No Tactical Map?

[Gattobuono]

Am I missing something here? I press the M key for map, but all I get is a bird's eye view of part of the battlefield. Not even a compass.
I would have expected a tactical map in a game that has such a strong focus on tactics. I hope that the devs are planning this, and that it'll allow us to interact with troops, e.g. set waypoints etc.

Overall the game looks really interesting. Thanks for the demo! :-)

[|PLayeR|№1]

Originally posted by Gattobuono:

Am I missing something here? I press the M key for map, but all I get is a bird's eye view of part of the battlefield. Not even a compass.
I would have expected a tactical map in a game that has such a strong focus on tactics. I hope that the devs are planning this, and that it'll allow us to interact with troops, e.g. set waypoints etc.

Overall the game looks really interesting. Thanks for the demo! :-)

It is meant to be more like a Drone view.
Not a Tablet or Laptop of the Tactical Map.
So you can fly around and tell Squads where to go, where enemies are.

[|PLayeR|№1]

Originally posted by Gattobuono:

I hope that the devs are planning this, and that it'll allow us to interact with troops, e.g. set waypoints etc.

You can interact with troops in Drone view.
You can select them by clicking their flag icon or by pressing the number of the squad and Right click to tell them where to go.
And you can use Shift + Right Click to set custom way-points that zig zag around obstacles and enemies.

[|PLayeR|№1]

I recommend the guide
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1860510/guides/
and
https://www.youtube.com/@TheFlumpySquid

to see how to play the game :)

[Gattobuono]

Originally posted by |PLayeR|№1:

Originally posted by Gattobuono:

I hope that the devs are planning this, and that it'll allow us to interact with troops, e.g. set waypoints etc.

You can interact with troops in Drone view.
You can select them by clicking their flag icon or by pressing the number of the squad and Right click to tell them where to go.
And you can use Shift + Right Click to set custom way-points that zig zag around obstacles and enemies.

Yes, I got that, I just don't find it very intuitive. No map or compass just makes me feel that somethings missing from a tactical point of view. Even a minimap would be a big help. I can't think of a single game that I play that doesn't have this.

Anyway, thanks for the reply, at least the demo has given me an idea of what to expect. I'd love to see it develop into something I'd want to buy.

Personally though, at the moment it feels like two quite different unfinished games loosely glued together. Even from a graphical point of view there doesn't seem to be much cohesion between the cartoony rts interface and the glossy graphics of the fps.
Right now, I just don't feel that they bond together very fluidly compared to other games that use this hybrid concept.

Just my personal perspective, and I don't want to knock what you're doing in any way because it's a great concept and I'm only experiencing a demo of a clearly unfinished game.

All the best with your endeavours, I shall definitely keep this game on my watchlist. :-)

[|PLayeR|№1]

Originally posted by Gattobuono:

Originally posted by |PLayeR|№1:

You can interact with troops in Drone view.
You can select them by clicking their flag icon or by pressing the number of the squad and Right click to tell them where to go.
And you can use Shift + Right Click to set custom way-points that zig zag around obstacles and enemies.

Yes, I got that, I just don't find it very intuitive. No map or compass just makes me feel that somethings missing from a tactical point of view. Even a minimap would be a big help. I can't think of a single game that I play that doesn't have this.

Anyway, thanks for the reply, at least the demo has given me an idea of what to expect. I'd love to see it develop into something I'd want to buy.

Personally though, at the moment it feels like two quite different unfinished games loosely glued together. Even from a graphical point of view there doesn't seem to be much cohesion between the cartoony rts interface and the glossy graphics of the fps.
Right now, I just don't feel that they bond together very fluidly compared to other games that use this hybrid concept.

Just my personal perspective, and I don't want to knock what you're doing in any way because it's a great concept and I'm only experiencing a demo of a clearly unfinished game.

All the best with your endeavours, I shall definitely keep this game on my watchlist. :-)

no hate. but Escape from Tarkov and Insurgency Sandstorm dont have a mini-map. Sandstorm has like a Tab view of the map. But Tarkov does not have a mini-map even when you buy the map. :)

[Gattobuono]

Originally posted by |PLayeR|№1:

Originally posted by Gattobuono:

Yes, I got that, I just don't find it very intuitive. No map or compass just makes me feel that somethings missing from a tactical point of view. Even a minimap would be a big help. I can't think of a single game that I play that doesn't have this.

Anyway, thanks for the reply, at least the demo has given me an idea of what to expect. I'd love to see it develop into something I'd want to buy.

Personally though, at the moment it feels like two quite different unfinished games loosely glued together. Even from a graphical point of view there doesn't seem to be much cohesion between the cartoony rts interface and the glossy graphics of the fps.
Right now, I just don't feel that they bond together very fluidly compared to other games that use this hybrid concept.

Just my personal perspective, and I don't want to knock what you're doing in any way because it's a great concept and I'm only experiencing a demo of a clearly unfinished game.

All the best with your endeavours, I shall definitely keep this game on my watchlist. :-)

no hate. but Escape from Tarkov and Insurgency Sandstorm dont have a mini-map. Sandstorm has like a Tab view of the map. But Tarkov does not have a mini-map even when you buy the map. :)

I haven't played Tarkov, but I had Sandstorm and I remember it having a map of some kind.
I don't really like mini-maps, I've disabled mine in the BF2 mod that I'm creating. But to me, the ability to open a map in a tactical game is essential. I find the so called 'drone' view pretty useless in this game. I'd like to hit 'M' for map and get an actually map, which shows objectives and the position of my troops, and perhaps has a grid and compass. It seems pretty fundamental to me.