Boarding and Exiting animations in Planetside 2

[MrBloodworth]

Originally Posted by IronMole

So how would you propose to do it?

The current vehicle animations on Planetside suck.

As far as being immune to damage: Uh.. Add hit detection? Maybe, just maybe.

As far as defenseless, get squad mates?

[Crator]

Originally Posted by NivexQ

Make it so you have to be basically in the seat already before you can enter. Like if you were to get in a galaxy you have to actually climb up the ladder, open the canopy (or it can open automatically once you start climbing, whatever) and be right by the seat, and then you can get in. This means that you can jump right on an atv, but it would take a little more time to get in the big vehicles.

So, like, you mean you're in control of your character while climbing the ladder/opening the door before actually pressing another key to enter? I actually kind of like this idea. Also allow them to defend themselves with small sidearms while entering or exiting. Perhaps even the ability to jump off the ladder.

[IronMole]

Originally Posted by MrBloodworth

As far as being immune to damage: Uh.. Add hit detection? Maybe, just maybe.

As far as defenseless, get squad mates?

So, what you're saying then is;

I can be killed while "watching" a crappy animation of me entering a vehicle?

To prevent that from happening I must use "team mates"?

I see...

[Warborn]

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

I don't think it makes a significant amount of difference, but if you are shooting at a guy that is beside a sunderer, right before he dies he could "E" inside, press "2" to change seats and come out of the other side of the vehicle.. assuming it works that way. Instaboarding was always a big issue in the BF series in clan matches, not so much in pubs.. I just don't want an exploit that could be corrected before launch go untested.

I guess that's what beta is for though, so hurry up with development so we can beta test instaboarding :P

Instant boarding I could see being a valid concern, but they could solve that pretty easily without making those fairly complex animations as PS1 had.

[Algo]

I'd like the animations but it's not a big deal,if the problem is avoiding instaboarding, it's easily fixed. Nano-thing particle effect, player stuck still for a second (or two or 999) while Scotty does his job, vulnerable to fire.

[Tamas]

Well I'd prefer to avoid them, but I don't mind up to 2 second animation.

[RNFB]

Boarding animations are good because it solves instaboarding issues and it adds character to the game.

Preparing in sanc and seeing everybody climb into galaxies... those were good times. Seeing people simply disappear would be lame.

[Shogun]

look up outfit videos on youtube...

it´s almost safe to say, there is not a single one without a scene of the squad entering a transport. if it´s such a unnecessary feature, why is it used for every single video? because it just looks awesome and watching stuff like that ingame makes you feel like you are really immersed in a big military mobilisation!

[MrBloodworth]

I always say, Starship troopers would have been more awesome with out the boarding animations.

They just take to long!

[polywomple]

Because I felt like a baddass entering and leaving my Marauder

[Grimshad]

Sorry for bringing back an older thread, but this is one of the major things in PS1 that set it apart from most other games. Like others have said, while not a deal breaker, those animations made PS1 1000X more amazing and I don't care if you have to push back PS2 a year, I would wait years and buy the damn game just for this feature!

[SKYeXile]

[Fanglord]

Honestly, when I was looking at old PS videos to get a grips of the type of game play; when I saw the animations I said 'pretty cool' out loud. Nice touch, and I'd imagine it would stop in/outters.

[SpcFarlen]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

Beautiful sir.

But since it is up... I would like to see it. Adds something cool to the game and makes destroying a vehicle so much better because you actually get the kill.

[Toppopia]

I hope they add delays into entering and exiting, will help people ease into the animations instead of 1 day instant entering/exiting, next day 5 second delay.