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Switching Characters With The Press Of A Button?


Showstopper 26
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Showstopper 26

First I want to say thank you Rockstar. This is brilliant and revolutionary.

 

Do you think it'll be as simple as pressing a face button (Y, Triangle, etc.), or maybe tied to the dpad?

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How about Select/Back? Is it used for anything? Maybe it will be used to bring up the menu. Or maybe it'll be moved to the phone menu, like the Multiplayer.

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How about Select/Back? Is it used for anything? Maybe it will be used to bring up the menu. Or maybe it'll be moved to the phone menu, like the Multiplayer.

Back/Select isn't used at all, and it would be better than using something like LB/L1, which you could hit really easily, and accidently change character.

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How about Select/Back? Is it used for anything? Maybe it will be used to bring up the menu. Or maybe it'll be moved to the phone menu, like the Multiplayer.

Back/Select isn't used at all, and it would be better than using something like LB/L1, which you could hit really easily, and accidently change character.

Isn't it used for switching camera angles?

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Left analog stick (pressed down) could be used? I don't know if that is used for anything.

the home button on the pc could be used for the same thing I suppose.

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Shouldn't select be used for quick access to the map instead of having to pause and go into the menus? I hope switching characters is fast and intuitive as well. Going into the phone to do it i'm not sure woud be. This is something we'll be doing a lot and in the heat of missions...pausing the action continuously will break up the flow. Ironically enough, multiple protagonists is a mechanic built on eliminating downtime.

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I imagine every button will have a use, or multiple uses, along with contextual uses. That's how complex GTA has become & I couldn't be happier.

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It was confirmed that it is a radial menu, similar to the weapon wheel in Max Payne 3 or Red Dead Redemption. I imagine it will be brought up with RB/R1, and then the characters will be selected using the analogue stick.

 

Here's a quick mock up of what this might look like: Click me!

This was made by another member, not myself.

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It was confirmed that it is a radial menu, similar to the weapon wheel in Max Payne 3 or Red Dead Redemption. I imagine it will be brought up with RB/R1, and then the characters will be selected using the analogue stick.

 

Here's a quick mock up of what this might look like: Click me!

This was made by another member, not myself.

They will have to shift some controls around then. RB/R1 was used for cover.

Cool pic! icon14.gif

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It was confirmed that it is a radial menu, similar to the weapon wheel in Max Payne 3 or Red Dead Redemption. I imagine it will be brought up with RB/R1, and then the characters will be selected using the analogue stick.

 

Here's a quick mock up of what this might look like: Click me!

This was made by another member, not myself.

They will have to shift some controls around then. RB/R1 was used for cover.

Cool pic! icon14.gif

Agreed. Granted, the menu could be brought up with any unused button, but the fluidity of using the RB/R1 and analogue stick combo worked really well in MP3 and RDR, I think.

 

EDIT: Just realized it was LB/L1 to bring up the weapon wheel. Derp. My point still stands, though.

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Agreed. Granted, the menu could be brought up with any unused button, but the fluidity of using the RB/R1 and analogue stick combo worked really well in MP3 and RDR, I think.

Being a nitpick here. It was LB/L1 in RDR. Had to look it up though.

That button was used in IV for whistling a cab. In RDR, whistling for a horse was the up button. I imagine they would do something similar in V.

 

Edit: I just saw your edit biggrin.gif

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According GI,you have to press a button,then there will be a character cycle and you can choose a character with a button.

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