I think they simply have not spent the time making a drum that looks like a
drum yet, hopefully this will be addressed with the expansion. Not to be a
pessimist but I kind of think that when the drum graphic does go in it will
probably end up looking a little awkward and strange, like when you have a
sack on the end of your arm (remember the old mino horn) but what the heck.
If they could just figure out a way to make the attach point for the drum be
the belt buckle of the character image and put skinny drumsticks in each
hand it might work well using the current animation...like the little
drummer bard - pa rum pum pum pum pum.
-Faras
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 2:43 PM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT: Sound like no Drums to you?
>
>
> From: "Kimes, Dean W." <dean_kimes@...>
>
> If that were the case how did the new high level weapon
> graphics, which are
> surely also in the same file get used? If you take what they
> said about
> this at their word, then they had to update the file for
> everyone to do the
> weapon graphics and either were too lazy to do it for shields
> and drums, or
> they shields and drums really are not in there and won't
> currently fit.
>
> Kit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reeves, Patrick W [mailto:pwr3@...]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:28 PM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT: Sound like no Drums to you?
>
>
> From: "Reeves, Patrick W" <pwr3@...>
>
>
> My understanding our drum graphic suffers from the same
> problem as the male
> barbarian shield graphic. It is there but not referenced.
> Brad said a
> while back it is a huge file that needs to be updated. So the
> expansion
> should take care of this issue (if you have the expansion
> client that is).
>
> Rokenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Johnston [mailto:garyj@...]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:55 AM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT: Sound like no Drums to you?
>
>
> From: Gary Johnston <garyj@...>
>
> huh?
> Can't they just have separate exe's one with the expansion
> having textures
> pointing to flash new graphics and the old one with the
> textures pointing to
> old rusty swords. That'd be a laugh when someone says look at
> my brand new
> sword doesn't it look cool, someone who hasn't the expansion
> looks and goes
> hey its a rusty dagger :)
> Anyway that's what I'd do, but then I'm not verant >_<
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> Sent: 02 March 2000 17:43
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: [eqbards] Sound like no Drums to you?
>
>
> From: "Kimes, Dean W." <dean_kimes@...>
>
> The below post from Abashi sure makes it sound like we won't
> be getting our
> drum visual fixed even in the expansion. Also, if they said
> before they
> couldn't add it because of memory limitations, are they going
> to have to
> delete some things to add in the Iskar textures?
>
> Kit
>
> Though the system requirements will be increased for the expansion, EQ
> proper must continue to work for the originally published
> specifcations. As
> such, we'll have to see how much texture memory we have left
> after adding
> the Iksar-related stuff before we can commit to how much
> individuality can
> be added. Anything that a character can equip or wear must
> exist in all
> zones, and as such we are restricted by the lowest common
> denominator of the
> old EQ system requirements.
> Now, on Kunark, the land, and creatures in the zones will
> have more varied
> and complex textures than you see in the world now. This is
> possible because
> those items can only be viewed by people who bought the
> expansion thereby
> agreeing to the new system requirements.
>
> - Gordon
>
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