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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Junping and moving

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Stevie
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 07:12
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Is there anyway to make the jump and camera movement more fluid?? i.e. rather than coming to a complete halt, the camera glides quickly but smoothly to a halt? and also, for the jumping to be less... ping pongy..! I notice also the player can press directional keys whilst jumping, so u get that bouncing action! Can this be changed
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LeeBamber
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 13:03
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Yes I also felt that having a subtle camera wobble as thr player walks and runs would have added to the flavour of the game. When we have established a feedback system for new features, please list out what control you would need over the player/camera in terms of these adjustments. Would they be visual, or would the player slowdown before stopping, which may affect gameplay if the player comes to the edge of a cliff, slows down, and slips off the end. We make some assumptions current on your behalf in EA, what assumptions would you all like to override for V1?

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Stevie
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Posted: 16th Feb 2005 21:16
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Yes, i would like it so that when the player stops, he doest come to a halt immediatally - and as u describe there is almost a kind of simple physics included, so he glides to a halt(funny cos u wouldnt glide to a halt in real life!!!) but i think it looks better.

Also the jumping, again - the way you have done it is probably realistic in the way, of a straight up and down, but i like it as if u get that 'Steve Austin' bionic man effect (Wow... I forgot all about that series till just now!) - where the jumping is more exagerated, and rather than the same speed up and down, again somecode is introduced to make i faster or slower. Also i reckon you need to disable the movement keys whilst in mid flight, as it just doesnt seem 'natural' to be able to move whilst in the air.

Cheers Lee
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Ominous
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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 01:52 Edited at: 17th Feb 2005 02:35
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I once read a book called Secrets of the Sages which was basically a collection of interviews with people in the game industry including several of the guys that made half-life, unreal, mario (Morimoto?, I can never remember his name), fallout, etc. One of the guys said something very interesting. A lot of game designers give up fun for realism. They'll say "Hey you can't change direction in mid-air in real-life", when they should have said, "Wow, that was so much fun!" (yes he did point out mid-air direction change specifically) I hope TGC allows us to change direction in mid-air. What's the harm, as long as it's fun?

Now is the winter of your discontent.
-Stewie from Family Guy
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uman
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Posted: 17th Feb 2005 02:32
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Secret of the sages. Good book - I still read it
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