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Terasology / LightAndShadow

Light & Shadow is an experimental game type set in a quirky Alice in Wonderland inspired setting
Apache License 2.0
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Dome animation improvement(s) #7

Open Cervator opened 8 years ago

Cervator commented 8 years ago

On noticing the subtle but sometimes sudden change in "direction" for the animated dome I get the impression it could induce discomfort for players sensitive to motion sickness. I noticed something very similar in The Division where the inventory type UI for some inexplicable reason has to move ever so slightly rather than stay still, seemingly in an unpredictable fashion.

I think it is less pronounced for greater changes. Dunno if that seems counter-intuitive.

Maybe other changes to the dome would get around this. I think it is specifically the lack of transformation (the image used for the domain remains unchanged) + the minor and unpredictable shifts in direction. So if for instance the dome graphic itself morphed over time that might remove this concern entirely. Hard to be sure.

Not considering this high priority at all, more of a thing to consider before a formal release considered ready for mainstream users. Also curious if anybody else notices it. Particularly wondering if this would be a field @LadySerenaKitty has exposure to from a usability point.

jdrueckert commented 2 years ago

Afaik the dome currently is not animated at all anymore (not sure whether due to a bug or on purpose), so until it makes sense to improve the animation it would need to come back in the first place. Hence marking this issue as blocked until we get the animation back. If anybody remembers that the animation was removed on purpose, we can close the issue altogether IMO.