This and that.

[dazman76]

I don't remember the details I'm afraid. I'm not sure how they were going to achieve the aging - it's definitely technically possible via a number of techniques, but it would be tricky - and certainly time consuming to create a satisfying effect. Some can be achieved manipulating the geometry of a model - shader-based vertex manipulation for details, and simple whole-object scaling for overall size changes (like the height slider on char creation). On top of that technique, you'd need several 'evolutions' of the model to manipulate, since adult forms posess many details that can't be achieved by simply deforming the same 'young' model (the model needs new vertices rather than just moving the originals more).

Sorry that was quite offtopic, and just me thinking out loud (again!)

[raven41]

Well if its optinal then i retract my statment lol...Cus id just make a alt char to age and have kids then die and keep my main Alive ..FOREVER !!! or atleast till im done wit the game

[philu]

IIRC the original article about the children was in one of the dev chats with David Cohen on the OLD forum.

The concept he discussed was that TWO players would agree to have a child. The child would be 'born' with some characteristics of both parents (can't remember if this included some of their stats etc.). Then BOTH parents would age and die.

Kind of begs the question which player gets the child?

EDIT: @dazman you're not really off topic, this is a discussion about new content and you're just discussing the how.

[dazman76]

Kind of begs the question which player gets the child?

Hmm, it does indeed And does the other get sucked into the mighty black hole, never to be seen again? Children are far too much trouble...

EDIT: @dazman you're not really off topic, this is a discussion about new content and you're just discussing the how.

Yay, that brings my alltime total of ontopic posts to... 37. Good job there isn't a counter for that

[iphdrunk]

Kind of begs the question which player gets the child?

I may be completely wrong, but if I remember correctly, there were discussions about 2 children, precisely.

That said, it was an interesting discussion and an intringuing addition, but to be considered in the ryzom pre-launch, immediate post-launch setting and imho, one of the "the possibilities are endless" items drown in a framework of optimism, much as cosmetics, music, sitting animations, angels and daemons, Zoraï Goo hunter professions, buildings, . A few things have changed since then, and I would dare to say that these may not be a top priority now...


A few nice quotes, just to dream on the endless possibilities and who knows... maybe one day

"If he chose to become a mounted fighter, he would acquire new skills, like riding a Mektoub, in order to learn to fight while riding"

"These zones are usually wild and there is need to clean them up before construction can happen (...) Construction materials have to be gathered, and construction skills sufficiently developed. There are several types of buildings to be built (...) The buildings also need maintenance from time to time."

"The core element to support this concept is a perishable currency, seeds. These valuable seeds are indeed perishable, changing colors"

"Players may also earn unique and prestigious objects thanks to heroic acts within their guild or civilizations. The greatest heroes of each race will be awarded with precious artifacts"

"Fauna isn’t all of the creatures coming, angels and demons will be implemented in the future as well"

"In fact, that are many missions, items and even powers and abilities that are completely exclusive to only guilds. For example, a Fyros guild might have some specialized fire abilities"

"Players are able to compose their own music for the game and upload it to the server (...)"

[philu]

* Shakes head in sadness and wonders what might have been *


And Dazman you crack me up.

[dangaree]

Nevrax could allow players to play as Kitins. Open it up as a playable race. That would be kinda cool

*Waves at Nerriah*

Or you could just do it like this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... om&pl=true