new graphics

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » November 20, 2003, 5:54 pm

i heard rumors of new grapics ... like insted of pickling old world and luclin ... u have to pick from luclin and this new stuff... any1 know if it'll be worth it or are the characters goona look like boxs stack on each other again

IeailandDokktur · Post by **IeailandDokktur** » November 20, 2003, 7:36 pm

no one gives a fuck lmao

EQ is gay now!

now that little none under my name should be : doesnt give a fuck <

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » November 20, 2003, 8:29 pm

How about you not read the EQ forum if you think that, mkay?

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » November 20, 2003, 9:39 pm

ieail is just afraid that sum1 is smarter then him =p

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 21, 2003, 5:41 am

Ieail, that was unnecessary. If you want to be an EQ malcontent, feel free to check out http://www.FoHguild.org or do so in a compelling manner.

Sans that, I'll thank you for not posting that trite garbage to someone who clearly still gives a shit about EQ, in this forum.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » November 21, 2003, 10:25 am

Sweet:
Yeah, I heard a rumor about this a while back. Weather it's true remains to be seen. Tho if it does end up a choice between luclin and new graphics.. my dualbox is dead.

Ieail:
Joining the Searyx club?

Morgrym · Post by **Morgrym** » November 21, 2003, 10:45 am

Wonder if they are going to rape your memory as much as Luclin graphics.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 21, 2003, 1:05 pm

Compressed textures is what I'm hearing.

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » November 22, 2003, 2:32 pm

I'll be happy if they change the movements of the new models so that my characters a.)don't run like gimps b.)don't walk like monkeys and c.) don't stand with a slight lean foward like they're gonna fall straight over after a night of binge drinking.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 22, 2003, 2:36 pm

Kithyen wrote:I'll be happy if they change the movements of the new models so that my characters a.)don't run like gimps b.)don't walk like monkeys and c.) don't stand with a slight lean foward like they're gonna fall straight over after a night of binge drinking.

SoE changed the run animations a few months back. I can remember taking a few screenies of what it looked like. If I can find them, I'll post a couple. For quick reference, think Diablo 2's hunched over, running against 80mph winds look. It was pretty lame.

Except gnomes. They looked hilarious.

Llaffer · Post by **Llaffer** » November 22, 2003, 4:03 pm

Unless CSR-Roger is completely pulling our legs, he has confirmed its existance, but has released no information other than what he let slip in this thread.

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » November 23, 2003, 12:20 am

Pahreyia wrote:
Kithyen wrote:I'll be happy if they change the movements of the new models so that my characters a.)don't run like gimps b.)don't walk like monkeys and c.) don't stand with a slight lean foward like they're gonna fall straight over after a night of binge drinking.
SoE changed the run animations a few months back. I can remember taking a few screenies of what it looked like. If I can find them, I'll post a couple. For quick reference, think Diablo 2's hunched over, running against 80mph winds look. It was pretty lame.

Except gnomes. They looked hilarious.

I remember them changing the models a couple months back, but if I remember correctly they immediately changed them back to the way they were due to the uproar created by a large enough player base (or Furor, one or the other). I don't think I ever got a chance to log on during that as they re-patched pretty quickly. Pics plzkthx

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 23, 2003, 2:19 am

Kithyen wrote:
Pahreyia wrote:
Kithyen wrote:I'll be happy if they change the movements of the new models so that my characters a.)don't run like gimps b.)don't walk like monkeys and c.) don't stand with a slight lean foward like they're gonna fall straight over after a night of binge drinking.
SoE changed the run animations a few months back. I can remember taking a few screenies of what it looked like. If I can find them, I'll post a couple. For quick reference, think Diablo 2's hunched over, running against 80mph winds look. It was pretty lame.

Except gnomes. They looked hilarious.
I remember them changing the models a couple months back, but if I remember correctly they immediately changed them back to the way they were due to the uproar created by a large enough player base (or Furor, one or the other). I don't think I ever got a chance to log on during that as they re-patched pretty quickly. Pics plzkthx

I believe the official statement was something along the lines of: "We.. uhhh... uhm... Oh yeah. Those were some beta animations that uhm.... weren't supposed to be downloaded in this patch... or something."

It was a good effort on SoE's part, unfortunately they looked every part of a rushed project that was meant to surprise the customer base.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 25, 2003, 2:01 pm

Anyone have links to screenshots? The linked thread above says Computer Gaming World has exclusive pics but I didnt see any with a quick look on their site.

CeNo65 · Post by **CeNo65** » November 25, 2003, 4:49 pm

http://forums.interealms.com/shaman/att ... mentid=208

Jaxomer · Post by **Jaxomer** » November 25, 2003, 4:53 pm

New graffics look good, but I think it's funny they compare the Aviak tower to Kelethin.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 25, 2003, 6:13 pm

Thanks Ceno : )

There's not enough there to really tell anything. I hope they release some character models. The world itself is ok IMO in EQ, I'd like some decent character models and animations. It would also be nice to get back to a single graphics option for all players so what one person sees isn't radically different than another as is the case with luclin/old models now.

Ramius · Post by **Ramius** » November 25, 2003, 7:08 pm

We can only pray that they make them less memory intensive. It's kinda bad that they make the new (SoL) models look a hell of a lot better than the old ones but require so much damn memory that you have to turn them off durring any raid that has 40+ people in it. Whats the use of having all those nice looks if you really never want to use them because you slow to a crawl because of them.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 25, 2003, 7:40 pm

The new models will have two versions that switch on the fly. When you approach an area that has many players, the graphics will switch into zerg mode and become stick figures.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 25, 2003, 8:59 pm

Winnow wrote:The new models will have two versions that switch on the fly. When you approach an area that has many players, the graphics will switch into zerg mode and become stick figures.

Wireframe models own~