Noticed this a while back, just now thought of it again.
So its a bit hard to see...
http://i.imgur.com/86y37hl.jpg
But if you look closely, you can see 'reflections' of the zone you're in in your chocobo's eyes. Not real time reflections, as you can see, I'm in the middle Dragonhead and its 'reflecting' one of the in-ground forts. Still, its a neat effect they added in.
Anyone else notice this? Its kinda neat
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10-14-2013, 06:41 AMAmyasAnyone else notice this? Its kinda neat
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10-14-2013, 06:56 AMTreble
not creepy at all..
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10-14-2013, 06:57 AMAvengedangel
Wow, good observation!
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10-14-2013, 07:07 AMMysteltain
I noticed that when I was checking out various character models up close. There are some really neat little details in this game--it's pretty fun to notice them, haha!
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10-14-2013, 07:08 AMRez-V
He apparently thinks so, no need to put him down for it. There are other threads you could troll that are actually about your complaint...
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10-14-2013, 07:08 AMLaryndra
There are a TON of small details in this game that i havent seen before. Try standing in front of a building when the sun is going down behind it. You can slowly watch the shadow creep up and eventually engulf your character and the ground in front of you. Weather effects.. ect.. ALOT of effort went into these things.
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10-14-2013, 07:10 AMMStowastiqVahlshdeh
@OP Whatever substance you are on, please let me in on it.
:P
J/k I love shinys and will try this out next time I am in game.
@Laryndra
And yes, the little details in this game never hesitate to blow me away, filling up my screen shot folder. I like how the some of Scion npc's eyes and heads turn to follow you when you walk by them. This made me nuts and I had to run by each one to see which ones did and did not look. There are so many FX in this game that surprise me especially looking at some land structure, wondering if I can climb on it, finding out that I can. -
10-14-2013, 07:13 AMNayto
The sad thing about being an environment designer IS to make all these small details... so that the playerbase doesn't notice them. Your practically fighting a losing battle to make sure people don't notice the OMFG THERE'S A CLIPPING IN THE TEXTURE!
So it's no surprise people just go 'meh' at small things like this... and that's only the bare minimum.
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10-14-2013, 07:27 AMDyrstahl
Gonna have to be one of those boring guys that whine. Small details like these are nice but I can't help but to think that I sure hope these kind of things didn't take resources out of other things that has higher priority. It reminds me of when I was in school and made some 3D stuff and I could spend hours on just fixing some details of a chair but once I had to show my results I had this fancy looking chair sitting amongst plenty of other mediocre stuff. Spent too much time on tiny details so a lot ended up bad. Considering the many many weird flaws of FF14... Can't help but to think negatively.
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10-14-2013, 07:40 AMAmyasEh, I don't think the guys that do design for the little things like this are the ones that work on other stuff, like battle mechanics and over all direction planning. I don't really know what flaws you mean, other than the obvious stuff like tomes and general laggy-ness in certain instances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyrstahl
Ah yeah. Been using it so long I didn't even notice anymore xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Dyrstahl
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10-14-2013, 07:45 AMGyrus
oh i see it, that's pretty neat
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10-14-2013, 07:48 AMAmyashttp://www.lionking.org/~tlkpride/im...ures/smack.jpgQuote:
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10-14-2013, 07:53 AMDyrstahlThere's like thousand weird designs. Two of them: While running, you have to press M twice to close the map. If you scroll up the chat you have to type something to bring back "auto scrolling", so if I miss something and scroll up, I got to type something or else I have to manually scroll down to see if there's been any new messages. Additionally, the targeting is badly designed, which makes it frustrating to target enemies. (I can write much more about targetting but I'm fairly sure this is pretty much an issue most knows about).Quote:
Originally Posted by Amyas
Both of these are obviously incredibly basic for them to fix. The map thing isn't that much of a deal breaker but the chat issues are very annoying.
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10-14-2013, 08:06 AMZohnoReechoIf I scroll up I press ESC to bring it back down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyrstahl
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10-14-2013, 08:15 AMArriko
I think it's really cool people take the time to see the small things. Like what happened in this thread, to many people complain and moan about everything they hate and troll others for taking a moment to just observe. Mentalities like that are what makes this community so toxic. So OP- thank you for sharing, I never noticed that before. Really cool that they made such a small detail like that!
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10-14-2013, 08:19 AMDyrstahlYeah look at that, totally right 'bout that. I knew that ESC brought it back down but I was for some reason under the impression that it did not enable the auto scrolling feature. Sure saved me a lotta trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZohnoReecho
Now if you only could magically come up with a fix for the silly targetting design, I could stop being so grumpy. -
10-14-2013, 08:23 AMTupsiIt's called attention to detail, something XI and XIV actually does differently from other MMOs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winzhi
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10-14-2013, 08:46 AMArriverderciQuote:
Originally Posted by Winzhi
The Chocobo never forgets what he see's.
He has no soul! STARE INTO HIS BEADY BLACKEYES YOU FOOL!1!ONE.
HE WILL ENLIGHTEN YOU AND SHOW YOU THE WAY.
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10-14-2013, 09:28 AMZohnoReechoYou can try proposing an alternative targetting design. Complaining without proposing an alternative has no value.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyrstahl
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10-14-2013, 09:37 AMAridElf
I got my relic axe today and was admiring the shininess of it when I noticed there was somewhat of a reflection effect on that too. So cool! :D