Originally Posted by Thickskull

Do you mean Marathon-style 5D space? That would be amazing for a huge dungeon maze!

For those who don't know what I mean: Marathon, a Bungie game from before Halo, was a highly moddable 3D shooter. The engine had some weird limitations but also some weird abilities. Because it was pseudo-3D instead of true 3D like modern games, you could overlap polygons of the maps you made.

What that means is that you can overlap rooms and hallways. You could have two rooms, each the same size, and each in exactly the same place, and yet make a hallway that led from one room to the other. Or you could make a large room with an exit into a hallway which would circle back through the same space the room occupied. The player would move through these rooms and hallways and be unable to see the other rooms and hallways they overlapped.

This made for maps with mazes that were extremely confusing and disorienting, especially if you weren't forewarned. I don't think I've seen any other games that do this - perhaps it's impossible with true 3D engines?

Originally Posted by Manaleeshi

He even said in some other thread, that the weather will travel... So a storm will build up over and area, but will move with the clouds to a different location. (Just like real life)

Im pretty sure thats what he meant anyway... i may have interpreted that in my own way. But either way, it sounds super impressive.

Originally Posted by Manaleeshi

I think i mean mood rather than style...... But anyway. This thought just occured to me.

In everquest, it used zones, and there where alot of zones that where in a permanent state. For example Greater Faydark was always dark.... I think it was because it was meant to be beneath very tall trees. But the effect was that it was a permanently dark forest. It was great.... and it was soooooo moody. You also had places like Unrest, which was a haunted house basically. And im pretty sure it was always night time at that place.... Most of the world was subject to weather and the day and night cycle, but i liked how some of these places where preserved in their ideal state.

Something im wondering about Vanguard, is if theres a dark, moody forest.... will the day come and ruin the experience? Or will they manage to keep it dark and misty 24/7? And in the haunted house type area (i forgot what its called... something Manor i think...), will the day come and spoil that experience too? Or will that area be permanently dark and therefore, permanently spooky?

Im glad the majority of the world will be subject to the day + night cycle. And im REALLY glad that there will be random weather patterns that even move across the world...... Thats all awesome. But do you think some areas should be preserved in a state that suits them? Otherwise.... a dark myserious, spooky forest... would only actually give you that effect while the game is in its night cycle.... Which would ruin the experience.

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