Darkfall

Originally posted by chokepoint

Originally posted by sinjin

If they don't show some kind of UI I call it  a fake. It will be a movie and that is all, nothing real.

I guess you're not aware that UIs are among the easiest and most trivial part of MMO development.

Developing all the icons for the spells and abilities often takes longer than coding the UI because UIs are built from pre-existing widget libraries.

So claiming that having a UI is some kind of proof of realness is totally without merit.

 

Not really.. Their past videos have been nothing but simulations with NPCs ( from what I have seen ). So having a UI will show that someone is actually playing the game and its not another staged video. Seeing a mouse cursor move around clicking / targeting things goes a good ways in showing something is actually happening.

I never noticed how many people that follow Darkfall go on vacation in Greece....

Originally posted by chokepoint

Originally posted by sinjin

If they don't show some kind of UI I call it  a fake. It will be a movie and that is all, nothing real.

I guess you're not aware that UIs are among the easiest and most trivial part of MMO development.

Developing all the icons for the spells and abilities often takes longer than coding the UI because UIs are built from pre-existing widget libraries.

So claiming that having a UI is some kind of proof of realness is totally without merit.

 

With it being such an easy thing to execute then NOT having a UI still leaves it lacking reality.

Originally posted by SlyLoK

Originally posted by chokepoint

Originally posted by sinjin

If they don't show some kind of UI I call it  a fake. It will be a movie and that is all, nothing real.

I guess you're not aware that UIs are among the easiest and most trivial part of MMO development.

Developing all the icons for the spells and abilities often takes longer than coding the UI because UIs are built from pre-existing widget libraries.

So claiming that having a UI is some kind of proof of realness is totally without merit.

 

 

Not really.. Their past videos have been nothing but simulations with NPCs ( from what I have seen ). So having a UI will show that someone is actually playing the game and its not another staged video. Seeing a mouse cursor move around clicking / targeting things goes a good ways in showing something is actually happening.

I never noticed how many people that follow Darkfall go on vacation in Greece....

I'm extremely interested in finding out what the UI is like, even how the combat actually works.  This game sounds like it could easily do without a full skill bar like WoW.  Especially since they mentioned combat comparative to Mount & Blade which doesn't use a skill bar in the least.  I think its imperative they do show some type of UI at this point   --- unless they somehow believe they won't need a UI .. .thats kinda hard to believe though.

Originally posted by SlyLoK

Originally posted by chokepoint

Originally posted by sinjin

If they don't show some kind of UI I call it  a fake. It will be a movie and that is all, nothing real.

I guess you're not aware that UIs are among the easiest and most trivial part of MMO development.

Developing all the icons for the spells and abilities often takes longer than coding the UI because UIs are built from pre-existing widget libraries.

So claiming that having a UI is some kind of proof of realness is totally without merit.

 

 

Not really.. Their past videos have been nothing but simulations with NPCs ( from what I have seen ). So having a UI will show that someone is actually playing the game and its not another staged video. Seeing a mouse cursor move around clicking / targeting things goes a good ways in showing something is actually happening.

I never noticed how many people that follow Darkfall go on vacation in Greece....

Uh...you do realize that almost ALL MMOs that show a video have the UI disable to especially showcase the graphics. Dark Age of Camelot had this, Vanguard, Age of Conan, World of Warcraft, because no one really cares about the UI, they want to see the features. Thats what a gameplay movie is. Just eye candy.

Now if you want a DEMONSTRATION, that's completely different. Someone sitting in the chair playing the game while someone with a camera is over their shoulder. That usually occurs at press events.

And, perhaps you hadn't noticed, but there are already screenshots with the UI. The UI does not count towards the game being real, I think the fact that they have a well known publisher is testiment to them being real.

Originally posted by Noktaris

Normally I'm not a big person on graphics as long as the game play is good...but I can't even get slightly excited about this game (if and when it ever is released) because the graphics just look horrid to me. Just my personal opinion.

Lol gameplay destroys graphics in all aspects.  Unless its not UO graphics (which people still play today)

Good news, even if we're pretty much left where we were about information about the game. I'm glad to hear they can afford to start taking weekly vacation rotations now, since noone I've known in the industry has taken a vacation during crunch time before release, on the contrary. Afterwards though? Hell yeah. So props to project management at Aventurine there.

I do think they will release something... the question is what.  I hope its what we all desire.  But I may be wrong and they may, once again, not release it.  LOL  Anyway, I already said I would give them the last chance that will end at the end of the year.  If they dont release something by then (even at least the beta), then DFO is totally dead to me.

I want to see the video of these "large" battles. You know, the 200+ on screen at a time battles with no lag that we keep hearing about. And there better be no lag other than what Fraps puts in, and there better be a UI, since I find it hard to believe someone will be in a huge battle playing with no UI to hit menus/see healthpoints of themselves and others/etc.

Oh, unless this will just be a video OF a "large battle" and not a video of someone actually PLAYING the game and fighting. In which case, it's just another damn movie and as unimpressive as the rest.

We shall see.

Not much info about anything.