Whenever I asked about having a playable cat character in City of Heroes (CoH), I was told that it was impossible due to the myriad permutations of framework and other technical issues relative to the number of costume and/or power combinations.
I hope that this new project will allow for the creation of properly-rendered and sized cats (2 feet long, rather than 4 feet long at the minimum size) and that they will have full costume and power choices available to them. (That is, unless the artists and technical people want to make a special Amerikatt character for me, since she only has one costume to worry about).
The cat model could be used for familiars/pets and as background NPCs to add flavor to back alleys and other parts of the city.
*crosses her paws and hopes that the Devs make it so!*
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It could have happened in CoH if it had continued. You already had the ability to turn into a coyote and they had recently added a mountain lion to one of the summoning sets. Heroes had beast mode. I'm sure it would have only been a matter of time. Whether that will be available at release is doubtful, but not impossible. I, myself, would like to see more animals around but they have to be drawn and animated.
, taking time away from just getting the basic game made.
Of course, the other problem would be everyone having it; you would be far from unique.
Oh, and size wouldn't matter.
Steve
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Worse comes to worse, I guess I would just play Amerikatt's human sidekick if cats weren't available at game launch.
Perspective size *does* matter. It felt weird playing a 4' tall anthropomorphic cat in CoH. Amerikatt was 100% feline, not a catgirl!
I think that it would be neat to have lots of cats in-game. We could name the game, "City of Furballs"!
Even with 100,000 other cat characters, Amerikatt would *still* be unique! *sage nod*
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No, I meant that the relative size wouldn't be a technical problem. If you can draw and animate a big cat, you can make a tiny one too. CoH's pets were a good example.
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At the moment, four legged player models are not planned for launch. As we go on, things might change, and we will update as we know more.
The engine itself is more than capable of doing the job, it is more the time needed to produce the art assets needed. It is on the table, but I predict it would be for a later expansion.
(I had Mr. Mittens, who was a Demon summoning mastermind. He just rode on the shoulder constantly of one of his summoned demons)
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Oh, no! A world without an Amerikatt?! Horrors!
I guess that Amerikatt's teenaged human sidekick will just have to keep the mean streets of Titan City clean of crime until Amerikatt herself returns from that Limbo dimension to which she was flung after the destruction of Paragon Earth! :(
Thanks, Dr. Tyche! :)
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I'm hoping for quadrupeds, too. Cliche, I know, but I want to make a dragon. I want to make MY dragon, DarkStorm. Like Amerikatt, I don't want him to be a two-legged dragon-man, but a four-legged grey dragon with black wings and lightning breath. My first CoH character BluePulse was a bad power-wise approximation of his human form (he was an Elec/Elec/Mu Blaster, but he really should have been a MA/SR/Mu Scrapper); on CO he's got Martial Arts, Lightning Reflexes, a couple powers from the Electric Framework, and I plan to give him Fury of the Dragon when he hits 35. If I could have made his dragon form in CoH, he'd have been a Savage Melee/Willpower/Mu Brute. (As for how he'd fit in a superhero universe, that's not that unusual)
Anyway, enough rambling about CoH, Project Infinity, #wyvern_inn, and other places I miss. The point is:
Quadrupeds, yeah!
You are not the only one who wants quadrupeds, or dragons, for that matter.
But doubtfull at launch.
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If we can at least get the Earless head, Cat Ears, and a Feline Face, I can make an approximation of Amerikatt at launch and then cajole the Devs into making the actual fully customizable (costume, powers, etc.) mesh model sometime before the heat death of the multiverse (aka ... "Soon"!).
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I think the time they allow us to make a cat, they should also also do a bit of work for the four-legged rig and let us make dog-types too. Really, they could go and on with possibilities... Then again, they need balance the time spent on such things against other things they might feel more players want.
Then again, I had a CoH cat too ("The Pernicious, Preternatural Black Cat Jinx", an Illusion/Rad 'troller-villain) whom I wouldn't mind seeing done right...
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True, Clave! I'll be happy just to have a City in which to spank Naughty Spawns with the Long Paw of Justice! If I can get at least the Earless Female Head, Cat Ears, and a Feline Face, I'll be happy with that. If not, I guess that Amerikatt's teenaged Human sidekick will just have to pick up the slack.
I certainly won't rage quit if this game doesn't go to the Amerikatts (at least, not at launch)! :P
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