Inverse Foot Kinematics = THANK YOU ZoS

ArchMikem · June 2017

It literally took me this long to realize/discover what exactly "Inverse Foot Kinematics" did to you. Back when I first tried turning it on, I didn't notice any difference, turned it back off and then forgot about it thinking it was just some really weird setting ZOS wanted to add for some reason. Apparently for it to take effect you need to load into another zone, and when I did and saw what my legs were doing, ohh.

ZOS. This is a quality of life improvement that makes you deserve a big ol' thank you. It just feels so awesome for my Character to more appropriately interact with the ground.

@ZOS_GinaBruno Oi Gina, tell your coworkers I said thank you for the fancy new legs!

Marabornwingrion · June 2017

Agree, finally walking on stairs looks normally.

Avran_Sylt · June 2017

Oh yeah, It's awesome.

F7sus4 · June 2017

You tried running steep stairs with this Foot Kinematics thing enabled? You should try to have a good laugh.

Avran_Sylt · June 2017

Oh, forgot. Don't wear robes with IK on. (Other than that it's great)

ArchMikem · June 2017

F7sus4 wrote: »

You tried running steep stairs with this Foot Kinematics thing enabled? You should try to have a good laugh.

Yeah I saw that too. Easy fix is to try and not run full boar, or just ignore it. I understand animations can't be perfect, and the only way I see ZOS making that look better is forcing the character into a premade staircase animation that slows us down and makes us go up and down step by step, and I'm sure the majority of us would hate being "interrupted" like that.

Sigtric · June 2017

ArchMikem wrote: »

F7sus4 wrote: »

You tried running steep stairs with this Foot Kinematics thing enabled? You should try to have a good laugh.

Yeah I saw that too. Easy fix is to try and not run full boar, or just ignore it. I understand animations can't be perfect, and the only way I see ZOS making that look better is forcing the character into a premade staircase animation that slows us down and makes us go up and down step by step, and I'm sure the majority of us would hate being "interrupted" like that.

It's still a work in progress too I would imagine the animators will be tweaking it some over time.

AcadianPaladin · June 2017

Oh, I agree that a thanks to ZOS is in order! This was indeed a welcome improvement. I turned it on and have happily left it on, but it is wise that ZOS provided the on/off option.

QuebraRegra · June 2017

will it help my ultra short bosmer not get stuck on the tiniest of pebbles?

Bombashaman · June 2017

I first thought Inverse Foot Kinematics is something which would stop my horse to suddenly slow the f**k down. Sadly, no.

Recremen · June 2017

This was a super cool and unexpected change, I've been loving it, even on the rare occasion that it gets a little buggy.