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In article <scottaD1...@netcom.com>, sco...@netcom.com (Scott Adams) wrote:

>  Here are a couple more ideas for Descent: 
>      1.  Decoys

   Interesting idea.  I certainly wouldn't object to this, but don't
regard it as necessary.

>      2.  Motion Detector

   THIS is darned near essential.  Many's the time I've been hit from some
odd angle and lost a lot of shield points spinning and twisting around in
a vain search for my tormentor.  Even an indication of which direction
hits are coming from (front/back/right/left/up/down) would be a big help.

   Another wish--a visual indication that a homing missle has lock.  I'm
assuming that there's an audible tone or something, but again, those
without sound can't take advantage of this.  Turning the crosshairs red or
blue or some other color to indicate lock, or turning the current
missle-circle into a red square, or ANYTHING, would be just fine.
   I was going to ask that shield/power/weapon displays be available in
full-screen mode, but I notice that it's being worked on.
   I'd like to add a couple of suggestions for control keys--not essential
ones by any means, but helpful.
     1. Right/Left/Up/(Down) views.  The back view is very nice, but why
can't we look in more directions?  I put (Down) in parentheses because
it's potentially forbidden by the fighter's design.  The other views
aren't, though.
     2. Weapon cycle keys.  Instead of having to go to the number keys to
switch weapons, it would be nice to be able to define cycle-keys, similar
to those found in "Marathon" (a new Mac Doom-type game), so that you can
switch weapons quickly in combat situations.

                                   -EMeyer

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