Live Forum Q&A - Animation!

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Zac Antonaci

Head of Communications
Frontier
Hey guys,

Thanks for all the incredible questions!

Nick, Jon and Oscar are here and will be going through and answering these questions now. Feel free to continue asking your questions and getting to know the team, they're really excited, so give them some love. Thanks for your support.

I now declare this Q&A - OPEN.
 

ODPaterson

Frontier
Frontier
In the alpha 2 we shall have more of contained that in The alpha 1?

Hello!

Thanks for joining us on this Q&A!
So, yes - there's going to be a lot more content in alpha 2, you might have seen some some of the awesome new stuff in the live stream yesterday. On our side, we've added tons more animations to bring the crowds to life and have them react to your park. [happy]
 

Nodgers

Frontier
Frontier
What is one of the most exciting thing that you guys are planning to integrate? [noob]

I'm really looking forward to getting the Mascot performances in! At the moment they walk around the park with the crowd but later on in development they're going to stop and attract guests with a little performance. The team love animating (and acting out!) these performances and I can't wait to see dancing about in the parks.
 

Sawyer1

Planet Coaster Ambassador
Hey guys,

Thanks for all the incredible questions!

Nick, Jon and Oscar are here and will be going through and answering these questions now. Feel free to continue asking your questions and getting to know the team, they're really excited, so give them some love. Thanks for your support.

I now declare this Q&A - OPEN.

Welcome to the mad house Nick, Jon and Oscar! I can't wait to here what you say! [big grin]
 
Do peeps have different animation "personalities", even if they are from same sex & age?

Of course old people are supposed to walk and interact differently than youngsters, but what about two peeps from the same age category & same sex, can we expect them to behave differently?
 
I notice a slight drop in performance and screen juddering when in cam mode as a guest. Is that normal for the Alpha stage ? Runs perfect outside of this.

Thanks for an Awesome Game !!!
 

Vampiro

Volunteer Moderator
Absolutely! I animated these just the other day so please check them out in the new alpha so I feel like they've been appreciated.

I guess thats for flatrides?

Will the coasters also have realistic and animated ride-gates in Alpha 2?
 
Do you plan on making it easy for the community to add custom assets like trains, scenery and rides?
 

ODPaterson

Frontier
Frontier
Will we be getting more animated set pieces like the pirate band? Also would you guys consider adding animated ride events like those of RCT3?

Hey there, thanks for being here with us!

The pirate band was one of my favourite things to work on - virtual animatronics were a unique animation challenge! Will we have more of them? Yes! More animated set pieces will be coming down the line [yesnod]

With regards to ride events: we're looking into having things like that, but I can't confirm anything about it right now I'm afraid!
 

JonnyB

Frontier
Frontier
1. Will the animation of peeps getting on rides such as coasters and Ferris wheel be more realistic? As of the current alpha, they are just teleporting to the seats.

2. Can we see some videos of peeps getting dizzy or throwing up after rides?

3. Will there be a character customization tool in game? Can we create groups or families?

4. Can we get animations of peeps getting wet standing on a bridge where water rides pass thru?

5. Will there be more family style animations? Example. A mother and baby watches as their father and son go on a kiddy ride?


Hey, these are some good questions.

1. We plan to keep on improving these up until release and making them as fluid as possible.

2. You may have already seen some of the nauseous animations we have go up on our facebook and also playing on the rides in Alpha 1. If we were to add vomiting in to the game it's something we would want to animate to the same high standard as those.

3. I don't know if we've confirmed this before but there will be a way of modifying your guests in the game, so there's a nice bit of info for you.

4. All the animations are led by design so we'll make sure there is an animation for any scenarios that come up in the future.

5. Yesterday on the livestream you got to see some of the new guests animations, we have similar ones for families such as parents holding hands with their children.
 
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