Having been aware of this change now for a couple of months I can confidently say it makes changing costumes so much easier and I would vote to keep the change in place.

AScarlato wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

It would be nice if they gave us a toggle to show animations or not show animations, as some of us are just not fans of this kind of thing.

I'd rather they not have them spend dev time on toggles for such miniscule issues.

Then just don't attach animations to things that don't really need them.

Didn't Isobel use the same animation randomly when idle? Or was that a different one?

AScarlato wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

AScarlato wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

It would be nice if they gave us a toggle to show animations or not show animations, as some of us are just not fans of this kind of thing.

I'd rather they not have them spend dev time on toggles for such miniscule issues.

Then just don't attach animations to things that don't really need them.

Who decides when they are needed? As a roleplayer I liked the touch of immersion. Was it the most immersive animation possible? No, but it was something. I'm assuming this animation was a thing for years, and as far as I'm aware I've never seen any complaints or nitpicking about it until today.

Yeah. This animation was part of the game for years and they previously agreed not to make these types of cosmetic changes. For that reason alone, I think it should be restored.

I didn't mind the costume changing animation. Actually, it's an example of one of those "invisible" animation designs, because when designed properly, it shouldn't stand out as emphatic or flashy. It's something that makes your character feel more animated or alive, and should look as natural as breathing.

One upside to removing animations like these is that doing so will optimize memory usage. However, remove too many, and the characters begin to feel stiff and artificial. Remember how with certain Personalities (like Deadlands Firewalker, Beast, Zombie, etcetera), there are many different idle animation loops that are blended between when your character is in the idle movement state, which you can access directly with /idle2, /idle3, /idle4, and so on? If there was only one idle animation loop for each Personality, it might not look terrible, but the character may seem much more stiff in comparison.

In the context of the costume changing animation being removed, it's true that the end result doesn't look terrible. Maybe some people never noticed it to begin with, so maybe the performance gain was worth the quality tradeoff. Games which strive to feel fluid should have many of these invisible animations, but sometimes the game in question wants to feel more like a video game rather than feel immersive. I'd argue that because there is no longer an animation for changing costumes (or for changing your skin, body markings, etcetera) that these actions should be considered out of character.

removing the boring 5 seconds crafting table animation would be great. Lemme finish my daily writs faster

Yay it's back!!

Thank you!