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Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 6:42 am
by micrix
Hi,

some days ago while regaining focus in fountain i recognized that the karavan hover. Yesterday i traveled some karavan TPs to see if its a bug in fountain or if its a fact. Its seems that no karavan touches Atys soil. They all hover about 5 cm above ground. Its only a little but if you look close you can see it. Especially when sun shines and there is a shadow.

I did not read anything about this here on the forum. Is this fact known ?
Why is this ? Do they pretend to be humanoid inside their suits ? Are they to weak to stand on their feet ? Are they not allowed to touch atysian soil ?

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:24 am
by mboeing
My guess its a graphical glitch. I only know for certain that some of the kami welcomers hover, but then those have wings after all and seem to be ether real (tranclucent)

Why would they make walking animations if they hover? Makes no sense to me.

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:34 am
by micrix
mboeing wrote:My guess its a graphical glitch. I only know for certain that some of the kami welcomers hover, but then those have wings after all and seem to be ether real (tranclucent)

Why would they make walking animations if they hover? Makes no sense to me.


See the screenshot in the middle here:
http://www.ryzom.com/?page=lore_higher_karavan#

I dont think its a glitch. Their followers (Kuilde) are on ground. When they walk they raise dust, a moving karavan does not raise dust...

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:43 am
by philu
Micrix is right you know. They are definitely hovering in that pic. :)

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:54 am
by micrix
philu wrote:Micrix is right you know. They are definitely hovering in that pic. :)

The screenshot is old. Not sure if this place exists ingame, but you can check ingame.
Same there. When the sun is right you can see their shadow below their feet.

I ask myself if they have a antigravitation device on their suit or in their ships. It could even be possible that they are only holographic projections. You know there is no karavan in the darkness of the roots. Maybe they just can not appear in the darkness...

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:17 am
by defalgar
it indeed does not look like a graphical glitch and seems to be intended.

anyway ive never noticed it.

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:28 am
by celtis
micrix wrote:You know there is no karavan in the darkness of the roots. Maybe they just can not appear in the darkness...
Err... sure there are (check out the Karavan Gate of Obscurity TP!)

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:18 am
by rrwfreak
Never noticed that about the karavan Psylo, but it makes sense being that the Karavan have some very advanced technology probably a good bit that we haven't seen yet.

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 11:09 am
by filtern
micrix wrote:You know there is no karavan in the darkness of the roots. Maybe they just can not appear in the darkness...


I have 2 karavan TP's from PR. Abyss of Ichor and Elusive forrest. Gray in color, and bough from a karavan-guy. Not sure if he hoovered tho..

Re: Karavan hover ?!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 11:30 am
by micrix
filtern wrote:I have 2 karavan TP's from PR. Abyss of Ichor and Elusive forrest. Gray in color, and bough from a karavan-guy. Not sure if he hoovered tho..

I guess they hover. The other one about sunlight and projection is just a theory :) cause i havent got any TPs there where karavan are present.