not too sure of any potential difficulties on the theoretical implementation of this, though I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult to implement as it is basically the same as our current damage display, though utilizing the code in a different fashion.

Also, the reason I placed this in Feedback is because I am suggesting an alternative to an existing feature, not a new feature entirely, that's what I think at least...
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This is a really good suggestion.
But please also put it to General Suggestions.
There more people will see it.

Cruuk · Apr 17, 2018

Watch out for bumps in the road.

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