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Main => The Classroom => Q&A => Topic started by: James T. Kirk on June 15, 2013, 05:47:29 pm

Title: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: James T. Kirk on June 15, 2013, 05:47:29 pm

I went to go adjust my keybindings at the helm the other day, and I noticed something a little strange: the keybindings menu has two distinct controls for leaving your post (be it a gun or the helm). It clearly states that the "E" key is to "DismountHelm" or "DismountGun" and the Space Bar is to "LeaveHelm" or "LeaveGun."

I went into practice mode and fooled around for a little bit (pointing guns in different directions, moving the throttle, loading different rounds, etc.) and I saw no difference between the two.

Did I miss some major detail?
Is Muse just against copy/paste?
Should I even care?

I look forward to your answers to these questions and more.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: Moo on June 15, 2013, 06:42:47 pm

Yeah (#28) (https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,784.msg13710.html#msg13710). I don't think there's any difference, and there's probably no "good" reason why they have different names for doing the same thing.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: James T. Kirk on June 16, 2013, 07:01:30 pm

Thanks.

Don't know why, but this just bugs me too.
Seeing how there are no spaces in any of the names in that menu, I'd say it probably has something to do with assigning multiple variables to the same value.

Only Muse knows for sure.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: Plasmarobo on June 18, 2013, 09:57:17 am

Well, Muse seems to enjoy inconsistent naming.
The whole heavy/light medium/small thing. That might just be us making it up, but if a Hawacha is a medium weapon I really want to see a ship with a Large mount.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: James T. Kirk on June 18, 2013, 10:38:34 am

https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,517.0.html

First reply (technically topic opening), third paragraph.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: N-Sunderland on June 18, 2013, 01:21:27 pm

Muse originally planned on making large guns. The one that they did design...

Was the size of a Junker.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: James T. Kirk on June 18, 2013, 02:18:48 pm

Pics or it didn't happen.

(oh GOD, I hope there are pictures of this)

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: N-Sunderland on June 18, 2013, 02:22:41 pm

No pictures in-game, but here's the artwork, which gives you a pretty good idea of what it would have been like.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/310693_131329320300939_922079927_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: James T. Kirk on June 18, 2013, 02:25:42 pm

Oh...

Oh my...

Interestingly enough, the Mercury Field gun is called the Mini Howitzer in the destruction feed in the top left, if I'm not mistaken.

COINCIDENCE?

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: N-Sunderland on June 18, 2013, 02:40:17 pm

"Small howitzer", that is.

The merc was called the howitzer until a few months back, and as a result you'll still see some old-timers calling it that (I still prefer the old name, to be honest). I suppose this was intended as a large merc.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: James T. Kirk on June 18, 2013, 03:15:53 pm

I knew "mini" sounded wrong....

Did the Artemis use to be called the missile sling?

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: N-Sunderland on June 18, 2013, 03:25:02 pm

Yup. And the banshee was called the Rocket Launcher.

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: James T. Kirk on June 18, 2013, 03:26:57 pm

Cool, I didn't know that.

Salute for general helpfulness and providing random trivia!

Title: Re: Leaving your post. "E" vs. Space Bar.
Post by: Piemanlives on June 18, 2013, 03:36:18 pm

I remember when they mentioned customizing the hull as a possibility, never came through now that I think about it. If such a thing would occur I'd have one of those things mounted between the hull and a small platform the side.