I'm hoping they put a lot more into bug fixes, but glad to see high resolution terrain coming.
After the last patch or tow, definitely this.
The comment about terrain raised my eyebrow too. I hope Calvin was referring to trees, bushes, plants and such, which are 2D art that begins to pixelate in the EC's default zoom. Bumping up their resolution (and that of the characters and mobs) would create a sharper, clearer appearance. If he's talking about the ground itself, like the roadways, grass, cobblestone and such, then he may not be on the same page as the rest of us. The ground itself is extremely impressive and sharp. Some people have problems with just the grass in the EC, but the grass in the CC isn't deserving any awards either. I strongly suspect it just depends on what your eyes are used to looking at.
I do think the CC users who are attached to the classic red dragons have a point, and I know one or two that will not give up the CC as long as the dragons look the way they do in the EC.
yes sir i had one memorable death from casting recall. crashing to desktop and logging back in infront of my house dead. I only remember this happening once though. Always when moving, alot near the grassy area within a couple screens of fel yew gate. alot all around the major yew area. and often when running into a house.
The enhanced swamp dragons took a bit of getting used to, but I'd have to say I do like the way they look now, especially with armor and running. They actually look alive when they run.
The dragons in the Enhanced Client are way too small.
Maybe a little, but think about targeting when your dragon visually takes up the entire screen, but in reality only occupies 1 tile. That's another thing they need to fix. If dragons are so big, they should occupy as many tiles as they visually occupy. That would mean no more dragon heads and wings protruding through walls, no more magically squeezing a creature which in reality would weigh several tons through a single doorway... And if they were going to make it a little more realistic, it would need to be eating what it's killing, because an animal that size wouldn't be happy being tossed a scrap of meat every week. Feeding it would be a full time job.
The main thing I think about when I read this is - - I hope the EC Hiryu art as it exists today isn't finished. The 2d one looks like a life form, whereas the EC one looks like a fluorescent rubber chicken.
This would be a catastrophe in Felucca with it's current "push-through" setup. The multi-tile-size pet would habitually block people into corners where it stands. Combined with the fact that UO tamers cannot despawn their pets or make them move away for positioning purposes, players both friend and foe would be trapped next to it.
While we Don't normally give a ton of credit to the coding ability of the team, I will say it is perfectly possible to code it so while the dragon takes up 2 tiles or more when a player "Pushes" through it, you could have only 1 push check for that Mob.
Possible: sure, but it doesn't sound straightforward in the context of making it occupy multiple tiles in the first place. Kinda like, making the mob be multi-tile for every physical interaction in the world except for *insert list of gamebreaking things here, including collision with players and all other mobs and player housing doorways and ... *Cloak‡1966932 said:
Well I was not advocating to make them take up the multiple tiles, although I can understand why anyone would want them to (being able to hit them when standing "next" to them and such). I was just simply stating that it is possible to do it with out any game breaking problems. The only real one is the push through, and it is possible to simply overlook the extended part of the dragon when you are walking through it. Either way it is not much of a concern to me, and I don't expect them to do it anyhow.
if you don't like the paperdoll image, enable the legacy paperdoll and you have the 2d version
Thank you. I didn't know I could use my legacy paperdoll. Still learning this new client.if you don't like the paperdoll image, enable the legacy paperdoll and you have the 2d version
no but you can use a target by resource macro...
First, thank you for that amazingly fast response.
