Facing Directions

I was just thinking for a second and I had a weird thought, is it only possible for a sprite to have the traditional eight directions? Or is it possible to have more like 16 or something? Like in Myth II, you had normal sprites who had 8 facing directions, then you had the larger beasts that had 12, the possibilities were endless. This isn't all THAT important, I'd just like to know.

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Originally posted by Kireck L:
**I was just thinking for a second and I had a weird thought, is it only possible for a sprite to have the traditional eight directions? Or is it possible to have more like 16 or something? Like in Myth II, you had normal sprites who had 8 facing directions, then you had the larger beasts that had 12, the possibilities were endless. This isn't all THAT important, I'd just like to know.

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Look at the screenshots, in the character maker, I think it's possible...

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Another question, is it only possible to walk onto a spot on the grid? Or can you move on any spot on the screen that is permeable? I ask this because in the quicktime movies, the character SEEMS to be moving tile by tile, but looks can be deceiving, someone please enlighten me.

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Originally posted by Kireck L:
**Another question, is it only possible to walk onto a spot on the grid? Or can you move on any spot on the screen that is permeable? I ask this because in the quicktime movies, the character SEEMS to be moving tile by tile, but looks can be deceiving, someone please enlighten me.
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The last Coldstone Beta release (and previously from day 1) was tile based for movement but the movement tile size was up to the game author.

And that is simply a historical comment! History does have a habit of repeating itself though (with variable periodicity). 😄

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(This message has been edited by SkipMeier (edited 08-11-2001).)