Ryzom

So in all reality, there really is no minimap, right? There's the map, which you can scroll the mousewheel to zoom in/out, and resize the window, but there's no actual minmap?

yup, that is right.

Why hit F12?
Because many people - like me for exmaple - use mousbuttons (both pressed down) for movement and don't want to lose their targets It's a good thing your target sticks for 250 meters approx, as long as you don't deliberately change it.

Also, not only /alert will make you jump, but surely surely the fire-spell at lvl 125 elemental will make you jump (for joy too! *g*)

True, there is no real minimap. Atys is not a dungeon with x's marking interesting spots and spoiling the travel. You have to find out yourself and make your own landmarks. Though, certainly, you might at some point be angry about the map when you travel through Zorai the first couple of times

wizaerd wrote:So in all reality, there really is no minimap, right? There's the map, which you can scroll the mousewheel to zoom in/out, and resize the window, but there's no actual minmap?

You can shrink the window the actual map is in and keep it open in the corner for use as a "minimap". Does that acheive what you're looking for?

So from now on, I will refer to it not as a minimap but a radar. I still find it unhelpful. I will be using the "shrinking the map" suggestion.

I find that not being able to jump is unrealistic. It's not that I want to be a homin pogo stick. I want to leap because a normal humanoid can. They can also run sideways though in reality it is generally dangerous to do so as your attention is usually directed elsewhere if you are doing that. Certainly the combat in Ryzom has no "twitch" factor so jumping is unnecessary in combat. I still would like to be able to do it, however. It just seems weird to not be able to jump ... it's unnatural when you do it as part of animations but at no other time.

I too have to agree, especially having to go around very low obstacles that would seem natural to just hop over... Because other games (and their players) abused it to the point of ridiculousness, doesn't make it an undesirable or unuseful ability...

wizaerd wrote:I too have to agree, especially having to go around very low obstacles that would seem natural to just hop over... Because other games (and their players) abused it to the point of ridiculousness, doesn't make it an undesirable or unuseful ability...

My point exactly.

wizaerd wrote:I too have to agree, especially having to go around very low obstacles that would seem natural to just hop over... Because other games (and their players) abused it to the point of ridiculousness, doesn't make it an undesirable or unuseful ability...

Hrmm... I have to disagree. IRL I rarely, if ever, hop. I just step over, on, or go around obstacles. And in my observation of other adults they do the same (children will sometimes hop, but the Homins we play aren't children, or so I understand).

I find it refreshing not to see players jumping all over the place (Which is very unrealistic. How many plate wearing people are going to hop everywhere they go?). Though when I've been bored running to a quest location hopping was more of a "I need something to do" activity than needed to clear any ingame obstacles.

mvk3533 wrote:Hrmm... I have to disagree. IRL I rarely, if ever, hop. I just step over, on, or go around obstacles. And in my observation of other adults they do the same (children will sometimes hop, but the Homins we play aren't children, or so I understand).

IRL, I'm 41 years old, and still hop. Although I do see your point, I rarely see other people hopping (what a sight that would be, eh?). However, in-game it's not really possible to "step over" low obstacles either. I'd rather jump (hop) over it, than go around it. Especially if used in a strategic retreat, where the chasing mob can't jump, and does have to go around. Jumping could very save your life sometime...

mvk3533 wrote:...(children will sometimes hop, but the Homins we play aren't children, or so I understand)....

Erm... Trykers may NEED a hopping feature