starwarskid15_19 Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 Akari, in this thread u mentioned that the Gold/silver amoured fellow was a party member. Do u have any other info about him for us ? No other info I can give out about that character at this time. That's press release material. Also what about hoods? Will there be an option to have them up or down? (I can't rember if this has been answered or not, if it has please remind me what the answer was) To be perfectly honest with everyone, right now it looks like the option to toggle the possition of your hoods will not make it in. I won't bore you with the technical reasons right now. I know this is something a lot of people were wanting. Sorry. -Akari but there will be robes that have hoods up all the time right? like kriea's and the other white chick? B) the force is what gives a jedi his power. its an energy field created by all living things. it surrounds us and penetrates us. it binds the galaxy together
Akari Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 oh is darth sion gonna be powerful? I think the battles all around are going to be more difficult. We've added in a lot of scaling support so that areas will get progressively harder as you get more powerful. I don't really know how hard Sion will be in the end. Right now he hopelessly decimates the party but we haven't actually done difficulty balancing on everything yet. -Akari
OLD SKOOL WHEELMAN Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 To be perfectly honest with everyone, right now it looks like the option to toggle the possition of your hoods will not make it in. I won't bore you with the technical reasons right now. I know this is something a lot of people were wanting. Sorry. Would that mean there are no robes with hoods? Or simply some will and some won't? With no option to change it other then to change robes? 2nd and 3rd. He said the "option to toggle the position".... Listen people!
Akari Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 what about the pict. with the othe npc that was in white with her hood up? Hoods will still be in the game. They'll just be either always up or always down depending on the character and their current equipment. Basically, hooded robes will always be hooded and non-hooded robes would always be non-hooded. -Akari
Kdy-worker 1138 Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 Akari my big hope is that the AI and pathfinding rutines have gotten a major overhaul..is this something you can Confirm?
SilverSun Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 Was just making sure. You're a bit on edge today OldSW.
starwarskid15_19 Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 what about the pict. with the othe npc that was in white with her hood up? Hoods will still be in the game. They'll just be either always up or always down depending on the character and their current equipment. Basically, hooded robes will always be hooded and non-hooded robes would always be non-hooded. -Akari thanx B) the force is what gives a jedi his power. its an energy field created by all living things. it surrounds us and penetrates us. it binds the galaxy together
Darth Sun_Tzu Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 what about the pict. with the othe npc that was in white with her hood up? Hoods will still be in the game. They'll just be either always up or always down depending on the character and their current equipment. Basically, hooded robes will always be hooded and non-hooded robes would always be non-hooded. -Akari Ok, thats cool! B) Another great idea by the people who brought you beer milkshakes! "I don't see a problem...then again, SW isn't my life, so what do I know...." - some who makes 27.8 post per day on a SW forum!
starwarskid15_19 Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 can u tell us how many force users will be in the party? the force is what gives a jedi his power. its an energy field created by all living things. it surrounds us and penetrates us. it binds the galaxy together
Akari Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 What is the button for switching weapon configs? Oh. Yes what the button for both platforms? On the X-Box it's an action in the Action Bar. I'm trying to figure out how to make it a button, but all the buttons are taken. Left/Right for changing targets Black for changing party members White for pause Back for Solo mode Start for the panels Y for flourish and clearing the combat queue B for cancelling things A for interacting with things X for queueing things in combat All out of buttons. Maybe it could be a combination of buttons... I'm not sure yet. The PC will have a mappable key for it. I don't know what the default key will be yet since I haven't even added the support for the key. There is also a button on the interface over by where the Stealth and Solo buttons are on the PC version that works currently.
Darth Sun_Tzu Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 What is the button for switching weapon configs? Oh. Yes what the button for both platforms? On the X-Box it's an action in the Action Bar. I'm trying to figure out how to make it a button, but all the buttons are taken. Left/Right for changing targets Black for changing party members White for pause Back for Solo mode Start for the panels Y for flourish and clearing the combat queue B for cancelling things A for interacting with things X for queueing things in combat All out of buttons. Maybe it could be a combination of buttons... I'm not sure yet. The PC will have a mappable key for it. I don't know what the default key will be yet since I haven't even added the support for the key. There is also a button on the interface over by where the Stealth and Solo buttons are on the PC version that works currently. B) Another great idea by the people who brought you beer milkshakes! "I don't see a problem...then again, SW isn't my life, so what do I know...." - some who makes 27.8 post per day on a SW forum!
OLD SKOOL WHEELMAN Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 Was just making sure. You're a bit on edge today OldSW. It's the combination of coffee and adrenline...and some illicit things I won't mention.... can u tell us how many force users will be in the party? Nope, won't get an answer.... Y for flourish and clearing the combat queue Will A still do it? And will there be better flourishes?
Kill Jar Jar Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 I don't really know the answer to this either. I know who won't be JOINING you at any point in K2 from K2 (like, say, *whisper*Juhani*/whisper*), but I don't know who or who is not making a cameo appearance. I do know a couple that are in the game somewhere, but I don't know specifically who isn't. I don't find this entirely surprising, becuase Juhani could have wound up dead by the end of KOTOR. I've been thinking that it wouldn't make much sense if any character who could be dead by the end of KOTOR would be able to join the party in TSL, but might make cameos. So, I'm thinking Canderous, HK & T3 (T3's already confirmed), would be the only characters who might be available to join the party. I know you can't confirm or deny any of my above thoughts, Akari, but am I on the right track here?
