This was requested a long time ago before the game ever came out and I don't know if anyone ever posted a request on these forums. Doing a search of the forums I don't really see anything.
With the announcement that they can just make Weapons Disappear with a /command. I'm wondering if they can also do the same with making characters fight Left-Handed. even if all it is, is a mirroring of the animations.
Something like:
/attackhand right - Makes you appear to use your right hand as your attack hand, equipping your shield to your left.
/attackhand left - Makes you appear to use your left hand as your attack hand, equipping your shield to your right.
I know theres not a BIG demand for such a function, and I know I most likely wouldn't use it. I myself am Right-handed. But I know quite a few people are left handed and would love the option.
Hand Swap (Left Handed Animations/Characters)
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08-05-2011, 05:43 AMCairdeasHand Swap (Left Handed Animations/Characters)
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08-05-2011, 05:47 AMAnonymoose
I'm all for stylistic options; maybe this one will come in around the same time as those "barber shops" and such that we heard about so long ago.
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08-05-2011, 07:17 AMRabidSquirrel
Making something disappear versus revamping ALL animations for the left hand as the main hand are worlds different in implementation. Just saying.
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08-05-2011, 07:27 AMEstellios
I figure they could just mirror the model/animations, kinda like what they did with the Wii Twilight Princess (although in that case they mirrored the entire game). There's no gear with writing on it that I know of so stuff wouldn't look off.
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08-05-2011, 09:05 AMRabidSquirrelI know it's sounds simple, but it really isn't. It's not about mirroring the model, it's about mirroring the rigs/animation to an unchanged model. Depending on the way it's setup, it can be close to impossible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Estellios
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08-05-2011, 09:10 AMJynx
Depending on the type of animation skeleton they used this could be either really hard and time consuming...or impossible.
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08-05-2011, 08:21 PMCairdeas
Inverting animations and models is not hard. A HUGE majority of models are symmetrical anyway.
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08-05-2011, 08:24 PMZkieveNot attacking you , i think we need more threads with less whining and i tell you this with the most friendly way posible.dont take it the wrong way,but,Quote:
Originally Posted by Cairdeas
Damn man you have a way of asking the most useless stuff ever now and then.
I support your idea none the less.
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08-05-2011, 08:51 PMAnima
Would be nice, although It does seem hard. Maybe in the future yes, but for now I'd prefer they focus on more important things.
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08-05-2011, 09:13 PMCairdeasIf you never ask, you never get anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zkieve
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08-05-2011, 09:21 PMAdolThis is true, but like you said you wouldn't even use this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cairdeas
I'm left handed and quite frankly I couldn't care less about how my character holds his weapon.
Requesting something like this is a waste of SE's time to be quite frank.
I'm sorry if you take this as a personal attack but honestly this is one of the most pointless things I've seen you request. -
08-05-2011, 09:32 PMCairdeas
Its not pointless. There ARE users who had been requesting this as far back as 2009 in the Eorzeapedia Suggestion box back before the game even released.
There are players who WOULD use this.
And as far as I can tell, If SE did it, they would be the first MMO to do so. (if not any video game period allowing players to actively choose which hand they use.)
Why anyone would argue against a positive Character customization option that would increase a bit of the uniqueness for some characters is beyond me.
Its like people yell and scream "We want more customization!" before the game releases, but then when someone asks for it all you get is "ehhhhhhhhh" -
08-05-2011, 09:52 PMAdolWhile people may (and most likely a minority) have requested such a feature the question has to be asked, "Do they want it now?".Quote:
Originally Posted by Cairdeas
I wouldn't mind betting that the people who asked for this all the way back then don't actually play FFXIV now.
As for XIV having the chance at being the first MMO to do this, why is it so important that they put in something as insiginificant as this in the game just to try and stand out? -
08-06-2011, 03:35 AMRabidSquirrelIf you're saying that inverting rigs in a modeling program is easy, yeah, it probably is. But only because it is setup that way. I've written my own joint animation system for my engine, at it is not set up for something like this. I'd have to duplicate all animations, or completely rewrite that portion of the engine. One is not efficient, and the other will take way longer than I'd like invest. You can never compare tools against engines (Once again, assuming that's what you meant).Quote:
Originally Posted by Cairdeas
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08-06-2011, 05:43 AMCairdeasThe way the crystal tools engine is designed it has the ability to manipulate model render size and dimensions without changing the actual model for those. If it can do that I have no doubt it can simply invert the model and animation as well. Similar to how character are inverted for SFIV. They didn't animate the characters multiple times for left and right facing, they only animated them once and inverted it. Its not that hard. Hell I've inverted Animations in SL from multibone animations without ever having using an animation tool before.Quote:
Originally Posted by RabidSquirrel