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Give back my first-person view!

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minthaka:
It really doesn't make sense. It was really a unique feature of UFO: A.I. Please put it back. The game lost at least 25% of fun because of that

H-Hour:
At least! With a margin of error of 3%.

Hertzila:
My own equipment got 12% loss of fun, with 2% error margin. Maybe your equipment is over-sensitive?

Seriously though, it was very good for making sure there actually wasn't anything blocking the shot, the hit-% calculation seems unreliable at best when there's a bit of cover between the shooter and target. The FPV's removal wasn't groundbreaking but it certainly had its place and use.

Mattn:
this is open source - change it to your liking, but as long as i'm the project leader there won't be any first person view for this game, as it is just not designed for something like that.

Destructavator:
IIRC the 1st-person-view was a bit broken, and there wasn't much reason (or anyone willing to spend the time coding) to fix it.  I remember when I had used it and many things just didn't look right or display properly.

Rather than putting time into coding it to work properly - and maintain functionality when other things got developed - It just made more sense to simply drop it instead.

Keep in mind that this game's engine has been customized, altered, and modified so much from the original Quake II engine it came from that I would think putting FP view back in isn't likely as easy as flipping a switch, but would probably require re-working parts of the engine all over again to add in support for something that isn't really one of the project goals or intended features.  I don't know all this as fact, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true.

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