Arma 2 new GUI test

:P Actually, no, that´s not me.

The person you´re talking about has posted on the BIS forums a while ago, though. Apparently the Ideas they had weren´t implemented quite as nicely as they had envisioned.

Big difference is, though, no radial menu. Anything like that, especially when multi-layered, is just clumsy to use, as OF:DR proves.

Also thx for the Comment

Hehe, yeah, I've also read his posts on the BIS forums, saw that this is also a 2D animation and thought there might be more to it.

Well, I don't know what you do for a living, but it's probably a good sign when people confuse your work with that of a person who makes his money with this stuff. Certainly looking forward to how this will develop.

And I agree, a radial menu seems rather cumbersome, especially when it comes to managing a lot of commands (but I'm only a end user, no pro...).

I fancy myself an artist/designer, most of the time :p

And I´ve not found a game with a radial menu that was comfortable to use. For example, the one in Crysis has as its saving grace that it´s only a single layer, not 10 billion as in OF:DR. The number system Arma uses is better, because all you need to do is remember numbers, not directions.

I´ve been with the OFP series since the game was released in 2001, so I have to agree that when you know it, it´s a pretty powerful command tool. But I think, especially with Arma 2´s new AI, it´s much too cluttered and in need of a more simple and realistic replacement, commanding fireteams instead of individual soldiers, as in this example.

I agree that mods are no solution, though. I´m planning to dev this a little further, and see what the official forums say about it.