0. Tabard & Robe Graphic Problem 03/10/2008 07:45:07 PM PDT
Ok maybe this has been addressed before but I cant seem to find an answer.
Will they (Bliz) ever fix the problem with tabards only showing the top half while wearing robes? It looks like the tabard is tucked into the robe somehow. It looks wrong. As a clothie and a Mage I tend to wear alot of robes, like many Mages and Healers, and I also have a tabard but together they look silly. Any plans to fix/change this graphic?
It's been a while since this was asked of the designers/artists but if I remember correctly the reasoning given at the time was that it was not a bug or oversight, but a decision based on technical limitations. The way our armor and animation systems work, of which I will not pretend I have any knowledge of, would make it extremely difficult and labor intensive to have the tabards show properly over the robes and actually look right/good. Something like having to change the entire system as well as remodel every piece or robe armor or some-such, I can't recall the details. So anyway, the decision was made to just hide the bottom portion.
Q u o t e: It's been a while since this was asked of the designers/artists but if I remember correctly the reasoning given at the time was that it was not a bug or oversight, but a decision based on technical limitations. The way our armor and animation systems work, of which I will not pretend I have any knowledge of, would make it extremely difficult and labor intensive to have the tabards show properly over the robes and actually look right/good. Something like having to change the entire system as well as remodel every piece or robe armor or some-such, I can't recall the details. So anyway, the decision was made to just hide the bottom portion.
Ahh, cool. Thank you for that fast, simple and clear response :) I can understand that logic. It just made more sense to not show the bottom half and doesnt warrant a whole re doing of the system just for a robe graphic. Well hopefully in the furure this can and will be changed but for now I can live with it. Thanx again! :)
My understanding of the Tabard, is that it's just mostly a transparent skirt/kilt. Since pant legs are skinned onto your "legs" and skirts are a new graphic that hides your legs, except when it comes to Tabards, which have an alpha everywhere except where you want the Tabard to show.
Is the game not set up to display two kilts? Or unable to display a kilt over a robe (which may have a different model then the robe)?
We have one that looks like we are adjusting nobs on a TV -
Then throwing our arms up in frustration when the station doesn't come in clear...
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While we are at this, wonder if it's possible to remove the tabard in dressing room when ctrl-clicking on say a robe/chest piece?
I have to drag my tabard into my bag everytime before ctrl-click on a chest piece to be able to see it preoperly. Well i know it's not a big deal but it'd be great to have a more user friendly dressing room :)
Q u o t e: While we are at this, wonder if it's possible to remove the tabard in dressing room when ctrl-clicking on say a robe/chest piece?
I have to drag my tabard into my bag everytime before ctrl-click on a chest piece to be able to see it preoperly. Well i know it's not a big deal but it'd be great to have a more user friendly dressing room :)
I use an interestingly named addon named Cosplay to help with dressing room visibility issues, but I'm not sure how well a "click to see your character in only underwear" button would go over for the default UI. :p
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Q u o t e: The way our armor and animation systems work, of which I will not pretend I have any knowledge of, would make it extremely difficult and labor intensive to have the tabards show properly over the robes and actually look right/good.
So essentially you agree that it doesn't look good now ( I don't wear them), but it's easier than having them not look good untucked.
