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Ballistas and similar weapons are missing soldiers manoeuvring them

Started by fabio , May 14 2012 09:42 AM

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#1 fabio

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 09:42 AM

Ballistas moving and attaching without no one manoeuvring them looks a bit unnatural. Are they planned for a later release?

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#2 Sef

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 01:43 PM

Yes. I remember reading that many things will have units operating them like ships, siege weapons etc. Not sure about the buildings and walls though it would be good if there was.

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#3 Pureon

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 05:58 PM

fabio, on 14 May 2012 - 09:42 AM, said:

Ballistas moving and attaching without no one manoeuvring them looks a bit unnatural. Are they planned for a later release?

We're going to have stationary siege weapons pack (into wagons with horses) and unpack automatically depending on the task they are tasked to do (attack or move). For some of the smaller siege weapons (small arrow throwers) a small cart could be pulled by a person instead.

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#4 feneur

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 06:15 PM

fabio, on 14 May 2012 - 09:42 AM, said:

Ballistas moving and attaching without no one manoeuvring them looks a bit unnatural. Are they planned for a later release?

The main issue with this is the amount of work needed to make it look right. + We don't have enough people with enough animation skills to do this, especially animating the human figure. In other words, that's something we're looking for: someone with good animation skills