Player: Would be possible to add this library sign to the house sign menu.. please?

CatHat: Heh - signs - well that should be just the start of it when we get around to making more housing stuff again.

I'd want to focus on fewer new walls and roofs, and go with more personal accents. Accessories they take much less time to make on our end so instead of getting like one new wall set (which you might not like) we could do signs and a few dozen other little goodies in the same amount of time. Even better, more new items, might mean more stuff fits your tastes and help add even more vareity to the game for everyone.. If i had thought of it at the time - and i'm sorry to say i didn't i would have explored on making new signs to go out with ML - but at the time i was on the learning curve for the whole UO engine and super busy with walls, rooftiles and elf clothing and other art stuff in world.

Still i'd like to think what we did get in on ML was nice. Quite happy with the splashscreens i did for it too (painting at nights) - (they're all posted below the actual Game Poster for ML on its webpage in the media section if any of you actually haven't peek'd around there.) but i'm wandering off the topic here.

Anywho - the long as short of it is our whole Art team has learned a lot about how to push the envelope for UO and are quite dedicated to making UO more fun every chance we get...

Now as for me - i gotta go - gotta few assests for the 2d client that were missing that we need new art for! My Xmas Gift to you guys... uh though you'll have to wait for the new publish to get it probably - lol Talk about a belated gift. Heh. Guess that would make it more of a Valenties day gift wouldnt' it? sheeh - time flys.

Player: are there any plans for more character animations? Like laying on a bed, or sitting down to mediate for example?

CatHat: There's a long and short answer to this..

The short answer - not right now.

The long answer (why so) - not right now because to insert a new character animation into the 2d client would require every single asset that people wear to have new animations made for all of them and then individually render them out. Some of the really old files don't even exist anymore - so THAT gets tricky.

The upside - We'd like to see this get into the game too - so were always thinking of new ways to get the engine to do new things - And that really does mean that while its not going to happen now - who can say what the future holds. UO is a long term product (longest running MMOG to date) and when it was moved to EA's headquarters - part of what they wanted to do was give the thing some more lovin'..

This is just one of those things thats going to take a bit of time.

Player: Personally i would like to see more curved wall styles, square trees just dont look right

CatHat: Curved walls like the enterior ribs of ships hull? Or curved walls like the Hobbit Homes with rounded doorways and entryways?

Ya caught my interest here

not a bad start

I don't think we really need a lot of new walls either, but we could use 'accessory' items to match some of the walls that exist. There are no windows for some styles, and several walls have no arches or low walls to match them. That alone would fill out the custom house very nicely. The new signs would be nice, new foundation style or two to go with the walls better would be good... also perhaps another style of stairs in a darker wood or stone to match the brown hued walls and floors that came in with SE.

Something I am very interested in is the 'vine' in Heartwood which has flowers on it. As to the rounded wallsets.. like ship hull or hobbit hole, that would be wonderful too.

Tonight it is my plan to remove my Christmas decor and redo for the new year. I love doing my house, (not thrilled with having to take down the two aquariums) To my dismay when I decorated, I found it very hard to place my wreaths on all the windows where I wanted them. It would be great if we could place such things as wreaths and banners on the higher exterior walls, instead of just the ground floor. The banner drags when it is on the first floor, and offsetting the wall on the upper floors to place the banner often ruins the look we are working for. Thanks!!

I really hope we see some of these ideas and its not just talk.. It sounds like a really really good bunch of ideas

^^ sounds cool!

screw the rounded wall and house signs, stop letting archers do 85HP damage per hit every 1.25 seconds while on the run for )#@$)'s sake.

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omg laying down in a bed or sit indian style to med rofl that would be awesome!