(SA inventory) Controller-friendly inventory mode.

[colekern 1364]

Hey guys.

I'm guessing you've all seen the new inventory system by now. If not, go here: http://dayzmod.com/f...entory +mock-up). It's pretty friggin' sweet, but there's one thing I've noticed: It could be awkward for controllers. I know that only a few people actually use controllers (I know I don't), but we do need to support the players that do. So, i made a small little mock-up really quick:

*Note that you would turn this on and off vie the options menu.*

I changed the layout just a bit. Also, you'll notice that I added the button prompts to show you guys how it works.

To pick up an item, I press A. I would use the thumbstick to move the item around. Rather than being drag and drop like the PC version, I would just move them between slots. I could also use the thumbstick to move an item from the ground to my inventory.

Whenever I select an item, it would slightly rise up a little bit to make sure I know what item I have picked up. Example:

I would equip items using the x button. I would press Y to add it to the hotbar, and I would open and close containers (such as cloths or say, a toolbox) using , again, the Y button.

Also, the hotbar just isn't going to work on a controller. We would replace it with a radial menu, like this:

That's basically it. Thanks for taking a look you guys, and be sure to post a comment!

Edited May 1, 2013 by colekern

[burritoman259 593]

Alright you deserve a medal, you need to be sending these to Matt or Dean or whoever is in control of the designing interface.

Once again you never cease to amaze me.

[colekern 1364]

Alright you deserve a medal, you need to be sending these to Matt or Dean or whoever is in control of the designing interface.

Once again you never cease to amaze me.

Why thank you. Have some beans.

[TIC 1050]

Yeah this is definitely worth my time looking through. Bohemia seems to have a weak point of integrating controller user interfaces. Definitely need to expand this if they're ever going to mention a possible console port depending on sales as well.

I'd like to see it mainly being specified to Xbox/PS controllers since they both have that center button (Home and XMB) to open up the radial menu

I also think the X button should have more features instead of equip like being able to consume or an option to highlight the item to be able to craft/combine them.

Other than that, I could see this being possible :)

[SoulHunter (DayZ) 233]

Its just epic! The feature showed in the last picture must be able to be controlled with the mouse-wheel x))

[colekern 1364]

Its just epic! The feature showed in the last picture must be able to be controlled with the mouse-wheel x))

The radial menu would be for the controllers only. You would use the 1,2,3, etc keys for a keyboard

[enforcer1975 1111]

While we are at it add autoaim deadzone, X for jump, Y for duck etc...

[colekern 1364]

While we are at it add autoaim deadzone, X for jump, Y for duck etc...

I've been thinking about doing something like that, but people could just map the buttons for themselves. AS for autoaim... no. It could give an unfair advantage.