The female elf/human model

[Geminosity]

Don\'t get me wrong I love the cat-people but the other female type I was looking at (I don\'t remember their funny name ^^; ) kind of need a new model or something.

I was all fired up and set my stats and everything until I got to the avatar customisation bit... once I realised I was going to be stuck with a face that reminded me of one of my old maths teachers and a haircut borrowed from sonic the hedgehog I kinda changed my mind

basically cat-girls are great and the elfy/human-type ones just look plain ewww
It should probably be a bit more like the sketch to make it a bit less repugnant =3

[DizzleCorinthos]

Maybe this interpretation of elves are supposed to be unattractive.  That is always a possibility.

It is alpha, so maybe this is a preliminary model.  

Who knows?  Not I.

[Geminosity]

lol, well I know it\'s... what the heck?  it says \'kein icon\' my reply form is in german!!! AAAAAHHHH @.@

*ahem*

uh... like I was saying, I know it\'s alpha and stuff so I\'m not too bothered, but I can\'t make myself play them while they\'re so ugly that\'s all ^^;
*fails saving throw against vanity*

[Skain]

ive started another skin for the model, (only really altering the face) it will replace the one the dev team have at the moment, ill try and finish it this weekend and post a link and some quick instructions on how to change it.

(on another note, hats off to the originaly skinner, some really really good work, better than most recent commercial games)

[Geminosity]

just a bit off-topic here but I\'m the catgirl Ocella
*pokes skain and grins*

[elminster]

Well, it is sadly true, that the model of the elf/female doesn\'t really resemble the sketch of it at char creation...

How about making long hair for her, that is blown by the wind, and waves as you move, and...
I know, that would require some decent programming. CS (Crystal Space) already has a preliminary cloth plugin. I REALLY HOPE PlaneShift will use it. With it, very neat effects can be made, like: capes, that wave in the wind dynamically, without ANY predefined animation. I suppose the hair can also use this plugin (if it will be ready).

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Greetings,
E.

[hook]

Originally posted by elminster
Well, it is sadly true, that the model of the elf/female doesn\'t really resemble the sketch of it at char creation...

How about making long hair for her, that is blown by the wind, and waves as you move, and...
I know, that would require some decent programming. CS (Crystal Space) already has a preliminary cloth plugin. I REALLY HOPE PlaneShift will use it. With it, very neat effects can be made, like: capes, that wave in the wind dynamically, without ANY predefined animation. I suppose the hair can also use this plugin (if it will be ready).

mmmmmmmm wind.... :]

[DizzleCorinthos]

Wind would be great.  Especially for casters.  When they cast a spell, cloth could ripple like wind.  More powerfull the spell, the more the ripple.  You could even do a dust fly off the ground ala DBZ.

That would be a great effect.

[Skain]

adding wind to the game would be like adding another gravity, it seems to me to be uneeded hassle, y not just animate the characters to look like the wind is blowing, or is this what ppl already meant?

[elminster]

Originally posted by Skain
adding wind to the game would be like adding another gravity, it seems to me to be uneeded hassle, y not just animate the characters to look like the wind is blowing, or is this what ppl already meant?

Not exactly. What I mentioned, is a mesh type. It is a cloth, which reacts (what to say) like a cloth It is animated by an algorithm, not predefined keyframes or such. Due to the fact, that Crystal Space is plugin based, it would be no trouble to create this new mesh type, and I think it already exists, it is just not functional enough. The algorithm is already developed, and is used in several games (Undying for example).
It is not related to adding another gravity, but doing some physics programming for this type of mesh. It looks really cool, when such a cloth mesh is waving in a wind. Imagine it, when it is on your character, and it waves always differently... neat

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Greetings,
E.

[Skain]

oooooooooh i see what u mean ive seen that kind of thing before now i think about it, im stressed with exam my minds not clear =)

[DizzleCorinthos]

The wind wouldnt be \'real\', just applied to the character and not the world around him.  all the same item in model world

[BigerStaf]

I understand what you mean...just like the catman/catgirl tail movements.  Clothes can be animated like that.

[Fallen Angel]

Yes i agree that wind is a good idea, but while on the subject of varying character movement, why not include different animations for different weather effects (rain, storms, flying on an animal etc), depending on character status (diseases, poison etc.) and also auras on weapons if they are magical (like in Dungeon Siege).

How about different idle animations like when you leave your character for, say, 3 mins, each race does something different. Just an idea;)

Most certainly something to be experimented with, because animations such as ones described sound really cool.

[hook]

!!!we\'re getting heavily off topic!!!

how about sleeping or even meditating (i\'m more for that!) when you\'re idle ...i mean, i\'d probably play PS and have to go somewhere, it\'d seem rude that i don\'t comunicate with other players, so an idle movement would be great ...triggered if there\'s no movement from either mouse or keyboard for 5 minutes let\'s say ...also an /idle command would be great