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War login screen WOoo!!
Azanuson
Member Posts: 38
www.warhammeronline.com/english/media/podcast/files/WAR-VotM_2007-03_Login.html
Also check the video blogs for blood staind snow with dead bodies, pretty cool for a T rating... its called putting the war in.
www.warhammeronline.com/english/behindTheScenes/vidPhoneDiaries/2007march.php
Also check the video blogs for blood staind snow with dead bodies, pretty cool for a T rating... its called putting the war in.
www.warhammeronline.com/english/behindTheScenes/vidPhoneDiaries/2007march.php
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/sarcasm on
Seems like a reasonable use of code, developer time, and money.
/sarcasm off
In your list of important, wanted, or even necessary features for an MMO, where does "cool login screen" fall?
Nothing special to see here.... move along, move along!
He howls like my cat when it needs to goto the toilet.
Don't let his /sarcasm get you down man that was awesome...he needs a change of /diapers because he pee peed all in his old one!
However I want my newsletter
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http://www.rlmmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=424&start=0
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And I don't want to hear anything about "I don't believe in vampires" because *I* don't believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what *I* saw is ******* vampires! "
"It's no good coming to our game if you are trying to grow weed, It's no good coming to our game if you want to make pants. It's only worth coming to our game if you want to burn things to the ground."
-Paul Barnett, WAR is coming
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
~J. Krishnamurti
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http://www.rlmmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=424&start=0
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And I don't want to hear anything about "I don't believe in vampires" because *I* don't believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what *I* saw is ******* vampires! "
Seriously.
It's Are'el. This forum doesn't allow apostrophes in usernames.
$OE lies list
http://www.rlmmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=424&start=0
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And I don't want to hear anything about "I don't believe in vampires" because *I* don't believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what *I* saw is ******* vampires! "
It's also why "the login screen" isn't even on my personal Top Ten list of what's important in an MMO.....because when the game is GOOD, you want to get through logging in ASAP. When the game is FUN, you'll be ramped to play, even if the log in screen is a picture of the dev team.
If anyone's still discussing WAR's log in screen two months after launch, I'd be shocked....
If players sat watching the log in screen, instead of getting prepared to play (bathroom, snacks, etc.) after two months, I'd be amazed...
If WAR got a better review because of it's log in screen, I'd probably laugh.
If anyone says that, despite bugs, imbalance, boring game play, and terrible community, they stayed with WAR cause the log in screen was roxxor....well, i'd probably laugh again.
But maybe that's just me....when I pay 15 bucks a month on top of the box cost, I expect few bugs, good graphics, fun/challenging gameplay, an engaging story, a good community, and responsive tech service....not a cool log in screen. The big stuff better work first...the little stuff is just that...little.
It's all about first impressions.
There's also that hard-to-define variable called "polish." Apparently, a polished game is very important to gamers, but most couldn't describe it to you. There's the number of bugs, of course, and the severity of bugs. How optimized the code is. Lag and server issues. Whether or not classes are closely balanced to the point that only minor tweaks, and not massive nerfs and buffs, are needed. If the content is there and is cohesive. If the gameworld is immersive, not bland.
And then there's those minor things that have no bearing on actual gameplay, but generally make you like the game better. Like a kickass opening cinematic that you'll only watch one time. Or NPCs that stop to say hello to one another while they walk about town. Animations that look like they have weight behind them. Sound effects that are in-sync with their source onscreen. Cleverly infused humor. And hey, a login screen that makes you think something cool or exciting is about to happen.
A login screen only needs to get your account comfirmation and move you into the game. I could do that with a black screen and text. But it wouldn't make a very good first impression to the player.
Seriously.
It's Are'el. This forum doesn't allow apostrophes in usernames.
When I boot up an SOE game... YAWN!
It's also why "the login screen" isn't even on my personal Top Ten list of what's important in an MMO.....because when the game is GOOD, you want to get through logging in ASAP. When the game is FUN, you'll be ramped to play, even if the log in screen is a picture of the dev team.
If anyone's still discussing WAR's log in screen two months after launch, I'd be shocked....
If players sat watching the log in screen, instead of getting prepared to play (bathroom, snacks, etc.) after two months, I'd be amazed...
If WAR got a better review because of it's log in screen, I'd probably laugh.
If anyone says that, despite bugs, imbalance, boring game play, and terrible community, they stayed with WAR cause the log in screen was roxxor....well, i'd probably laugh again.
But maybe that's just me....when I pay 15 bucks a month on top of the box cost, I expect few bugs, good graphics, fun/challenging gameplay, an engaging story, a good community, and responsive tech service....not a cool log in screen. The big stuff better work first...the little stuff is just that...little.
It might be a little thing for you, but as you see many people seem to like having a great login screen.And why do you suggest that it took an unreasonable amount of work to make it? Just because it looks great? Do you know their game engine that well? For all I know using the Gamebryo Scene Designer it's as easy as:
load environment
set up camera view
load orc
set up lightsources
loop orc emote
then move things around until they fit
done
I'd say that's faster than having a 2d artist make a half decent background, and it's pretty much the same stuff that has to be done a thousand times for actual ingame zones anyways.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
~J. Krishnamurti
And omg! WHY I ask do you all react so strong upon it?
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http://www.rlmmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=424&start=0
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And I don't want to hear anything about "I don't believe in vampires" because *I* don't believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what *I* saw is ******* vampires! "
im gonna go play guildwars now.
Just you wait until they release some ingame vids with it!
The model is an in-game model, and the background is static with some fire. It's a simple animation and sound that's looped.
It probably took them an hour to make.
If you play an Orc Choppa and it's night and there's a fire around, you're going to see that exact thing in-game.
They said the only reason they were showing it was to display the Lighting, and that they would be putting up screens with this Lighting Tool in place as soon as next month, so it's just a taste of what the game will "actually" look like, as opposed to what we've seen so far which is without the proper lighting.
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