Wilhuf Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 I like the idea of a toggle to enable or disable autoblocking at the touch of a button. In Jedi Knight/MotS, autoblocking came in pretty handy when under attack from blaster, pistol, crossbow, or repeater fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardz Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 FORGET THE GLYPH SYSTEM! LEC didn't like it so just forget it ever existed, it confuses the matter considerably and we don't need it... wardz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki-Adi-Mundi Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 It wasn't LEC's glyph system. It was Stephen Shaw's. He designed it and it was his. They dropped Shaw to a diff 'project' as they called it, and dropped the glyph system because they didn't have Shaw for it. Shaw was also the project leader on Obi-Wan. And that's not how the Glyph System worked. You had an 'attack button'. And you would have your lightsaber out, hold down the attack button, and move your mouse (for example) straight up. That would give you a jab like attack (see the obi-wan with the yellowish saber below. He looks as if he is about to jab, given the stance he is in and the position of his saber). If you pulled back on it, you would spin around and block, or you would yank your saber over your back to block. Also, if you pushed your mouse forward, you could get a sweeping up motion (see the obi-wan with the green saber below). Like in this shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardz Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 I know it was shaw who made it, but my point is that the glyph system was (prolly) the main reason OB1 was canned, therefore this talk about using the mouse for blocking just seems a little unnecessary as it is like the glyph system. Its going round in circles and IMO makes things more confusing... wardz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndrix Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 I think we can do without autoblocking, if there is a manual blocking system, ie. you press and hold a button to block, it would be much better. Of course this would, IMO, have to be based on angle and timing and thus there would be a slight learning curve which is a good thing. Keeps things more interesting! As others have said auto got in your way in JK and made it less realistic, its more fun if you have to learn to block as opposed to a CPU doing it mindlessly for you( with bad timing to boot!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted June 11, 2001 Share Posted June 11, 2001 LS thread 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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