Spiral Knights - HUD Annoyance

HUD Annoyance

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Fri, 07/06/2012 - 16:21

Luckyface

I use left mouse button for shield and right mouse button for attack and W,S,A,D for direction.

In lockdown with the hud locked

When my cursor touches something in the hud while locked and I use my shield (Striker) in lockdown I lose control of changing directions with mouse.

Example

Just fought an enemy on the left side of the screen and activated my shield facing left but want to turn right but cannot aim my knight. He just looks left even though my cursor is on the right side of the screen. This causes me to have a less than quick escape at times.

Maybe I'm just old and blind or that I use a pretty big screen 27" 1920x1080 Nothing huge but... I don't really watch the cursor that much when changing directions. In the heat of the battle I like to just throw the mouse left or right without worrying that I might hit something on the edge of the screen and screw me up..

I mean the hud is locked.. could they make it so it doesn't screw you over? Or is this only because I use my mouse1 (Left mouse button) for shield/striker?

Also the screen is so damn full of crap I don't care to see in lockdown.. Could they make the top left of the screen any cleaner? I dont care to see who on my team is alive or dead ALL THE TIME, it just blocks a giant area of view.

TR/LD

I just want to be able to disable the hud completely. Is this worth a suggestion? If so someone smart please make a good suggestion post to fix this ... Maybe put anything useful in very small button on the bottom of the screen. It would be nice to have the sides and top of the screen free of any obstructions of view at the least but a pure clean view of the battle is what I really want. I want to hit 1 key and POOF BE GONE! and then bring it back with 1 more key press.

/newb

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 17:25

Rangerwillx

Same happens with me..I use the same controls.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 17:35

Trying

Yeah. It's really annoying when you're charging something up.

Let the line of zombies continue!

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 22:27

Batabii

Why is your mouse over the

Why is your mouse over the HUD anyway? You should keep it close to you but facing your target, not all over the screen.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 22:32

Iapnez

Did you even read the whole

Did you even read the whole post? You'd have found the reason in there.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 22:44

Dancinjen

You can lock your HUD by

You can lock your HUD by pressing Q, unless you changed that key.

Edit:

Just realized something... were you saying that your hud was locked and STILL messing up? It shouldn't have anything to do with shield/striker. I think that is a normal key for everyone. I'm pretty sure that's the default key for everyone, since you don't use shields in lockdown. You might want to go through and check your keys and make sure things are set to where you want them. A good place to test this is the advanced training hall. :)

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 23:48

Supercrisp

Same thing happens to me. I

Same thing happens to me. I end up losing my mouse on my 27" in the heat of battle and run straight into spikes or charge into the middle of a bomb. A fix would be nice :)

Sat, 07/07/2012 - 07:22

Rangerwillx

What he's saying is that when in Lockdown, or in the Clockworks, if the hud is locked and he accidentally clicks on it he cannot switch directions.

Sat, 07/07/2012 - 09:46

Dancinjen

ooh. lol. okay. I don't know

ooh. lol. okay. I don't know of this problem because i use the arrows. hahaha... that is annoying.

Sat, 07/07/2012 - 10:28

Evilduck

This may sound

This may sound counter-productive but you tried unlocking the HUD? I never have mine locked and I've not had this problem. My client is 1280x720 so I have no advantage over you there. Or maybe turn down the sensitivity of your mouse so the cursor doesn't fly around so much?

Sat, 07/07/2012 - 10:45

#10

Batabii

"Did you even read the whole

"Did you even read the whole post? You'd have found the reason in there."

actually I did read the whole post. And didn't see any reason.

Sat, 07/07/2012 - 21:18

#11

Thunderbog

lol u

Actually, what he meant is even the HUD is locked, and it may not bring any options out and disturb the game, but once ye click any HUD(e.g. status of character info & name, energy hud), the mouse buttons aligned to do actions are aimless/ignored and thus still disturbing.

When ye use the striker dash, and hold the button while on a HUD, the mouse may move, but the character is still facing over the way that the HUD is.

Do ye get it now?

Sat, 07/07/2012 - 22:16

#12

Iapnez

Thunder summed it up

Thunder summed it up properly. I have the same annoyance. If the HUD is locked, it should act like any part of the screen where it doesn't interfere with the cursor. I'd like it if I could turn off the HUD, too.

Off topic: I'd love to lock the HUD in the unknown passage, but that's not really an issue. I lose my mouse cursor in PvP more often than PvE.

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 08:04

#13

Luckyface

blarg

Sat, 07/07/2012 - 23:14

#14

Thunderbog

.. there's no need for video,

.. there's no need for video, OP... We understand.

EDIT: ah scrap this, ye made it.

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 08:04

#15

Luckyface

lol yeah.. had to wipe the

nvm video wont upload... having issues so forgetting it.

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:14

#16

Iapnez

Oh video. Why you so

Oh video. Why you so lulzy?
If you want, I'll take a video in a while and upload it.

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 13:02

#17

Heavy-Duty

...

Press Q as said earlier, according to OP.

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 19:33

#18

Bert-Banana

This idea is good, because I too have to play on the 2nd smallest resolution to maintain a double digit FPS. I sometimes fly into a crowd of Skolvers strikering at a wall looking like a fool.

Maybe reducing the amount of items on the HUD would be a logical solution. Possibly have a toggle HUD option so you can periodically check for a score or the chats without totally being covered in the non-navigation area. This doesn't effect people that play on 1280x1080 resolution or higher because the navigation range is huge.

Since my left-click is the attack and the right click is my alternative movement option, if I hold down right click I can move even when the cursor is over the HUD. Something to suggest.

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 20:04

#19

Misten

I have the same problem, with

I have the same problem, with or without locking HUD. It has do with pressing and hold a mouse button while the cursor is hovering a HUD. Locking or unlocking doesnt matter.

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 20:00

#20

Iapnez

Heavy-Duty. Locking the HUD

Heavy-Duty. Locking the HUD does not solve the problem, as explained by more than three people in this thread.

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