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Line of sight Vs Line of Fire
Coconut Jonlan:
--- Quote from: BTAxis on February 17, 2009, 06:06:40 pm ---Well, no. It doesn't need an animation, strictly speaking. But witout one, it'll look silly, as the point of fire won't match with the gun barrel.
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perhaps - but considerably less silly that the situation shown in the picture in the OP, and not having an ani doesn't affect gameplay - having iffy LOF rules does.
Original Xcom had all manner of clunky rules - like shots spewing out of the weapon at wierd angles because the sodliers could only face in 8 directions - but it worked because it made the gameplay more realistic
BTAxis:
You may be right, but believe me, if we changed the fire point without changing the animation, we'd never hear the end of it. besides, the LOF rules aren't "iffy". They're perfectly sensible. It's just that firing from the hip isn't, for a lot of weapons.
CapnKill:
--- Quote from: BTAxis on February 17, 2009, 07:30:18 pm ---You may be right, but believe me, if we changed the fire point without changing the animation, we'd never hear the end of it. besides, the LOF rules aren't "iffy". They're perfectly sensible. It's just that firing from the hip isn't, for a lot of weapons.
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I would find it strange if someone complained about this type of fix. I mean, sure sometimes in X-Com things looked a bit odd when lasers flew out of the gun at funny angles, but the most important thing is being able to shoot the alien in the window so we forgave the rest as long as the end result is what we expected.
BTW< what programing language would one need to know to be able to assist with this project?
geever:
--- Quote from: CapnKill on February 17, 2009, 08:29:11 pm ---I would find it strange if someone complained about this type of fix. I mean, sure sometimes in X-Com things looked a bit odd when lasers flew out of the gun at funny angles, but the most important thing is being able to shoot the alien in the window so we forgave the rest as long as the end result is what we expected.
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I'm sure they would complain!
--- Quote from: CapnKill on February 17, 2009, 08:29:11 pm ---BTW< what programing language would one need to know to be able to assist with this project?
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The game is developed in pure C.
ps. Whatabout leaving this topic? It's so annoying; complains and complains.....
-geever
CapnKill:
--- Quote from: geever on February 17, 2009, 08:35:18 pm ---I'm sure they would complain!
The game is developed in pure C.
ps. Whatabout leaving this topic? It's so annoying; complains and complains.....
-geever
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Oh I just mainly want to know what I can and can't do... if I sound like I'm complaining about anything then I apologize.
On a side note, if there is someone out there that would rather not have the ability to shoot the alien in the window just because it wouldn't "look good" when the laser left the rifle, then they should be slapped.
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