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[Avarax]

that animated scenery thing can be really nice!

uh, no D:. why not keep the soldat graphics as it is?

The default maps won't have them, so why worry about it?

[El_Spec]

The default maps won't have them, so why worry about it?

Best news I've heard in a while besides this thread itself.  It's alright if custom maps use this feature, horrible if default ones will.

Yes... Who will make the first program with ability to add GIF sceneries, or is it already done?

Probably Chrisgbk's WIP Mapmaker.  But it still requires a lot of work.  So my best bet would be Polyworks.  Since its open-source and anyone can modify it to how they feel.

[-Major-]

Because animated map graphics could let mapmakers get even more creative. One idea would to have a TW scene where there are .gif "soldiers" firing blindly downfield, giving it a degree of atmosphere. The list goes on and on. So stop being a wet blanket. =/

soldier that never die?! :O and has not side in the war!!! thats great! as it was said you can't control the gifs.

[mxyzptlk]

Think about it though: Animated waterfalls and grass could add a lot of feel to the game. Plus, it allows mapmakers to get creative,such as a giant mech in the background that moves back and forth.

[Zabijaka]

Animated fire and smoke must be cool :]

[-Major-]

yes indeed it could be cool. but keep it out of the default maps!

[pavliko]

No, it looks 5 seconds INTO THE FUTURE to take a screenshot of what's going to happen.

lol ...5 seconds in the future will be something realy intresting ^^ camping behind the wall pressing F5 and attacking ^^

[bigmike]

Please... dont let it be a joke....

[MR X]

will this issue be fixed to because i find it very important?:
http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=14282.0

[AndreY]

NICE

[Dairy]

Think about it though: Animated waterfalls and grass could add a lot of feel to the game. Plus, it allows mapmakers to get creative,such as a giant mech in the background that moves back and forth.

And Imagine the lag without net code unfixed... yeah

[Aquarius]

net code has nothing to do with gif animations

[Clawbug]

... im just waiting for when mappers will adapt to 1024x1024 gifs. "Yeah it works on my 8 core machine @ 7GHz! so no worries!".

I say, that people with low-end machines won't be happy with animated gifs.

[KYnetiK]

gifs have nothing to do with the server...its just a graphic dled like everything else in the map. If your computer can run soldat it can run a smegging gif. besides, i anticpate most animations wont be 500 frames longs, mostly 4 or so. artists arent that dumb.

[EnEsCe]

... im just waiting for when mappers will adapt to 1024x1024 gifs. "Yeah it works on my 8 core machine @ 7GHz! so no worries!".

I say, that people with low-end machines won't be happy with animated gifs.

Thats why theres a check box to turn off animations. Sheesh, your a beta tester, you should know these things.

[Clawbug]

... im just waiting for when mappers will adapt to 1024x1024 gifs. "Yeah it works on my 8 core machine @ 7GHz! so no worries!".

I say, that people with low-end machines won't be happy with animated gifs.

Thats why theres a check box to turn off animations. Sheesh, your a beta tester, you should know these things.

Yeah, reading trough 8 threads which have gone offtopic is my duty!

[EnEsCe]

"- Added Animated GIF Scenery (You can disable the animations by unchecking 'Animated Scenery' in Config.exe)"

[Clawbug]

"- Added Animated GIF Scenery (You can disable the animations by unchecking 'Animated Scenery' in Config.exe)"

Sorry

[-Major-]

Think about it though: Animated waterfalls and grass could add a lot of feel to the game. Plus, it allows mapmakers to get creative,such as a giant mech in the background that moves back and forth.

And Imagine the lag without net code unfixed... yeah

argh, a double negativ... so this means it'll lag without the unfixed netcode? >.<

no seriously, set first priority on the netcode. and the polygonbugs, it sucks when soldat is 50% about to try to avoid the nade glitches.

[EnEsCe]

Think about it though: Animated waterfalls and grass could add a lot of feel to the game. Plus, it allows mapmakers to get creative,such as a giant mech in the background that moves back and forth.

And Imagine the lag without net code unfixed... yeah

Network lag has NO relevancy to Animated maps.... Any "lag" caused by Animated scenery is due to your shit hardware ~ NOTHING at all to do with net code. Besides, the net code  doesn't need to be "fixed", its not even broken; you all just want more from it.