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I think there should be mounts like a dragon.
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Post by Vern Kron »

It wouldn't do much good, as there is no way to go any faster currently.
Plus, it would require animations, -and- dragons don't like to be ridden.
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Post by Maeglin Telemmaite »

well you have to admit it would be a good advantage top the game like adding the run command but double it and add it so you need to buy a mount from an npc like the mules and they give you l;ike a horse or summin
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Post by Vern Kron »

But the game can -not- go faster than what it already is, atleast from what I have gathered. The speed you walk on paths is as fast as you can go.
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Post by Maeglin Telemmaite »

not speed dudedistance make it so you could say travel 2 spaces at a time like with the run ability that mark is testing..
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Post by squee »

We only need a person who is willing to make the animation strip, anyways its only one simple animation strip per class. And maybe the mount could be summoned with magic. And perhaps it doesnt need to be fast, it can help in battle, like shoot fire.
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Post by LifeWonder »

Unfortunately Squee, no one has the ability to do so.. and if we DO find anyone actually wanting to spend time on animating/drawing for Illarion, we'd have them do the doll-thing first (which means we see a sword in a character's hand, armor, helmets, etc.. on characters' avatars.)
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Post by Maeglin Telemmaite »

hey who does it now?
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Post by Vern Kron »

No one, or not many. Sure, its a fun idea... but it would take a very long time.
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Post by Nalzaxx »

Would be an awesome addition, but obviously its not really possible at this point in time.

It would be nice to have things like horses added as pack animals though. There's something not very knightly about traveling with a mule. Perhaps even a range of pack animals you could include that can be purchased from different places. I've always wanted to see Orcs running around with wolves by their side.
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Post by Azuros »

And if we did have mounts, I assure you, dragons wouldn't be on the list for them.
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Post by Bellringer »

Wolves are already in the game Nalzax...Haven't you seen Aldan and Maeglin and Vampirico using theirs as Doves :P
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Post by Llama »

squee wrote:We only need a person who is willing to make the animation strip, anyways its only one simple animation strip per class. And maybe the mount could be summoned with magic. And perhaps it doesnt need to be fast, it can help in battle, like shoot fire.
Each animation takes 15 (I think) frames.

There are 4 directions

15*4

= 60 images

There are 9 races

That's 9*2 -2 [Lizards and fairies have only one graphic]

16 different images

16 * 60
= 960 images

For each mount.

:)

Ps- a 'mount' shooting fire wouldn't really be a mount, but its perfectally possible to program

*winks at someone*
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Dump this for piteous description in the first post.
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Post by Julius »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISn1Hc2V_Y

I like the idea.. but.. won't happen.
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Post by Nalzaxx »

Bellringer wrote:Wolves are already in the game Nalzax...Haven't you seen Aldan and Maeglin and Vampirico using theirs as Doves :P
I was suggesting using Wolves as pack animals. As in, instead of a mule, its a wolf that follows you around :p
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Post by Ashayen »

Ha, i have a wolf that follows me around! :P
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Post by Llama »

Nalzaxx wrote:Perhaps even a range of pack animals you could include that can be purchased from different places.
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Post by Maeglin Telemmaite »

Bellringer wrote:Wolves are already in the game Nalzax...Haven't you seen Aldan and Maeglin and Vampirico using theirs as Doves :P
duh roleplay wolves and we use them as more than a sub for doves.We use them for almost anything that we can think of.
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Maeglin...Get out. Now.
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Post by Llama »

Maeglin Telemmaite wrote:
Bellringer wrote:Wolves are already in the game Nalzax...Haven't you seen Aldan and Maeglin and Vampirico using theirs as Doves :P
duh roleplay wolves and we use them as more than a sub for doves.We use them for almost anything that we can think of.
husband/wife ;)
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Post by Lrmy »

No one is serious about the wolves, are they?...
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I wasn't, I know that much. ;)
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Post by Ambrosine »

Speaking of graphics (however many posts back): Does anyone know the dpi most images in Illa are? I was thinking about making some (non-3D) graphics for the game (yea I'm aware that things are supposed to be 3D here, but a. I has no 3D programzorz and b. I has no 3D skillz and c. I supports no 3Dz in this gamzzx!!11!).

Just practicing. ^_^
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Post by LifeWonder »

Nop, the only person who can update the client (E.g; add more graphics) is thoroughly inactive currently, so even if you do make graphics, you possibly won't see them in game for a looong time... or so I've been told.

Either way, web format is considered 72dpi, printing format is 300 dpi, so I'd say try and go for 300.
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Post by Nitram »

DPI does not matter.

Thats just for printing purposes. A pixel has in the client at all times the same size. DPI values are simply ignored.

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Post by Zananex Zane »

gah! mount and character animation gfx make me want to poison an apple and give it to some random person! i've visited this whole ordeal in the past with previous games that i have played and/or worked on... let me tell you that the idea is very simple but to actually do it is very stressful, time consuming, and ultimately rather pointless due to the fact that all it does it make people move a bit faster. IMHO mounts are not worth it, plus are not neccissarily needed anyways.


I vote against having mounts, just because I would feel bad for making somebody go through all the effort of creating them because people want to be lazier in a video game.
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Post by Ambrosine »

:D I thought the point of volunteering to help develop something was that you were willing and you wanted to do it. ^_^
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