Wings that appear only when flying

[ninja surprise]

There's a couple of "energy" wings: Celestial and Phoenix. Can they get options to "Only appear when flying" similar to the Inherent Stances (Travel powers only)?

 

The Celestial wings have an option to fold back when not flying, but they are still these super-massive glowing things when the character is just standing or walking around. 

 

How about an option for Celestial and Phoenix to only activate while Flying/Hovering? 

[Zepp]

You could do a bind or macro to connect flight to a costume change... I think it would be interesting to have the option of it being automatic, but I am not sure if that is codable.

[plainguy]

10 hours ago, ninja surprise said:

There's a couple of "energy" wings: Celestial and Phoenix. Can they get options to "Only appear when flying" similar to the Inherent Stances (Travel powers only)?

 

The Celestial wings have an option to fold back when not flying, but they are still these super-massive glowing things when the character is just standing or walking around. 

 

How about an option for Celestial and Phoenix to only activate while Flying/Hovering? 

 

5 hours ago, Zepp said:

You could do a bind or macro to connect flight to a costume change... I think it would be interesting to have the option of it being automatic, but I am not sure if that is codable.

Both are great Ideas !

[biostem]

I'm in favor of more options, so do eeeet!

 

I'd also like options to have your wings always out/open and one to have them fully flap/deploy when jumping.

[aethereal]

15 hours ago, Zepp said:

You could do a bind or macro to connect flight to a costume change... I think it would be interesting to have the option of it being automatic, but I am not sure if that is codable.

It's definitely codeable.  All (or most) wings do different things when flying vs not flying.  There's clearly a "costume variant while not flying" and a "costume variant while flying" thing.  You just make the one where you aren't flying have no actual geometry.

[Zepp]

13 hours ago, aethereal said:

It's definitely codeable.  All (or most) wings do different things when flying vs not flying.  There's clearly a "costume variant while not flying" and a "costume variant while flying" thing.  You just make the one where you aren't flying have no actual geometry.

The question is, would it trigger when jumping?

[aethereal]

2 minutes ago, Zepp said:

The question is, would it trigger when jumping?

I think you could make it do that or not?  Normal wings definitely flap when you jump.  Do the tech-style wings snap open when you jump?  The ones that look like veritech pieces?  Rocket boots don't turn on when you jump, do they?

[Lazarillo]

14 hours ago, biostem said:

I'd also like options to have your wings always out/open and one to have them fully flap/deploy when jumping.

"Jumping" jumping, or "oh, whoops, that piece of the cave map was 6 inches lower than the one you just stepped on" jumping?

 

Honestly, I like this wings-when-flying idea, just for that reason.  Running around certain maps gets hard to see when characters' wings do their animations so constantly.

[Zepp]

15 minutes ago, aethereal said:

I think you could make it do that or not?  Normal wings definitely flap when you jump.  Do the tech-style wings snap open when you jump?  The ones that look like veritech pieces?  Rocket boots don't turn on when you jump, do they?

You are correct, Rocket Boots do not ignite when you jump. This suggests it is possible.

[biostem]

1 hour ago, Lazarillo said:

"Jumping" jumping, or "oh, whoops, that piece of the cave map was 6 inches lower than the one you just stepped on" jumping?

 

Honestly, I like this wings-when-flying idea, just for that reason.  Running around certain maps gets hard to see when characters' wings do their animations so constantly.

That's why it'd be an OPTION;  if you don't like it, don't choose it...

[biostem]

5 hours ago, aethereal said:

I think you could make it do that or not?  Normal wings definitely flap when you jump.  Do the tech-style wings snap open when you jump?  The ones that look like veritech pieces?  Rocket boots don't turn on when you jump, do they?

It's not a full flap - it's kind of a weird "flex" if that makes any sense.  I would definitely love to see not only the rocket boots, but also the various jetpacks, ignite when you jump...