New races in L2?

Ragdollmaster · Post by **Ragdollmaster** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:14 pm

I would rather be able to grab onto objects...

OH! OH! Can turner ride a giant bat David?

Renegade_Turner · Post by **Renegade_Turner** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:40 pm

David wrote:Bats are the most common flying mammal (iirc). I don't think they will be in L2 though. That could be a cool future project

You couldn't make bats a playable character. If you were playing a bat, the screen would go black.

Post by **David** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:57 pm

It would be interesting to make an audio-only game

I am working on a new audio engine that takes into account the refraction and reflection of sound waves, so echo-location might actually be possible (using headphones).

Inventor · Post by **Inventor** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:57 pm

5.1 support please

Zantalos · Post by **Zantalos** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:31 am

You could actually simulate sound hitting a wall and then bouncing back?

Post by **David** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:42 am

Yes, I will make a blog post about it when it is done

Sartan · Post by **Sartan** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:08 am

Renegade_Turner wrote:
David wrote:Bats are the most common flying mammal (iirc). I don't think they will be in L2 though. That could be a cool future project
You couldn't make bats a playable character. If you were playing a bat, the screen would go black.

They aren't actually blind, you silly muffin.

invertin · Post by **invertin** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:46 am

David's still gonnna make that audio-only game.

It also means he doesn't have to worry about graphics.

Renegade_Turner · Post by **Renegade_Turner** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:08 pm

That's quite interesting, David. It'll be a bitch to actually integrate into a playable (fun) game, but trying new things is good.

Sartan wrote:
Renegade_Turner wrote:
David wrote:Bats are the most common flying mammal (iirc). I don't think they will be in L2 though. That could be a cool future project
You couldn't make bats a playable character. If you were playing a bat, the screen would go black.
They aren't actually blind, you silly muffin.

BlackER then. They have horrible vision. That's why they rely on sonar echoes to locate things.

Post by **David** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:39 pm

Some examples of really good 3D sound:
Virtual Barbershop
Otophonics

invertin · Post by **invertin** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:08 pm

Oh yes.. The virtual barber.

That was incredibly clever. Especially that last bit with the- (I dun wan to ruin it.)

Sartan · Post by **Sartan** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:09 am

Renegade_Turner wrote:BlackER then. They have horrible vision. That's why they rely on sonar echoes to locate things.

Although the eyes of most microbat species are small and poorly developed, leading to poor visual acuity, it is incorrect to assume that they are nearly blind. Vision is used as an aid in navigation especially at long distances, beyond the range of echolocation. It has even been discovered that some species are able to detect ultraviolet light.

Harumph.

Renegade_Turner · Post by **Renegade_Turner** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:08 am

Wikipedia owns all, yeah?

Anyway, they have EXTREMELY POOR EYESIGHT, relative to other beings. End of.

Makrond · Post by **Makrond** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:01 am

That depends on how you define visual acuity, but in-game the visual effects would be not dissimilar to getting kicked in the face while crouching by a wolf. Much blurriness.

Count Roland · Post by **Count Roland** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:58 pm

would be interesting to use a sound based program like that to train you're hearing better