"Is everybody in!?!" - Vehicle occupancy indicator for drivers

[Finale]

One piece of information that matters a lot for drivers (and causes no small number of wipes) is being unable to tell whether there are players in the back seats of the longfellow. The driver and front passenger seat cannot see whether the back seats are occupied, leading to abandoned teammates and (occasionally) failed heists. The same problem occurs with the front or rear views on all vehicles.

I believe Overkill is at least partially aware of this problem, since recent heists have not let drivers leave their initial position until all players are in the vehicle.

I think the best solution is a small hud indicator for the driver, visible on any camera angle, that indicates the number of passengers in the vehicle. This shouldn't take too long to implement, and it should significantly improve player experiences with the vehicle system.

I believe vehicles will also be appearing in future Overkill products, and this is one of those quality of life improvements that would be good to have in place in, for example, TWD- though I suppose leaving someone behind to get bitten also fits that particular game quite well!

[is now playing]

I agree, as a frequent driver I often find it difficult to tell whether all 4 players are in the car.

Usually if I see the passenger hop into the car i'll hop out for a second, look around to see if the other players are in or nearby, then hop back into the car and ask "Everyone in. If I don't get any response from the back two players after a while and we're being shot at, i'll take off. They can complain I didn't give them a chance, but if we're under heavy fire I'd much rather 2/3 of us live than the heist being jeopardised.

[nori357]

Already a mod for it, infact an entire driving hud styled off of the original games hud.
It only shows up while driving and displays what vechical you are in, how many people are represented by their colour and what mask they are wearing, what gear you are in, MP/H and such, I think OVK should incorperate this hud into the game as it makes driving so much better.

[Dr. Kroger]

Link to that mod plz

[nori357]

Look up driving hud on last bullet, it requires BLT to work, make sure to follow the installation instructions otherwise you'll get missing textures on the hud or no hud at all.

[is now playing]

Originally posted by not quite enjoying this steak:

Look up driving hud on last bullet, it requires BLT to work, make sure to follow the installation instructions otherwise you'll get missing textures on the hud or no hud at all.

I might look it up for myself on Monday.

[Nervatel]

Originally posted by Sir Ruffington:

Originally posted by not quite enjoying this steak:

Look up driving hud on last bullet, it requires BLT to work, make sure to follow the installation instructions otherwise you'll get missing textures on the hud or no hud at all.

I might look it up for myself on Monday.

http://forums.lastbullet.net/mydownloads.php?action=view_down&did=12982

[is now playing]

Originally posted by Nervatel /Hanging Closet Monster:

Originally posted by Sir Ruffington:

I might look it up for myself on Monday.

http://forums.lastbullet.net/mydownloads.php?action=view_down&did=12982

Danke.

[Finale]

Originally posted by not quite enjoying this steak:

Already a mod for it, infact an entire driving hud styled off of the original games hud.
It only shows up while driving and displays what vechical you are in, how many people are represented by their colour and what mask they are wearing, what gear you are in, MP/H and such, I think OVK should incorperate this hud into the game as it makes driving so much better.

I'm not asking overkill to incorporate a mod (they almost certainly won't do that). I'm just asking for the occupancy indicator.

[is now playing]

Originally posted by Finale:

Originally posted by not quite enjoying this steak:

Already a mod for it, infact an entire driving hud styled off of the original games hud.
It only shows up while driving and displays what vechical you are in, how many people are represented by their colour and what mask they are wearing, what gear you are in, MP/H and such, I think OVK should incorperate this hud into the game as it makes driving so much better.

I'm not asking overkill to incorporate a mod (they almost certainly won't do that). I'm just asking for the occupancy indicator.

Actually some small implementations are actually things that were mods that were highly used.

[Finale]

Originally posted by Sir Ruffington:

Actually some small implementations are actually things that were mods that were highly used.

That's not the same thing as incorporating a mod.

[Peanits]

What I'd like to see instead is official support for the removed neck brace mod. It lets you turn your head like an actual person can. That way you can just look behind you to see if everyone is in rather than filling the hud with even more stuff.

[Tarsier]

Originally posted by Peanits:

What I'd like to see instead is official support for the removed neck brace mod. It lets you turn your head like an actual person can. That way you can just look behind you to see if everyone is in rather than filling the hud with even more stuff.

I wouldn't mind it looking right, and not having that resistance when you try to look too far. I think some rear-views would help too, but I don't think it'd be too feasable.

[Caleb]

Good idea.
(I also want to shoot out with my secondary while driving Interstate 76' style, but that one could be harder to implement, so just think about it :D )