Completed Faster equipment change without garage

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

It's really annoying to open the garage and to wait for it to finally stop loading, so here's my idea:

 

When you want to change your turret, hull, module and alteration, you hold down the "0" key for a second. A second to avoid accidental taps.

 

Now, when you do this, you then use the arrow keys to cycle through items you own. The up button for turrets, down for hulls, right for alterations and left for modules. As you use the up and down arrows, your hull and turret will change to what you want. As you use the left button, your protections will appear where they always do but will cycle as you press the left key.

 

The right key will have to work with the turret you have chosen. So, if I choose Railgun and I start to cycle through alterations, I will see only Railgun alterations I own. If I decide I don't want to use Railgun and change to Smoky, I will then only see Smoky alterations if I own any.

 

When I finish making my changes, I'd click enter and the 5 second SD notification will pop up. Now, if I died and I do this, I will still see my tank, but only me as I make my changes and my tank will not spawn until I am finished. Now, say I was Viking smoky when I opened this and I changed to Rail/Hornet, I will change back to Viking Smoky for the 5 seconds it takes to self destruct then my tank will make the changes I have made when I spawn again.

 

You will not be able to drive while doing this. You will not be able to shoot, activate supplies, just as if I were to open the actual garage.

 

I know you guys aren't into adding more keys but this could be really useful to keep from being kicked from battle because the garage doesn't want to load .-.

 

UPDATES:

 

Also, if you open this menu, and end up not making any changes when you hit enter, you will not SD

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

Under review

Completed

You might like to improve the usability a bit.. but I think this idea could really improve the game performance.
I would activate it for midrank players, as they already know all the turrets.. while low rankers that are not yet very familiar with the game, clearly benefit from the GUI in the garage dialog.
 
a similar (but still different) idea: Garage Combo Pop-Up

[BRO0088 1,724]

 

If this takes place we will lag worse then ever new tankers will leave the game as they don't have patience & they will lag like hell.

[Guest TSY_the_crazy]

If this takes place we will lag worse then ever new tankers will leave the game as they don't have patience & they will lag like hell.

Exactly, I don't know where the hell this idea came from. Don't even review this idea. Everyone will leave if you use this idea. We lag enough already thank you very much.

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

If this takes place we will lag worse then ever new tankers will leave the game as they don't have patience & they will lag like hell.

Could you please explain, how this will add lag to the game?

 

IMHO it will actually consume less processing power and network bandwidth of the tanki servers, and therefore improve the overall situation. This for the reason, that far less data has to be transmitted.

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

Could you please explain, how this will add lag to the game?

 

IMHO it will actually consume less processing power and network bandwidth of the tanki servers, and therefore improve the overall situation. This for the reason, that far less data has to be transmitted.

Exactly! When you open the garage, you're loading EVERYTHING, but with this, you're only loading one item with each press of the directional buttons! I don't see how this will increase lag. It will make access to equipment much faster and use of the buttons to instantly change any part of your tank, rather than clicking individual tabs in the garage and waiting for those to load.

 

Plus, this is only loading things you actually OWN. So, if you wanted to buy a turret then you'd actually have to actually open the garage. Now, the re-spawning part may create problems because you're tank just got destroyed and you're still able to see it as you're position moves, which may confuse the game :/

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

well I would

• load all the user equipment data (what do you own) at once
• while I would not load a garage GUI interface and paints at all.

If I check my profile there (http://ratings.tankionline.com/get_stat/profile/?user=BlackWasp777) it has 9k (kilobyte) of data; but this has useless stats and gifts in it.. besides the garage is encoded in clear text. So if it would be machine-encoded (not human readable) you could load your turret + hull + module data in less then 200 byte (this is one, very small IP packet).

 

> So we talk about a single IP package, that contains a list of all your turrets and hulls and modules.

 

You don't need to load the turret models and hull 3d models, as this data is already at your client (you can see the enemy with a Rico.. so the Rico model was already loaded).

 

By doing this your garage loading time would be primarily defined by the Tanki server, that encodes your garage into a data package and sends it over to you..

Your client (browser, TO client, ..) does the change procedure and let you swap through the gear your garage has, using the 3d models already loaded.. and then you select some. It runs a final check (vs cheap memory hackers..) and there you go.

Of course paints can not be handled like that, because then you will have truely loading times for each paint you go through.

[KaBoomIGo 42]

Or you can have custom preset tanks that you choose from (1-3?). Hold "0" for 1 second like it says above and you have the option to choose between your custom tanks that you have made.

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

Or you can have custom preset tanks that you choose from (1-3?). Hold "0" for 1 second like it says above and you have the option to choose between your custom tanks that you have made.

