dynamic props and assets?

[m3nace]

Question! Is it possible to have dynamic props and assets in OG? I haven't tried yet but when the character models are released I will try and see if i can open them up and create some crowds or gatherings of people as a dynamic prop opposed to passive npc's. I'd just wanna know if it's possible.

[Skofo]

Isn't everything that moves a dynamic prop? Yes, you can have moving objects in OG.

[m3nace]

can you please define what you mean by that?
Because if you mean the physblocks then no they're not dynamic props, they're physics props

[Zhukov]

Please define "dynamic prop".

[TheBigCheese]

Are you meaning NPC's actually walking around? Or some sort of dynamic spawning of NPC's around an area?

[m3nace]

they're not quite npc's. They're cheap replacements for passive npc's, meaning that they're one or a group of models gathered into one object with an animation applied to them. Like a salesman standing and talking to a customer, the same animation should then be looped over and over again. It's to use less processor power on just passive npc's but then instead just a looping animation.

You could also do it with stuff like running water particles, a dustcloud, bugs and so on

[TheBigCheese]

Ah.

Currently, animations cannot be added with objects. I'm sure it will be available later on, though.

[m3nace]

okay. But i sure hope that it'll be possible, it'd bring great detail for the maps