[crossfire] Face "overlays"

[Nicolas Weeger]

Hello.


I've been thinking on how to show what equipment a player is actually using 
during the gameplay.


My current idea is to add "overlays" on faces.


It would work something like that:
- base player animation doesn't show anything
- the eg "armour" overlay is displayed on top of the player, to show the 
armour being worn
- for "compound" animations (eg attacking, and thus), use the same overlay, or 
a specific overlay


This could also be used to add effects for long-time spells, eg a red aura for 
protection from cold, and such.


Examples:
- base animation "fenx_player"
- for armour, use "overlay_armour_fenx_player" if it exists, else 
"overlay_armour" for an armor with "overlay_armour" overlay specification
- if the Fenx attacks, compound animation is "fenx_player_sword", so use 
"overlay_armour_fenx_player_sword" if it exists
- if the Fenx cast the "rage", add "overlay_rage_fenx_player" if it exists, 
else "overlay_rage" simply


This would of course mean many potential animations... And more face 
information sent to the client.



One other option I thought of is to use a "dynamic" face, in which server 
tells the client "face (max_face + 2) is a combination of this, this and this 
face", use this special face for the map2 command, and inform client of face 
changes when the equipment changes.

This of course adds some more complicated logic.




What do you think of that?



Regards

Nicolas
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Mon p'tit coin du web - http://nicolas.weeger.org
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