Classic EQ and Luclin Models - Page 16

Curtimus · #1 08-14-2015, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ele [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The pedantry is strong in this thread.

It could be seen as pedantry, but I believe a very reasonable request to have the updated graphics available.

I came to P99 to have the old gameplay and social atmosphere, not awesome graphics, but really, if looking at the craptastic original models is a dislike for some (it is for me, but not enough to make me not play), I advocate for their inclusion.

"Don't you know that Luclin models in Project 1999 is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?"

-Marylin Monroe

Evia · #2 08-14-2015, 12:38 PM

I'm just glad that my idea of classic EQ (vanilla/kunark/velious) is also the same idea of the p99 creators/admins/devs. I feel confident that they're going to make changes and such that fit this belief.

....Even if it pisses me off sometimes.... (I'm looking at you buff timers)

drmskr · #3 10-05-2015, 12:32 AM

Yea...

I didn't know the Luclin models were causing exploits on RED.

That sucks, cause not only do I want the luclin models, but I want NEWER ones! I want the classic game play of the old everquest, not the archaic graphics.

A couple notes that people have mentioned in this...

1) The devs vision being (Classic/Kunark/Velious) as classic... People must not read, because they actually only considered classic/Kunark as classic, and later decided to add velious, as well as thinking about adding other old world updates that came out later as well.

2) Orginal visibility not being able to add in... Yea.. It was ALREADY in there, and virtually everybody freaked out on the devs so they REMOVED it. Yes, the Devs caved.

3) Keeping to classic... My ass. They have decided to remove AND modify many original things, from mob levels to what you can purchase at merchants.

Now, as for my hopes.. I am hoping they fix the exploit and allow better graphics, I for one, like many others may not play without. I would actually like to use full graphics from live. I would also like them to put the classic vision back in, I miss having functioning infravision (current vision is a MASSIVE exploit for humans). Most of the custom modifications I don't mind so much, except for one or two merchant items that are disabled. I also hope they keep adding old world updated content, perhaps even Legacy of Yakesha, as it is old world.

kaev · #4 10-23-2015, 10:50 PM

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2) Orginal visibility not being able to add in... Yea.. It was ALREADY in there, and virtually everybody freaked out on the devs so they REMOVED it. Yes, the Devs caved.

Nah. Haynar's vision patch was certainly dark, but it was not like the original client at all. The lighting in the titanium client is just too different. In the original client, you could see wisps with lightstones from halfway across WC at night, that's why they added burned-out lightstones, so the loot bearing mobs wouldn't be so obvious. There is nothing even vaguely like that with this client. In the original client torches and other firelight sources gave a yellowish tint to what they illuminated. Infravision gave everything a reddish tint at night, ultravision gave a bluish tint at night. Jacking your gamma (if you had a voodoo graphics card) to see in a dark zone with a nightblind race would leave your screen washedout and effectively blinded in the desert zones in the daylight until you backed it down again. Here, there is no noticeable difference between human & half-elf vision, and with Haynar's patch there was still very little difference between them, it was huge on live. On the original client a lightstone or a lantern gave very usable light to nightblind races, here only a greater lightsource makes a noticeable difference.

tl;dr
It's not the dev's fault, it's not the players' fault, it's the client and can't be fixed. Blame Verant/SOE, it's their baby, and they drowned it in the bathwater.

Lorian · #5 10-23-2015, 05:45 AM

P2002 is where its at. Although the graphics are still a bit lower rez than the Titanium models P99 used to have. But I hear you can get the textures from Titanium so will give that a go.