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So I was just fiddling around with the UI in Photoshop to see how it could be better implemented for PC. This is what I came up with.
I've hardly performed miracles here, I've just put all the important features in the one place and made the map more intuitive. The ironic thing is it's nothing that hasn't been done by DICE before! This is really just stealing their own ideas, and re-implementing them.
Let me know what you guys think!
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Version 1.0
Below is the first iteration of the squad menu. Simpler than the second, this version has a better chance of being implemented on consoles and PC.
Notes:
- I thought about increasing the size of the whole thing, but then remembered that it might become to big to support lower resolutions or whatever. I guess my point was....even within the current size, it CAN be done!
- Clicking on a spawn point was originally part of my design, but I forgot to add an annotation suggesting as much.
Version 2.0
Ok, so I felt inspired enough to go back to the drawing board to see what else I could do to improve the UI, taking on board some of the suggestions from all your great comments! In the end, I dramatically overhauled the thing, almost to the point where I highly doubt we'll see any of it implemented in BF3 (perhaps BF4/2143/BC3?). Still, I had fun doing it; it's surprisingly therapeutic to go though and fix all the things currently lacking.
Notes:
- It's a little cluttered, I admit, but just remember that each side of options are individually-activated tabs.
- Scaling on lower resolutions might be an issue with this design. Perhaps if only one tab can be opened at a time, you might get away with it. Either that or this "Advanced" version can only be activated on HD resolutions.
- This design would obviously not work on consoles.
- The Squad Leader "Resign" button in the squad select tab would temporarily replace the "Kick" buttons beside each player with a "Promote" player function, allowing you to re-assign the role of Squad Leader to a player of your choice.