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Avatar animations I miss

SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
edited November 2013 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
What animations on avatars do you wished there was in game?
  1. Avatar animations I miss84 votes
    1. Cloaks! It's not only mages who wants a cool cloak look.
      65.48%
    2. Hoods. It shouldn't be that hard to animate.
      22.62%
    3. Gauntlets. My monk feels naked.
        1.19%
    4. Belts and boots. Kinda feels natural.
        3.57%
    5. Other.
        7.14%
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  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    I have always been a sucker for hoods.
    To bad there is only on in the BG-series.
  • SouthpawSouthpaw Member Posts: 2,026
    Thieves sort-of have them. But we WANT MORE! :-)
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    Southpaw said:

    Thieves sort-of have them. But we WANT MORE! :-)

    But they ALWAYS have them.

    I want my half-elf fighter/thief to have a hood to. It's not fair.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    Cloaks, cloaks for the poor!
  • TvrtkoSvrdlarTvrtkoSvrdlar Member Posts: 353
    edited November 2013
    @Southpaw

    There's an avatar morphing script out there that allows you to quickly and painlessly change your char's avatar to whatever you want, and you can do it in-game (no need to mess around in Shadow Keeper). It's one of the BG2 Tweak Pack components.

    From BG2TP's readme:

    Avatar Morphing Script
    This script allows you to select whatever PC avatar you wish for your character or any joinable NPC. Assign this script to the character whose avatar you wish to change. To change the avatar return to the game screen, ensure the party AI in on (and the game is not paused) and press 'S'. This will take you to the avatar selection screen. Once the morph is complete re-assign a combat script to the character. Please note that this component can cause slowdowns on older systems.

    Here's the link: http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2tweaks/cosmetic.php


  • SouthpawSouthpaw Member Posts: 2,026
    @TvrtkoSvrdlar - aye, I've seen it. Thanks.
    I don't really care that much. You can change your avatar with EEkeeper too. But since @SamuelVarg asked...
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    Hoods a close second.
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    Hoods or Cloaks. The female thief model is by far my favourite default with it's curving hood, but my absolute favourite model is someone wearing the archmagi robes with a boss helm, large shield and sweet 1-handed weapon.
  • XerxesVXerxesV Member Posts: 187
    Cloaks and capes. My paladin isn't dashing enough in plate-mail alone
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    Drinking animations!

    Nothing is more immersion breaking than gulping down an iced mug of dwarven ale, but only hearing a familiar yet refreshing sound.
  • RedGuardRedGuard Member Posts: 672
    Cloaks. Though I wouldn't mind hoods as well, not to mention gauntlets for Monks.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    I desire to wear a cloak AND a hood. A fighter/mage or cleric/mage can wear a helm with mage robes and a fancy cape; why can't a thief/mage wear a hood with fancy robes?! That really bothers me to no end.
  • FlashburnFlashburn Member Posts: 1,847
    I remember when the 1.69 patch for NWN came out, and it was a big deal because cloaks were finally visible on your character. It'd be nice to have the same thing in Baldur's Gate.
  • etaglocetagloc Member Posts: 349
    nanananananananananana cloak man!
  • artificial_sunlightartificial_sunlight Member Posts: 601
    Cloaks because I shadowkeep hoods everywhere i go!
  • sylvanussylvanus Member Posts: 27
    Cloaks! I want to see the Cloak of Elvenkind on my ranger!
  • CoryNewbCoryNewb Member Posts: 1,330
    edited November 2013
    Other! Because I like to mess with polls!

    For real, I would like other casting animation/incantations. I get tired of all my casters doing the same pre-spell saying (in the same male or female voice) and doing the same hand gestures.

    If it had to be a thing a person wears I would probably go with boots.
  • OneAngryMushroomOneAngryMushroom Member Posts: 564
    Eudaemonium said:

    OneAngryMushroom said:

    there's just always something wrong when playing an ultra paladin without a clichéd torn up cloak fluttering in some permanent breeze around me as I stand triumphantly over a dead dragon.

    In all fairness, its hard to be an ultra paladin when you're a giant mushroom, so I doubt this situation ever arises for you.
    Paladin of Psilofyr for 4 years now! And they said I would never make it past the gate. Though ,admittingly, I stopped wearing the cape after I accidentally ate holes through the 9th one.

  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    OneAngryMushroom said:

    Eudaemonium said:

    OneAngryMushroom said:

    there's just always something wrong when playing an ultra paladin without a clichéd torn up cloak fluttering in some permanent breeze around me as I stand triumphantly over a dead dragon.

    In all fairness, its hard to be an ultra paladin when you're a giant mushroom, so I doubt this situation ever arises for you.
    Paladin of Psilofyr for 4 years now! And they said I would never make it past the gate. Though ,admittingly, I stopped wearing the cape after I accidentally ate holes through the 9th one.

    Yeah, I guess you wanted it ragged and torn up rather than spore-eaten.
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,760
    I think it could be a nice addition to the engine if we indeed had avatar animations mentioned in the OP. I would support them all, maybe I would like cloaks more than other variants :)

    *Maybe* we could have them in IWDEE? A band of bards in cloaks fighting yetis... It would be a scene!
  • NimranNimran Member Posts: 4,875
    All of the above.
  • recklessheartrecklessheart Member Posts: 692
    I like the graphic simplicity of Baldur's Gate. It's part of it's charm, and honestly it doesn't leave me wanting for anything. T'would be nice to be able to alternate between paper dolls for multiclass/dual-class characters. More than anything, I miss the BG2 paper doll for female human mages, which I much prefer to the standard one that was reintroduced with the EEs.
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