February 5, 200917 yr Hey guys. I was reading through the latest "Postbag from the Hedge" and at the bottom of the article was a picture of TzTok-Jad fighting a whole bunch of roosters. This is what really caught my eye. One of the roosters, which looked like it was going through its "Death" animation, had a red HP bar on top of it. Weirdly enough, the bar didn't look as thick or as "retro" as it usually does in the game. Is this possibly a hint from Jagex that they are revamping the HP bar? Here is some picture evidence to prove it:
February 5, 200917 yr Wow, nice find. It would be cool if they revamped the HP bar. In 2009 they said they're going to improve the game and the HP bar might be one of the improvements.
February 5, 200917 yr That's one of those little things that would just make the game better in general. :) I'm glad they're focusing on small things like this. :thumbsup:
February 5, 200917 yr Ah, just one little thing that would make RS a whole lot better. I agree that it would be great if they updated the HP bar, that hasn't seen an update in how long... :shock:
February 5, 200917 yr Don't all pictures on the Runescape site kinda look like that, sorta fuzzy? Like the maps and stuff on city guides, they're not exactly right, they're smoother. That's what I thought when I saw it anyway. 7,436th to 99 fishing on July 13, 2008 [hide=Quotes that I lol'd at]the day the fantastic four come into runescape, i will eat my socks. what kind of topic is this. ihaven't read it yetbut i now it must be stupid.[/hide]
February 5, 200917 yr I hope they do change it because it does look alot better, and the HP bar is probobly the thing most of us see most of the time. 1593th to 99 Farming - July 08.
February 5, 200917 yr Nice find looks like it could be very nice. It's great you know what you're talking about rustiod. Everything you've said is 100% accurate a true. That being said...your a [bleep]ing [bleep] douchebag, and none of your advice will ever (or should ever) be taken seriously because of it.disregard good advice because the giver is a douche THAT MAKES YOU A BETTER PERSON
February 5, 200917 yr Does this mean no redbarring? Will it actually be accurate now? :pray: Nice find. this link kills spam
February 5, 200917 yr hmm. to be honest yes, it does look cleaner and flashy. but to me the thing that atracted me to runescape was the quirky graphics that set it apart from other mmorpgs. i loved the old school HP bar, its :"cute" and one of the only things that hasnt really changed. To me little graphical updates like this, while helpful just mean less resources spent on customer support. Dont get me wrong, like i dont want to come across as a troll, (even though im sure im going to be flamed) but i just think that there are things so much more important that need to be fixed. (equips anti-fire shield) :twisted: Feel free to add me ingame if you want to chat :D
February 5, 200917 yr Looks worse because of the texturing, it's bad that 1hp could look like 0hp because of texturing... [-- DYNAMIC SIGNATURES FOR RUNESCAPE 3 & OLDSCHOOL 2007 RUNESCAPE --]
February 5, 200917 yr Looks worse because of the texturing, it's bad that 1hp could look like 0hp because of texturing... 1hp looks like 0hp anyways Isn't it lovely how having an opinion makes you hated around here?
February 5, 200917 yr Looks worse because of the texturing, it's bad that 1hp could look like 0hp because of texturing... 1hp looks like 0hp anyways yeah ... hopefully the new hp bar will show that 1 hp is not 0 hp : Legendz - 100+ F2p combat !! Join today and get TWO free cookies @@@@@ - Proud Leader of LEGENDZ - Proud Warlord of Clan Europe
February 5, 200917 yr I honestly wouldn't care one way or the other if they updated it, unless it does eliminate redbarring. But otherwise, it'll just be one of those things where I go, "Oh, that's nice" and then never care about again. [hide=]The light at the end of the tunnel is the demon-infested lava pit.17 blue = sadhoo = wholoo = 100vo = broken ice cream cone = sad children = sad babies = dead babies bluehooloovo = sadwho100deadbabies = Who is sad about 100 dead babies? I've cracked the code![/hide]Blog
February 5, 200917 yr Looks worse because of the texturing, it's bad that 1hp could look like 0hp because of texturing... 1hp looks like 0hp anyways Unless you have a low hp level where 1/10 would stand out pretty well. :? ^ Blog.
February 5, 200917 yr It looks a bit long for a rooster's health bar, doesn't it? Imagine how long the Corporeal Beast's HP bar would become :-# . To be honest, I don't like the look of it that much. But I'm pretty sure it'll either grow on me or it'll be something I'll just ignore completely. Just like when Jagex updated the 0's to have a slash through them... I remember that upset quite a bit of people when it came along, but looking back, the 0's without slashes look sort of awkward :lol: . ^ Refresh for a new signature ^
February 5, 200917 yr Wow. I sure hope you are right! :pray: A new hp bar would be awesome! Good find.
February 5, 200917 yr I'm really wouldn't get my hopes up... A lot of the pictures in the manual and stuff look different too. ZOMG COULD THIS MEAN NEW WORLD MAP?! Anyway, if it does come out, I would not really care. 7,436th to 99 fishing on July 13, 2008 [hide=Quotes that I lol'd at]the day the fantastic four come into runescape, i will eat my socks. what kind of topic is this. ihaven't read it yetbut i now it must be stupid.[/hide]
February 5, 200917 yr It looks a bit long for a rooster's health bar, doesn't it? Imagine how long the Corporeal Beast's HP bar would become :-# . To be honest, I don't like the look of it that much. But I'm pretty sure it'll either grow on me or it'll be something I'll just ignore completely. Just like when Jagex updated the 0's to have a slash through them... I remember that upset quite a bit of people when it came along, but looking back, the 0's without slashes look sort of awkward :lol: . Yea, perhaps they may extend the length of the bars to make them more accurate. Or they may make level 400 super roosters, I'm thinking the latter. Retired Tip.It Crew Mapper.
February 5, 200917 yr Did you know that the redbarring problem with the current HP is not based on graphics, but on coding? A runescape player or combatable NPC can have a wide range of different health, from 1 for rats and spiders, to 2000 for the Corporeal Beast (although it has a larger HP bar, making it an exception). In the runescape javascript, there is a code that automatically converts the monster's current and max hp into segments which are then applied to the HP bar. An example: a monster has 32/80 health. The HP bar holds (for example), 10 segments. First, the script calculates: 32/80 = 40% health left. Then, it calculates, 40% of 10 is 4 segments. It colours them green, the rest red. But what about 31/80? It's less than 40%, but more than 30%. Well, here's where redbarring problem comes in. Javascript rounds the percentage DOWN. So, when the monster HP gets below a certain % in Runescape, the Javascript rounds the percentage down to 0%, and colours all bars red. So, the redbarring problem is not connected to how the health bars look like, but how they are coded. The solution? Round UP instead :lol: You will have a greenbar problem, but it's less lethal than redbarring Dharok and switching off Melee Protect.
February 5, 200917 yr nooooooooooooooooooooo..... i hate it! i like my untextured rectangle! leave hp bar alone! i have never liked the idea of grafic updates and now this will be the worst blow of all. whats next the way the damage splat looks! *destressed*
February 5, 200917 yr Looks kind of awkward now, but i guess i could get used to it 621st person to achieve 99 slayer on December 3rd, 2007177th person to 99 summoning on June 21st, 2008
February 6, 200917 yr Author On the RSOF, in a similar thread in the "Recent Updates" forum, it has gotten some attention from a Jagex Mod. Methinks it is just more evidence that we're onto something.
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