Post by knapman [FD] on Aug 9, 2010 7:30:25 GMT
The Official Community Suggestion and Feedback Thread (TOCSAF)
I'll be using this thread to try and keep a log of feature requests and give some feedback on them, rather than having lots of repeat posts as these will get deleted from now on
Threads that are considered logged will be moved into the archive subsection
If something is rejected don't take it personally, there is probably a good reason and we'll try and explain why, but if you want to make a better case for a feature request because we may have overlooked the benefit of the feature then feel free to do this, but don't nag.
Career mode
Fairly long term feature but something that will be worked out when we can
Only show avaliable songs in netplay
Working out the best way to solve this issue
Recordings / Replays
Something we want to add, allow recordings of games and playback so people can save and share their best games, along the lines of something like Trials2SE or Quake
Song Sections In Practice
Extend the practice mode for easier playing of specific song sections, also look into options to rewind during play
Alternative avatars
Long term low priority feature, doesn’t effect gameplay so other things need to be worked on
Avatar customisation
Long term low priority feature, doesn’t effect gameplay so other things need to be worked on
Big Rock Endings
The base feature is very unique to RB so will consider alternative options
Delay at the start of the song
This is a song issue, game features that work around song issues reduce the chances of anyone properly fixing the problem, not something we want to encourage, adding a universal delay would just delay properly made songs, but potentially it could be added as a song.ini feature to add a specified delay so it only effects the songs it needs to, will need to look into what we want to do with this.
DTXMania chart compatibility
Would need information on the format and its suitability
Charted / Guided Whammy
Something we’ve considered but would be purely down to song charters to support which makes it an extremely low priority
Generated PS phases for songs without any
This is a song issue, game features that work around song issues reduce the chances of anyone properly fixing the problem, not something we want to encourage.
Multiplayer song transferring
Probably won’t happen due to potential abuse and legality questions, but if a suitable solution comes up it may be considered
Process Priority
Will look into, might not help much due to the game being GPU focused rather than CPU.
Vocals
Low priority task, but may look into an option to display the lyrics for the moment
Web Cam Backgrounds
Might be good for people who want to record videos showing them playing the instrument and the game at the same time
Virtual Keyboard
System to allow text entry without a keyboard, either a virtual keyboard style or up / down highscore style text input
Animated GIF Support
This is a misguided feature request as there are plenty of better ways to get better results, no games should be doing this
Automatic PS activation
Goes against the gameplay mechanic
Gaining PS per note rather than entire sequence
This goes against a fundamental gameplay mechanic of complete challenge, gain reward
Multiplatform support
We don't have the time or resources to deal with a feature of this scope
Pausing / Stopping PS Activation
Wouldn’t work for controllers such as drums that don’t have a dedicated button for activation
RB2 Theme
This is not a clone project so this is not something we will be doing
RB2 style fills / sp activation
We have our own activation system
2 Note Chord Limit
If you are using a controller that can not support the core gameplay then you need a new controller, potentially this could be added as a cheat, but scoring would be disabled
RB3 Style 4 Lane Pro mode
7 Lane mode is our choice of how to handle this, 4 lane won't be an option as it adds limitations and goes against our future plans
I'll be using this thread to try and keep a log of feature requests and give some feedback on them, rather than having lots of repeat posts as these will get deleted from now on
Threads that are considered logged will be moved into the archive subsection
If something is rejected don't take it personally, there is probably a good reason and we'll try and explain why, but if you want to make a better case for a feature request because we may have overlooked the benefit of the feature then feel free to do this, but don't nag.
- Accepted -
Career mode
Fairly long term feature but something that will be worked out when we can
Only show avaliable songs in netplay
Working out the best way to solve this issue
Recordings / Replays
Something we want to add, allow recordings of games and playback so people can save and share their best games, along the lines of something like Trials2SE or Quake
Song Sections In Practice
Extend the practice mode for easier playing of specific song sections, also look into options to rewind during play
- Undecided or long term features -
Alternative avatars
Long term low priority feature, doesn’t effect gameplay so other things need to be worked on
Avatar customisation
Long term low priority feature, doesn’t effect gameplay so other things need to be worked on
Big Rock Endings
The base feature is very unique to RB so will consider alternative options
Delay at the start of the song
This is a song issue, game features that work around song issues reduce the chances of anyone properly fixing the problem, not something we want to encourage, adding a universal delay would just delay properly made songs, but potentially it could be added as a song.ini feature to add a specified delay so it only effects the songs it needs to, will need to look into what we want to do with this.
DTXMania chart compatibility
Would need information on the format and its suitability
Charted / Guided Whammy
Something we’ve considered but would be purely down to song charters to support which makes it an extremely low priority
Generated PS phases for songs without any
This is a song issue, game features that work around song issues reduce the chances of anyone properly fixing the problem, not something we want to encourage.
Multiplayer song transferring
Probably won’t happen due to potential abuse and legality questions, but if a suitable solution comes up it may be considered
Process Priority
Will look into, might not help much due to the game being GPU focused rather than CPU.
Vocals
Low priority task, but may look into an option to display the lyrics for the moment
Web Cam Backgrounds
Might be good for people who want to record videos showing them playing the instrument and the game at the same time
Virtual Keyboard
System to allow text entry without a keyboard, either a virtual keyboard style or up / down highscore style text input
- Rejected -
Animated GIF Support
This is a misguided feature request as there are plenty of better ways to get better results, no games should be doing this
Automatic PS activation
Goes against the gameplay mechanic
Gaining PS per note rather than entire sequence
This goes against a fundamental gameplay mechanic of complete challenge, gain reward
Multiplatform support
We don't have the time or resources to deal with a feature of this scope
Pausing / Stopping PS Activation
Wouldn’t work for controllers such as drums that don’t have a dedicated button for activation
RB2 Theme
This is not a clone project so this is not something we will be doing
RB2 style fills / sp activation
We have our own activation system
2 Note Chord Limit
If you are using a controller that can not support the core gameplay then you need a new controller, potentially this could be added as a cheat, but scoring would be disabled
RB3 Style 4 Lane Pro mode
7 Lane mode is our choice of how to handle this, 4 lane won't be an option as it adds limitations and goes against our future plans