Diving animation

So what's up with that? It doesn't bother me but I'm just curious as to why they choose to add the little splashing animation..(I'm bored during maint. I just want a convo lol)

That water bubbles/splash animation is actually a subtle loading screen as underwater is a different zone than topside.

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Originally Posted by Rymm

That water bubbles/splash animation is actually a subtle loading screen as underwater is a different zone than topside.

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"Subtle"

But yeah, it's a load screen, take it away and you'd see a zone popping in asset by asset.

Yeah, loading screen. It is so when you are above water the game isn't wasting resources loading underwater environment textures and objects.

Keeps the game running smoother and less heavy load.

I think it's actually more to hide the fact that your character teleports from one side of the barrier to the other.

We get bubbles going in and out of the underwater city, but we can still see through the barrier.

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Originally Posted by EveK

I think it's actually more to hide the fact that your character teleports from one side of the barrier to the other.

We get bubbles going in and out of the underwater city, but we can still see through the barrier.

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We just see the city, not the assets, the npc, players in it. Just the building, it is a type of 3d painting. Much like older games

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Originally Posted by Roda

"Subtle"

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Well, I don't think there is any loading screen that would be truly subtle to anyone used to playing on an open world game that lacks them. But I would certainly consider it subtle when compared to all of FF14's other loading screens (pretty watercolor paintings and bouncing moogles.) At least it was slight enough that the OP didn't realize what it was at first.

I knew it was some kind of load screen. So i figured diving is sorta instanced?

Not really instanced, it's just another zone. Like going from the Central Shroud to the East Shroud.

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Originally Posted by Rymm

Not really instanced, it's just another zone. Like going from the Central Shroud to the East Shroud.

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Yeah that's what I meant, just bad wording.

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Originally Posted by BigRed5392

We just see the city, not the assets, the npc, players in it. Just the building, it is a type of 3d painting. Much like older games

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Except you can see players on the other side in certain cases. Noticed it when I was swimming up to the entrance where a quest npc was located right next to it and saw a group of players standing on the inside.

Also, from underwater I've seen players swimming on the surface if I'm closer to the surface myself.

Based on that experience, it does appear to be a case where the other side isn't loading certain details rather than entirely separate zones.

For some reason you can see people on the surface from below, but you cannot see people underwater from above. Same with the bubble towns, you can see in when you're diving, but nothing outside when you're in.

I don't know.
Is it that important ?