Luclin Models Blocked

[Vorkon]

Originally Posted by Dac321 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is 100% true. Back on live I played a Troll warrior, and in order for me to get through a portion of Neriak's cleric guild hall. I had to switch from classic to Luclin models to get through certain hallways.

Whether this actually creates an exploit that would make or break an outcome in end game.. I have no idea.

As another Troll Warrior from back in the day, I can confirm, Old model trolls would get stuck in door frames, Luclin models could crouch through no problem.

I know to get into the bank in Thurgadin as a troll you could spam press crouch while simultaneously mouse clicking open and close on the door and for whatever reason you would eventually squeak through to the other side. I asked a GM about it at the time and he didn't seem to have a problem with it.

Though me and another troll from the guild eventually got ported to a zone that was basically a box that we couldn't get out of and had a 3hour timeout for blocking both the Thurg bank doors by doing the above move mentioned, intentionally blocking the doors, then charging people a toll to get into the bank. Was asked not to do it again because while it may have been considered 'in the spirit of the game', others we're considering it harassment.

[Jaleth]

Don't get me wrong, I hope they keep Luclin character graphics as an option Taxi.

[skootr]

They should force toggle them on for a month. Then off for a month. Then force non-classic UI, then classic UI. Then all those butthurt on both sides will quit. That's a win for the server in every way.

[Roguejm11]

I watched the Velious announcement and I do not recall them saying they will be forcing old models.

Is this actually true?

[Faxi]

Originally Posted by Roguejm11 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I watched the Velious announcement and I do not recall them saying they will be forcing old models.

Is this actually true?

its true. go to 1:40:50 of the youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3byJ45i9W8

[Jauna]

Originally Posted by Faxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

its true. go to 1:40:50 of the youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3byJ45i9W8

I continued to listen to that, and around 1:45:00 got my interest a little more than the models.

[Safon]

Luclin models shit, players who like them fucked in head

[Rangerboy]

@safon what if people who like classic models are fucked in the head? The truth is, who the fuck cares they are client end features.

[PDX0621]

Originally Posted by Rangerboy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

@safon what if people who like classic models are fucked in the head? The truth is, who the fuck cares they are client end features.

Didn't you hear? EQ is serious business! Burn don't share your pixel preference opinions? Ostracize and burn them at the stake! That will show them the error of their ways! Remember kids, having a differing opinion is wrong!

[Zaela]

Ain't need no luclin models to squeeze through doors. You can just scale the original models down (although it's a bit of a pain because old player race models share a lot of their animation data, would be a chore to get it all for one model and also not affect others).

Not quite the same, but here's a quickie 1/5 scale unshrunk erud newb:
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I would be interested to see how they'd go about blocking luclin models. It's easy enough to muck with the data files -- overwrite the original models with the luclin versions and such -- so couldn't be anything like forcing a specific file to load first. Unless the whole file was shoved into the dll binary where it's tough to tamper with, I guess. Or maybe some whitelisting checks on the data itself? (num vertices, total size?)

I prefer original models (iksars lost their slithering swim animation -- never forget) but it would be a shame not to let people muck with harmless things on their end.
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