This isnt so much about animations, but how troops dying on hills. If the hill is steep enough, the man should fall forward when he dies. instead, he does some odd fall where he looks like he is falling forward, but somehow ends on his back. It looks even wierder when a horseman dies on a hill, because he goes flying off his horse then gets yanked back to the horse's feet. It really ruins the moment, to see an invisible force act on the man like that. Sorry, it is a minor suggestion, but could this be fixed at some point? It really is visual only, and is not tremendously important.
Minor: Death and falling
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Hmmm ...
I have to admit that I've never noticed that before. I have noticed that dead bodies are stiff and very horizontal ...
I would say this is a good suggestion, but I really haven't noticed that. Sorry.
Has anyone else seen this? *runs off to load up M&B and see*
Narcissus
I have to admit that I've never noticed that before. I have noticed that dead bodies are stiff and very horizontal ...
I would say this is a good suggestion, but I really haven't noticed that. Sorry.
Has anyone else seen this? *runs off to load up M&B and see*
Narcissus
Well, the game doesn't really treat cliffs as inclines exactly. Rather, just a surface that units slide down very fast. So units often die right in the middle of a near vertical cliff. I don't think any real physics are required to have units actually fall down them...just some better animations. So rather than "skiing" down a cliff as they do, they should look like they're falling. Something as simple as, if vertical speed > x, display falling animation. A little more complicated than that, but you get the idea.
Volkier
Sergeant Knight
Yeah, its true, the gravitational physics are a bit..... err.... posessed? :
If you kill somebody's horse who is charging into a hill, the rider (and the horse) would fall and slide all the way up the hill where they stop.
Likewise, if you jump your horse onto a steep hill, but he slides back, he takes massive damage when he reaches the initial ground, although he already landed on the hill, but just slid back.
On the other hand, I have jumped my horse from top of cliffs as high as I would say 7 storey building (if not higher) and he took just a little more damage than when he jumped into a 2 meter ditch.. In reality, horses would not take any hurt from jumping down 2 or 3 meters, however would most likely break their legs if they fall from 40meter high cliffs. And it is really annoying that when you jump your horse, it takes damage just because the ground you end up on is a meter or 2 below where you started ::\ doesnt make sense... One more thing, is that some maps have a 'death-traps' out of which no mounted unit can come out. When enemies get stuck in those, it could be very annoying. Lastly, water is another thing which acts like a 'death-trap' with the current physics in place, for it is nearly impossible for a mounted troop (I'm not saying players, since they are smarter than AI and would find a way) to come out of the water in a lot of places..
If you kill somebody's horse who is charging into a hill, the rider (and the horse) would fall and slide all the way up the hill where they stop.
Likewise, if you jump your horse onto a steep hill, but he slides back, he takes massive damage when he reaches the initial ground, although he already landed on the hill, but just slid back.
On the other hand, I have jumped my horse from top of cliffs as high as I would say 7 storey building (if not higher) and he took just a little more damage than when he jumped into a 2 meter ditch.. In reality, horses would not take any hurt from jumping down 2 or 3 meters, however would most likely break their legs if they fall from 40meter high cliffs. And it is really annoying that when you jump your horse, it takes damage just because the ground you end up on is a meter or 2 below where you started ::\ doesnt make sense... One more thing, is that some maps have a 'death-traps' out of which no mounted unit can come out. When enemies get stuck in those, it could be very annoying. Lastly, water is another thing which acts like a 'death-trap' with the current physics in place, for it is nearly impossible for a mounted troop (I'm not saying players, since they are smarter than AI and would find a way) to come out of the water in a lot of places..
