I was just wondering if there could be a nice lil' touch of animations somehow in the realm, a bit like Bob's blooming you might say

What I had in mind was perhaps a rainy day, say, once a month? It would last for 24 hours, and each time when you would enter a scene on that day, a rain animation would appear in the beginning.

What do you guys think?

Edited September 15, 201213 yr by DARK DEMON

We have that...for snow...during winter.

that involves too much flash = flash player crashes = if to make, make it supper optional default off

and yes snow is already implemented

snow is javascript i believe

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that involves too much flash = flash player crashes = if to make, make it supper optional default off

and yes snow is already implemented
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Yes, then why not make it an option to turn it on?

The snow option is turned on when it is december i believe, or closer to christmas.

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The snow option is turned on when it is december i believe, or closer to christmas.
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So once a month for rain won't be so bad, now would it?

Personally i find the effect tacky, something of sites of the early 2000's. However thats just a personal opinion.

There would be reasons against making it compulsory, giving the option to turn it off is a must.

Also, is there a reason to waste Murry's time on features which are superfluous when other features are broken and need fixing?

[quote name='Chewett' timestamp='1347724825' post='121810']
Personally i find the effect tacky, something of sites of the early 2000's. However thats just a personal opinion.

There would be reasons against making it compulsory, giving the option to turn it off is a must.

Also, is there a reason to waste Murry's time on features which are superfluous when other features are broken and need fixing?
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Chew, you would know very well that I don't intend to waste "Murry's" time... so no, there's no reason as such

It's just a little something on the side, that's all. And I am not at all against there being an option to turning it off.

I wasnt attempting to say you want to waste Murry's time, But what i was merely saying is that it can be spent on other features which need some improvement, rather than ones that are fairly "non-mission-critical"

As you said, "its just a little something on the side" my point was that i dont think there is a reason to actually spend time on it, when other things are more urgent.

Bob's blooming is pretty, yes, but not a random feature. What you are suggestion seems to be a random function, at least symbolically. Now if there were a reason... I imagine you would have better luck being able to gather support for an idea such as this.

[quote name='Chewett' timestamp='1347725377' post='121814']
I wasnt attempting to say you want to waste Murry's time, But what i was merely saying is that it can be spent on other features which need some improvement, rather than ones that are fairly "non-mission-critical"

As you said, "its just a little something on the side" my point was that i dont think there is a reason to actually spend time on it, when other things are more urgent.
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Alright, so I'm not saying that this is to happen at once. It can wait till the important problems requiring more attention can be solved.

[quote name='Phantom Orchid' timestamp='1347725476' post='121815']
Bob's blooming is pretty, yes, but not a random feature. What you are suggestion seems to be a random function, at least symbolically. Now if there were a reason... I imagine you would have better luck being able to gather support for an idea such as this.
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I don't want support really. What I wanted, was to let people know what I think. Whether to implement it or not is not up to me. I won't mind at all if this isn't considered.

There is a way to make it snow any time of year - not including the spell.

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There is a way to make it snow any time of year - not including the spell.
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Nobody said anything about the spell. Besides, the spell does nothing. Only shows a nice pic on the trigger box.

I was pointing out there is another way, dst. Not the spell - that doesn't make the snow come across the screen as you said. But the other way does, I just don't remember the link. It was in the mood panel a while ago.

I think Bobs blooming is kind of a spoiler and shouldn't be said here. As it should come as a surprise to players seeing it for the first time in game.

As for the rain animations, I could see it being implemented as a way to show the weather. So if the weather is storming then it would be raining on any scene that is not inside of a building. I would think that showing the weather would be a good reason for the extra little bits of animation.

Please suprize us more often with Bob. I've seen it 2 time in ... since I remember. (you can check my age in the list of veterans).

What is the point of heaving features without anyone seeing them / using them ?

To keep them special... That's the point.

So you DO agree with this?