Akari Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 why cant flourish be taken out so that hood up hood down can be added? A fair question. The hoods being up or down is a lot more time/memory consuming than the flourishes. The flourishes are a single fire animation that simply play and don't affect anything else. Having your hood up or down is more of a 'State' and impacts pretty much every other animation that character has. It's a complicated thing, but maybe this will help you understand the difference. -Akari
starwarskid15_19 Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 What is the button for switching weapon configs? Oh. Yes what the button for both platforms? On the X-Box it's an action in the Action Bar. I'm trying to figure out how to make it a button, but all the buttons are taken. Left/Right for changing targets Black for changing party members White for pause Back for Solo mode Start for the panels Y for flourish and clearing the combat queue B for cancelling things A for interacting with things X for queueing things in combat All out of buttons. Maybe it could be a combination of buttons... I'm not sure yet. The PC will have a mappable key for it. I don't know what the default key will be yet since I haven't even added the support for the key. There is also a button on the interface over by where the Stealth and Solo buttons are on the PC version that works currently. B) y dont u just get read of flourish all u do with it is wave your lightdaber/sword around the force is what gives a jedi his power. its an energy field created by all living things. it surrounds us and penetrates us. it binds the galaxy together
starwarskid15_19 Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 why cant flourish be taken out so that hood up hood down can be added? A fair question. The hoods being up or down is a lot more time/memory consuming than the flourishes. The flourishes are a single fire animation that simply play and don't affect anything else. Having your hood up or down is more of a 'State' and impacts pretty much every other animation that character has. It's a complicated thing, but maybe this will help you understand the difference. -Akari thanx B) the force is what gives a jedi his power. its an energy field created by all living things. it surrounds us and penetrates us. it binds the galaxy together
OLD SKOOL WHEELMAN Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 y dont u just get read of flourish all u do with it is wave your lightdaber/sword around But then your wasting the time they took to do blaster flourishes...
Akari Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 What other tweaks did you do to the interface that you are at liberty to talk about? Well, pretty much every interface that lists items (Inventory, stores, upgrades, item creation) has item filters now, to help manage those long lists. You nagivate the filters with Left and Right (on the X-Box) or button clicks (on the PC) and the filters are all along the top and always visible, as opposed to cycling through them with X like you did in KotOR1. By the way, I had nothing to do with actual interface layout when you see it. That was all done by Scott Everts, who has done interface work for I believe nearly every Black Isle game that was developed internally. I just do all the code to make the interfaces work. -Akari
Darth Sun_Tzu Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 why cant flourish be taken out so that hood up hood down can be added? A fair question. The hoods being up or down is a lot more time/memory consuming than the flourishes. The flourishes are a single fire animation that simply play and don't affect anything else. Having your hood up or down is more of a 'State' and impacts pretty much every other animation that character has. It's a complicated thing, but maybe this will help you understand the difference. -Akari thanx B) So what the difference between having a toggle option and having some robes with and some without? Or is that a very technical question? Another great idea by the people who brought you beer milkshakes! "I don't see a problem...then again, SW isn't my life, so what do I know...." - some who makes 27.8 post per day on a SW forum!
uncdeez Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 y dont u just get read of flourish all u do with it is wave your lightdaber/sword around NO!!!!!!!! That's all I do in the game when I'm moving around the game areas. What about when you press in the analog sticks? Is that an option or is it set for something else?
Kdy-worker 1138 Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 By the way, I had nothing to do with actual interface layout when you see it. That was all done by Scott Everts, who has done interface work for I believe nearly every Black Isle game that was developed internally. I just do all the code to make the interfaces work. This can only be a very good thing since scott have made the very best interface layout ever (IWD).
SilverSun Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 It's the combination of coffee and adrenline...and some illicit things I won't mention.... Interesting...would this be a good or a bad day for you? And on topic. Not sure if it was missed or simply not answered but I'll throw out there again simply because it's something I've wondered about as well. SWKid asked how many new saber colors will be added. Pry can't get an answer but you never know...
Akari Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 Akari, did you work on any planetary areas that your superiors do not want us to know about? And if so, were they quite larger, such as Taris large? I think there's some big areas in there. I'm really not sure. I haven't even sat down and played a single area from start to finish yet. I hope to soon. -Akari
Akari Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 one more question. Is your job fun and rewarding or hard tedious and frustrating or do you just do it for the money. and is the pay well?woohooo i'm rich ok? or barely enough to afford a burgerking dollar menu meal? I love my job. I don't even mind working weekends. Of course, even before I got this job, I spent a lot of my free time sitting around programming, so I guess this isn't a major change of pace. I don't do it for the money. And really, it's not a good career to go into for the money. I could make more money doing non-game programming. But I can afford to super size my Burger King dollar menu meal, at least. -Akari
uncdeez Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 I remember Chris Parker had an interview with IGN a few weeks ago and he said that they were trying to establish the critical path? So has it been established? Can you play through the main quest of the game?
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