Oh Kathode! Please tell me.....

Cold_Brains on 18/5/2002 at 05:10

That the devs could do these two small things in a patch:

1. Head bob in 1st person view - this makes a HUGE difference - you're currently skating around on ice! It just pulls you right out of the game
2. In third person view - make the mouse change the camera angle and allow the keyboard to turn you left/right - at the moment you are glued to a behind view, (the tab key doesnt help - it really needs to let you freely move the camera around when you walk).

These dont sound like much, but the game is just fatiguing without these (very standard in this day) features! PLease tell me this can be done !!

Congrats though - the world art is astonishing work.

Dravin on 18/5/2002 at 05:25

AS strange as it may sound I whole heartedly agree with number one, the head bob isn't important until it isn't there.

kurzon on 18/5/2002 at 20:23

I wholeheartedly concur! Head bobbings! Head bobbings!

kathode on 19/5/2002 at 05:15

Can they be done? Sure.
Will they be done? I doubt it.
I can't say with any degree of certainty why they weren't included. I don't like head bobbing personally, but I do wish #2 was there.

From what I know, I'm about 75% sure a patch is being worked on to address these issues in this order of importance -

1. Crashes
2. Quest/scripting bugs
3. Performance

Those are the main concerns right now. Perhaps after they're addressed satisfactorily less important stuff will be addressed and maybe even options added. I have no information on when a patch may or may not be available (hell, I'm not even 100% sure it's being worked on!).

Oh and sorry for my non-availability. I was moving from Arkansas to Virginia this past week, and this coming week I'll be moving from Eastern VA to the DC area. Hopefully I'll settle down soon :)