hi =) ghouly=ghoulsblade=me , i usually idling around in both #freegamer at freenode and #iris on zwischenwelt (will be back in about 6 hours from now, don't have internet until then, but this is today only), if i don't react, type my name and my irc client should start blinking.
about being independent from the mondains legacy download : the tricky part is human models (male/female) and animating all equipment parts with them.
the need all need walk,run, riding_slow,riding_fast (mounts are really common in ultima online), and at least one bashing attack anim, preferabbly also bow/crossbow anim.
one or more spellcasting anims would also be cool, but the attack anim would do if that is too much work
the equipment as well, there are tons of different armor types and pieces (leg parts, breast armor, arm-protection, gloves, helmet, all in various forms : platemale,ringmail,leather,studded,bone-armor...)
also weapons : dagger,sword,axe,hatchet,spear,staff,cleaver,bow,crossbow,
scythe,
also
horse, giant beetle, a dragon-like thing (chimera),ostard, and a giant-bird-like thing (hiryu) are very common "mounts" that players ride on.
then there are various monsters, orks, ogres, trolls, ettins, elementals (rockgolem like, liquid like, or swirling tornado like), various forms of giant insects : spiders, ants (workers, fighters,queens, in red and black skin each), beetles, scorpions,
gargoyles, demons, imps, lizard-men, rat-men,
flying eyes, skeletons, ghosts, liches, undead-mages, ghouls, flesh-golem, flying-eyes, kappa(turtle-man-like-demon)
brigands, mongbats (like mini-gargoyle), Minotaur, Mummy
slime, plant-monster (like a walking pot with 4 feet and a mouth at the top), werwolf,unicorn,kirin,snake
various animals : cat,dog,rabbit,birds,frog,rat,sheep,Squirrel,walrus,cow,bull,hart,hind,bear,cougar,wolf,
since nearly anything can fight, they should all have attack and get-hit anims, and a dying anim (with death pose seperate at the end if possible)
hmm as you see, becoming independant from the uo models would be quite a bit of work, even for a minimal set.
Do you think you know enough artists to make this possible ?
Ideally the models should be put under a license that allows other projects/people to use them and/or make derivates, but i'm starting to give up hope on that one, as i'm getting the impression that many artists want to control where/how their work is being used, but it can't hurt to ask =)
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