That too. But lots of players buy and have many different combos, so that might be annoying for them xD

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

well I would

• load all the user equipment data (what do you own) at once
• while I would not load a garage GUI interface and paints at all.

If I check my profile there (http://ratings.tankionline.com/get_stat/profile/?user=BlackWasp777) it has 9k (kilobyte) of data; but this has useless stats and gifts in it.. besides the garage is encoded in clear text. So if it would be machine-encoded (not human readable) you could load your turret + hull + module data in less then 200 byte (this is one, very small IP packet).

 

> So we talk about a single IP package, that contains a list of all your turrets and hulls and modules.

 

You don't need to load the turret models and hull 3d models, as this data is already at your client (you can see the enemy with a Rico.. so the Rico model was already loaded).

 

By doing this your garage loading time would be primarily defined by the Tanki server, that encodes your garage into a data package and sends it over to you..

 

Your client (browser, TO client, ..) does the change procedure and let you swap through the gear your garage has, using the 3d models already loaded.. and then you select some. It runs a final check (vs cheap memory hackers..) and there you go.

 

Of course paints can not be handled like that, because then you will have truely loading times for each paint you go through.

Tanki needs this...I can NOT tell you how many times I was kicked from a battle for inactivity because of endless loading

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I do have to admit, for some ppl, the garage never opens, it just goes into the endless loading screen of death.

 

 

Even refreshing the page doesn't always do justice, so yeah, that needs some slight tweaks

[JLT123 10]

Tanki needs this...I can NOT tell you how many times I was kicked from a battle for inactivity because of endless loading

Hehe, I've never been kicked from a battle, because I have great internet; but, this sounds like a great idea. Will be nice when you're in an "intense" battle and don't have time for your Garage to be loading-g-g-g-g for 2 minutes. lol ;D  

[JLT123 10]

I do have to admit, for some ppl, the garage never opens, it just goes into the endless loading screen of death.

 

 

Even refreshing the page doesn't always do justice, so yeah, that needs some slight tweaks

So true.

[JLT123 10]

Overall, I think this is a great idea.  ^_^

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

Overall, I think this is a great idea.  ^_^

Thanks :D

[FailArmyGT 210]

It could be useful, if gold comes and you wanna change Eq !

Much faster!

+2

[NicholasGabler 9]

Its An Ok Idea. But We Shiuld Add A Option In Settings, If We Want It Or Not.

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

Its An Ok Idea. But We Shiuld Add A Option In Settings, If We Want It Or Not.

No, the "0" key is your option. You can still click garage

[NicholasGabler 9]

No, the "0" key is your option. You can still click garage

Oh Ok! XD

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

Oh Ok! XD

Why not the "G" key? Some may ask. Well, G is by F for dropping flags. I think the player wants to drop the flag, not open this menu

[D.a.n.t.e 475]

Don't agree with the update.

 

But there should be an easy option to change equipment without loading the full Garage.

 

There should be a button somewhere for it, and when you click it, it will open a small version of the Garage. That version will only allow us to change Turret, Hull, Protection and Paint.

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

Don't agree with the update.

 

But there should be an easy option to change equipment without loading the full Garage.

 

There should be a button somewhere for it, and when you click it, it will open a small version of the Garage. That version will only allow us to change Turret, Hull, Protection and Paint.

Um that's what this does. Only replace paint with alterations.

[D.a.n.t.e 475]

Um that's what this does. Only replace paint with alterations.

I forgot alterations.

 

Paint is important too, because with the Battle button you don't know if you're going to summer day or winter day, because some like a whiter paint for winter.

 

The small version of garage will not allow shopping, it will be just the equipment you got.

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

I forgot alterations.

 

Paint is important too, because with the Battle button you don't know if you're going to summer day or winter day, because some like a whiter paint for winter.

 

The small version of garage will not allow shopping, it will be just the equipment you got.

Exactly. This cuts off the gifts, shop, things you don't own, and anything else that doesn't need loading. Heck, it loads nothing until you start pressing the directional buttons, then it's only loading one thing with each press.

 

This is to make equipment changes at four times faster.

 

-No garage loading

-No loading things that don't need to be loaded

-No having to switch to different sections of the garage to change your equipment.

-Faster changing

-Makes changing easier

-Loads only needed items and those you own

[ESM_Unbeatable18 34]

Under review

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You might like to improve the usability a bit.. but I think this idea could really improve the game performance.

I would activate it for midrank players, as they already know all the turrets.. while low rankers that are not yet very familiar with the game, clearly benefit from the GUI in the garage dialog.

Can you change the topic name? To something along the lines of "Faster Equipment Change"