Regarding the running animation

I know we're in alpha and I've opened in the past other posts about it, but I'm concerned that the running and other basic animations feel unnatural in this stage and I see no improvements... For example, the main animation feels like the upper torso is too static, and it doesn't look natural. It would reassure me to know if Steven or any developer has at some point, whether in a devstream, forum, or Discord, confirmed that they haven’t seriously worked on the animations yet, and that they plan to change or improve them.

Yes, in every Stream, Steven says what we see is WIP, but it sounds like a general message. Maybe I haven't seen it, but can anyone confirm if he has specifically spoken about the main animations?

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nanfoodle

Ashes will be upgrading to UE5.4 in A2. It has tools for an animations that are mind blowing.

Fireplay

I agree it would be nice to see more life like animations. They currently do not look fluid.

Arya_Yeshe

Animations in AoC are bad, not just for the 3d models but also for special effects

Pendragxn

Agree need better animations as well as SFX for the look of the gameplay and to make it feel better while playing. The combat especially needs to be fluid there are so many games now that can’t do combat properly and it doesn’t feel responsive otherwise unfortunately this game is potentially DOA.

ShivaFang

Artharion wrote: »

Dude, no offense, but I'm not going to start a discussion about whether animations are art or not. I don’t know why, but whenever there are debates in video game forums, there's always a specific type of user who feels the need to correct and point out every detail of a post, even when that detail isn't the "crux" of the matter, just for the sake of correcting someone. It seems like a matter of ego or a Lisa Simpson complex.

Anyway, that’s not the purpose of this thread. The purpose of the thread is very clear: the running animation could be greatly improved, and, at least in my case, I haven’t seen any developer admit that they are specifically working on it, beyond the usual "Everything you see here is a work in progress," which sounds more like a generic message. If there is, please post de source (dev stream, forum message, whatever), if there is not, it's ok.

Well, you are the one that countered my point that art is the last thing finalized with the idea that animations aren't art

Art is the very last thing finalized - and it is absolutely relevant to this thread. It's way too early for them to be finalizing something that has too many underlying things that could change. Defiantly worth revisiting in Phase 3 after all the races are in and I'll be right there with you.

Lughlaoch

Best run animation-No Mans Sky. Copy it.
It's all about the hips.

SnowElf

The fluidity of character movement / animation is a huge concept for me, so I am right there with you. If it feels like my character is pivoted on a stick, it draws away from the immersion for me unfortunately. From what I've seen in the monthly gameplay livestreams, the characters seem to be quite responsive so far to the environment, but I'm sure there is always room for improvement.

A good example of some character fluidity would be World of Warcraft actually. When a character jumps, you can actually see the character slightly kneel their legs down when their feet touch the ground again, insinuating that there is some type of recoil to touching the ground again, adding to the realism of what it means to interact with the environment, and that's what I really do love to see. Just adding those extra small details really add to the overall enrichment of the gameplay & immersion. Fortunately, Intrepid pays attention to small details so I'm confident it will be tuned if needed.

Omggg a little over 2 weeks and we're going to be ushered into Verra, MUCH EXCITEEE!!

Artharion

Arya_Yeshe wrote: »

Animations in AoC are bad, not just for the 3d models but also for special effects

I would call that effects.

Heskhar

It's promising to get an answer to a question I asked on a recent Facebook post.

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