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Re: Quake 2 wep's?

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From: Adam Deutsch
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 00:00
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I agree with what was written here-- at first look it would appear that
an off-center weapon will interfere with certain gameplay features, and
make aiming difficult (until one accommodates).  Still, it does look
cool, but I hope that a center weapon is still an option.

Loki wrote:

> Does anyone know why id have chosen to put the quake 2 weps to one
> side of the screen. Personally after playing a few TC's with weps not
> in the middle of the screen I'm not to keen on this as it make it hard
>
> to aim. Weps on the side of the screen are really bad as they obscure
> your view properly and in deathmatch are a bit of a hinderence. I use
> the gun graphic to line up my opponents and have done since doom 1
> everyone's gotten used to this so why has id changed it. Having the
> weps on the side is very awkward. If id are having the weps here which
>
> it looks like they are does anyone know if there will be an option to
> put them into the middle of the screen. I know that the artists have
> spent time doing the models and artwork for the weps but i think a lot
>
> of players would prefer to have the weps in the middle... What does
> everyone think?
>
> TTFN Loki
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