I think that it would be awesome to see the dragons have some sort of animation. Even if it is only in the Coliseum. You could have them perform the actual attack instead of just moveing the dragon close to the enemy. Have them pounce onto the enemy, breath fire(or the respected element), and swipe a paw at the enemy. I think that would make this game amazing, and I would love to see this put into action. Anyone else agree?
I think that it would be awesome to see the dragons have some sort of animation. Even if it is only in the Coliseum. You could have them perform the actual attack instead of just moveing the dragon close to the enemy. Have them pounce onto the enemy, breath fire(or the respected element), and swipe a paw at the enemy. I think that would make this game amazing, and I would love to see this put into action. Anyone else agree?
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I would love this, but it would take a lot of work because of all the color and gene combinations, plus apparel and skins/accents would make it a nightmare.
So I can't support this.
I would love this, but it would take a lot of work because of all the color and gene combinations, plus apparel and skins/accents would make it a nightmare.
So I can't support this.
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Groyvaanix
That would be cool in theory, yeah. But let's get into the mechanics of it.
Creating such animations would bog down the coliseum, so perhaps wait until the rewrite? First, the coli would have to identify your attack. Then, your dragon's breed so it can attack in the right way. Then, it would have to work with apparel and skins, which is where there's a problem. How will skins function with this???
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Groyvaanix
That would be cool in theory, yeah. But let's get into the mechanics of it.
Creating such animations would bog down the coliseum, so perhaps wait until the rewrite? First, the coli would have to identify your attack. Then, your dragon's breed so it can attack in the right way. Then, it would have to work with apparel and skins, which is where there's a problem. How will skins function with this???
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while it sounds like a nice idea, I expect the reasons why dragon animations is so limited is because all the apparel and skins/accents you can put on your dragons would have to be animated on the coli sprites individually? I mean, there's thousands of items available for dragons to wear already, and with even more in the works, I don't think staff would be able to do it all.
while it sounds like a nice idea, I expect the reasons why dragon animations is so limited is because all the apparel and skins/accents you can put on your dragons would have to be animated on the coli sprites individually? I mean, there's thousands of items available for dragons to wear already, and with even more in the works, I don't think staff would be able to do it all.
no support- for previous reasons, and coli lags enough already
no support- for previous reasons, and coli lags enough already
Anything that's going to slow the coli down, or make it more resource intensive isn't going to get any support from me, sorry. The few animations we have there now slow the fights down. I'd really not like to have it be made worse.
Anything that's going to slow the coli down, or make it more resource intensive isn't going to get any support from me, sorry. The few animations we have there now slow the fights down. I'd really not like to have it be made worse.
You have no idea about time and work such an idea would ask to be realease... don't you ?
That sound realy cool ! And I would love to see my dragons moving... but that would take to much time (and money) to do. FR is free to play....
Sorry, I can't support that. =(
You have no idea about time and work such an idea would ask to be realease... don't you ?
That sound realy cool ! And I would love to see my dragons moving... but that would take to much time (and money) to do. FR is free to play....
Sorry, I can't support that. =(
Sorry, as others have said, there are just too many problems with this.
1. Each combination of gene/color/breed/sex would have to be animated, and each and every skin and accent would have to be animated, AND each piece of clothing would have to be animated to fit the dragon animations.
2. This would create the potential for the Coliseum to eat up data allowances like mad because each dragon would have to load resource files for the dragons to move.
3. There are already plenty of people who don't want animations period, so much so, that there is a thread about it, and the Admins have already promised the ability to turn off animations.
4. This could also cause problems for people with visual impairments if they get certain combos of colors/genes that when moving cause issues (such as perhaps hypnotic in certain colors, when the gene/colors are static, it doesn't cause issues, but moving?)
I wouldn't mind a tiny animation for the dragons like the 'floating' dragons we already have, they could do a little 'breathing' motion, where they use the meditate action of expanding the dragon and then returning it to normal size. If they only do it minutely and often, then it might work, however, I really don't think the coliseum needs that much in the way of animations, and animating the dragons is a LOT of work.
Sorry, as others have said, there are just too many problems with this.
1. Each combination of gene/color/breed/sex would have to be animated, and each and every skin and accent would have to be animated, AND each piece of clothing would have to be animated to fit the dragon animations.
2. This would create the potential for the Coliseum to eat up data allowances like mad because each dragon would have to load resource files for the dragons to move.
3. There are already plenty of people who don't want animations period, so much so, that there is a thread about it, and the Admins have already promised the ability to turn off animations.
4. This could also cause problems for people with visual impairments if they get certain combos of colors/genes that when moving cause issues (such as perhaps hypnotic in certain colors, when the gene/colors are static, it doesn't cause issues, but moving?)
I wouldn't mind a tiny animation for the dragons like the 'floating' dragons we already have, they could do a little 'breathing' motion, where they use the meditate action of expanding the dragon and then returning it to normal size. If they only do it minutely and often, then it might work, however, I really don't think the coliseum needs that much in the way of animations, and animating the dragons is a LOT of work.
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Groyvaanix
I'd be very happy to see a little more animation in the Coliseum, just enough to match that of the opponents. Maybe some sort of minor distortion can be applied to the image of each dragon depending on sex and breed - regardless of apparel, skins, or genes. Stuff like breathing, blinking, tail twitches. I don't know if that's even possible - I'm not an animator and I don't know how the Coliseum is coded. But your idea is cool.
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Groyvaanix
I'd be very happy to see a little more animation in the Coliseum, just enough to match that of the opponents. Maybe some sort of minor distortion can be applied to the image of each dragon depending on sex and breed - regardless of apparel, skins, or genes. Stuff like breathing, blinking, tail twitches. I don't know if that's even possible - I'm not an animator and I don't know how the Coliseum is coded. But your idea is cool.
In a different way, I'd love to see familiars animate on the page the way they do in coli. Pardas doing the wiggle would be cute.
In a different way, I'd love to see familiars animate on the page the way they do in coli. Pardas doing the wiggle would be cute.