Request: DX11 to have the return of character physics and weight to movement?

[Fawkes]

Everyone is going to be so disappointed when the DX11 version hits and it's just a slight performance boost and maybe a tiny increase in quality for like water or shadows or something. They might want to hold off on it until they can do some sort of larger graphical update along with it just so people don't riot.

[Gramul]

Everyone is going to be so disappointed when the DX11 version hits and it's just a slight performance boost and maybe a tiny increase in quality for like water or shadows or something. They might want to hold off on it until they can do some sort of larger graphical update along with it just so people don't riot.

Honestly, the best I'm hoping for is an upgrade for the normal maps.

[Meier]

I'm in favor of this as well. Please bring back our physics and weight.

[Almalexia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMycCa5YHck
Poor quality and small character. But see how she stops or starts? She has momentum. There is a moment of speeding up when she goes. And when she stops, she adjusts her footing . The weight of her arms and body shift to compensate. It helped give the game a very natural atmosphere.

In ARR, you simply switch in and out of your running animation.

Not pictured:

- running in one direction, then scrambling to about-face and run in the opposite direction
- the character's gentle tilt to the left or right while turning

[Karnyboy]

I agree I wish there was a bit more movement in your character, the animations were much more appealing in 1.0 and when it comes to general movement, I don't see how this is a problem for avoiding mechanics with a couple of extra frames of animation.

[Kaisha]

Honestly, the best I'm hoping for is an upgrade for the normal maps.

This. It's appalling how many flat textures are in the environments.

[Ryihito]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRbf0HCAGqc

Here, this is a good video showing the movement in 1.0.

[Nayto]

Honestly, the best I'm hoping for is an upgrade for the normal maps.

That's probably the only thing that'll be upgraded. I don't know where people get the idea of improved physics from Dx11... and even then they mentioned their only using a small portion of what Dx11 provides.

And tbh it's too late to add that sort of stuff now w/o it looking funny. The movement in this game is constant, you move the moment you hit ASDW now, if we're to add anticipation/reaction (the 'inertia' in animation) to things now you'll just be more pissed that your sliding around during the 'anticipation' frames and thus immersion is further ruined.

No we can't suddenly speed up the animations either, otherwise it's just plain unnoticeable. Look at Capcom's fighting games where jumping has like 3 frames of 'anticipation' but it's barely noticeable.

[Jynx]

I'd love to see them return, but we will never see it come back.

[dejavutwo]

You can't make a change like momentum in a DX11 client because that is a feature of the game simulation as opposed to the game's display. Things that could be enhanced in a DX11 version could be things like models, textures, lights/shadows, particle effects, water, animations, ect.

The important thing about the DX11 client is that it won't contain any game-play changes. That means they could possibly change the way they blend animations to look like they have momentum, but they can't actually give the characters momentum.

Also, as far as character momentum goes, I always find it makes it feel like you are running on ice when you have momentum in MMOs.