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Our current showcase is a Neverwinter Nights version of Layonara, where our world comes to life in a finely polished persistent world which you can play free of charge. These forums are set up to support and accentuate our player's experiences, but it goes far beyond that.
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#1 | | World Creator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oakhurst, Ca.
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|  MMO Screenshots - Pre Alpha
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#2 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: ft lauderdale
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oh you evil evil man
love it love it love it
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#3 | | Giant Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego, CA
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You are such a tease. 
Gorgeous!
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#4 | | Beholder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The home of Bill and Ted, near waterwloo!
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| Re: MMO Screenshots - Pre Alpha
At least the sea elves won't dry out
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01-18-08, 02:59 AM
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#5 | | Ancient Dragon Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Look at me still talking when there's Science to do...
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*Starts praying to the gods of rendering that his video card can muster up the strength to handle the final version, wiping away tears of awe.*
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/me is glad he got a new pc for christmas,
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#7 | | Lich Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: On the moon with the rest of the space kitties
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Ooooh, nice water textures and skyboxes! Will the new format be swimming-capable? Any jumping to get over rocky terrain? This seriously looks better than Morrowind!
One of the things that tick me off about NWN is how ridiculously it handles terrain. Like you'll take an entire party up a sheer rockface around 10,000 meters high, only to have to turn back when the evil wizard's tower is protected by a *gasp* 3 foot tall, invincible, unpassable shrubbery. One thing I think none of these MMORPG engines have tried is freestyle climbing. In Gothic 3, you can kind of try to bunny hop yourself up a mountain with limited success, but most of the time in these games you're limited to sticking to the roads and flatlands, and just being able to gaze upon the mountain from afar. I can't wait to get out of the NWN tilesets where every single placetable is impenetrable, and all the water more than 3 inches deep is fatal as hot lava. It's sort of like the Mario complex where he's running around in surface levels and one misplaces jump into the water kills him, yet the next level he somehow manages to hold his breath and swim underwater indefinately.
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| Re: MMO Screenshots - Pre Alpha
I have to say, I was praying, hoping, and begging it wouldn't look like Runescape (yeah I had some doubts :P), so well done guys for doing a great job.
Still looking at those reflections and the distortions in hte water - very impressive. | | | | |
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#10 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Jan 2004
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I can see the style you all are going for and I am a fan of it. We don't need Crysis to roleplay, and what I am seeing in those screenshots looks like it will set up the perfect environment for fun. | | | | | The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Eight-Bit For This Useful Post: | | |
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#11 | | Gamemaster Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tetons
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It has come a long way! Honestly, way to go guys. | | | | |
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#12 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Richardson, Texas, United States, GMT-6
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| Re: MMO Screenshots - Pre Alpha
Those pictures show landscapes that look suspiciously similar to Garage Games' Torque Game Engine...
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01-21-08, 09:48 AM
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#13 | | World Creator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oakhurst, Ca.
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That is correct. We are using a heavily modified version of the engine (TGE) from Garage Games and it is geared for an MMO.
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#14 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: chicago
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very pretty....
If I was a simpson, my eyes would roll into the backl of my head and i woudl start drooling...
mmm...doughnuts.... 
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| Re: MMO Screenshots - Pre Alpha
Thanks for the info L, especially for that regarding the engine.
If I dare confess it, another MMO I already play on uses the TGE engine to great effect. OK, in that instance it's a a version of Carwars, so about as far away from Layo as you can get, but I can testify that it is fast, flexible, and very versatile.
For the little my opinion is worth - probably a good choice
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#16 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Pontefract, West Yorkshire, UK
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Those screenies look fantastic...can't wait for its release, then I can get back into the game
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I have to say that the graphics of the landscapes are phenominal. However, one thing that makes or breaks me on these games are the graphics of the avatars. For instance, I think that NWN hit the mark on avatars and NWN2 missed it. Which one will the avatars in the new Layo resemble? Another one is the 'inflight' weaponry. Visible or no? For example: http://forums.layonara.com/photopost...p?photo=112422
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#18 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Richardson, Texas, United States, GMT-6
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Considering the game engine used is Torque, the projectiles will likely be visible to an extent.
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