Walking through players...

[Frarda]

I know its been repeatedly discussed, but certainly players can be made solid without compromising people\'s ability to move. It seems silly to be able to walk through other combatants, perhaps we could just push people out of our way, and still have them solid?

[Xordan]

nah, it wouldn\'t be good if you could push people. You could just accidentally \'nudge\' someone off a cliff. The only way is to be able to walk through people.

[Harkin]

i thought it was said we couldnt walk through people... so far as we can block people from attacking someone ... i think it was posted on the news awhile ago...

[Xordan]

Originally posted by Harkin
i thought it was said we couldnt walk through people... so far as we can block people from attacking someone ... i think it was posted on the news awhile ago...

No, we always have been able to walk through people, and we almost always will be able to....

If you can find that news, then you can prove me wrong

[Frarda]

Originally posted by Xordan
nah, it wouldn\'t be good if you could push people. You could just accidentally \'nudge\' someone off a cliff. The only way is to be able to walk through people.

I thought about that too, but lots of games are set up so you can\'t walk off cliffs but you can run off, so couldn\'t it be set up in some way so that you cannot be pushed off?

Actually pushing someone off a cliff might be a wise battle strategy....

[Isolis]

Well ill  put in my 2 cents about this.

Well lets say your friend has a hit on him buy a merch. Your helping your friend and if a  merch can walk right thru you whats the point? Having soiled players make the game more real, and for blocking people thats retarted( i dont see many people blockin each other at the store or on the side walk in real life.), if someone is blocking you there should be a way to make your self ghost  so u can walk thru people and a way to turn you soiled. But i think you should be soiled. I agree with Frarda on the pushing off a cliff being a good battle strategy. And first off what are you doing hanging around a cliff.  So really  its all fair if you get close enough where one push kills you thats your fault. You should know to have backed far away from the cliff so if some1 does push you  can defend yourself.

[Frarda]

Also, IMO, if you manage to be away from the computer for long enough that you can get pushed to your death then thats your fault, log off or go somewhere safe.

[Enter_the_Xero]

Walking through players is the most stupid thing ever! Ummm...

Really, if you can walk through someone it would be waird to fight, really just think about it!! You being inside someone else ehn in combat, WOW! One heck of a wird battle! Besides if anyone is blocking yo way and is not responding to ya, KILL THEM!!!! Easy, really! The only type of player that should be able to walk through another is a phatom//ghost//mage ---}

Pushing players off a cliff is fun. Well, it wont give you more experience points, but it sure would be hilarious to watch ((ESPIECIALLY IF YOU SHALL IMPLEMENT RAGDOLL PHYSICS))

[I>>>AM>>>D0NE]

[Syzerian]

I remember the mean things I did with a group of people on Tibia.
We got annoyed by some random 1337 guy so we shoved him into a corner and blocked him off with boxes and threw things at him untill he was almost dead and left him there for someone else to find 2 hours later. We also used to find afks and macroers and push them into the wilderness where they get eaten alive.
Pushing is good but is easily abused.

[Kiva]

You have to remember that games will be extremely crowded, especially MMO\'s, if people can\'t walk through eachother. Take a marketplace for example. 500 or more people crammed together in a very small spot leaves no possible way of walking through there and people will be stuck for hours upon hours until they either commit suicide or have a GM teleport them out. And then there are all the blocking and pushing that people WILL be doing, no matter how much you tell them not to. So no. It\'s not a good idea to make players solid.

[Kuiper7986]

Grono is right, its good to the extent that there won\'t be that many players but there will be a lot of players...

[Frarda]

Perhaps you could walk through people in town but not in the wilderness or something then?

[Xordan]

Possible, not not necessary. I don\'t think anything like that would be introduced for a while.

[zinder]

IIRC in some older threat to this theme a acraig said solid model may be possible in combat, but not in normal.

Found it again in thread:

I\'m not sure this will every go away. Maybe only for combat. This is a very good way for people to annoy others by standing in door ways, ladders, etc.

[Xordan]

Combat would be good maybe. I\'m still not sure.