Anyone remember the old lightning kick animation in MA? Is it still in the game somewhere?

[Captain Fabulous]

I mentioned this to a few people I used to play with back on live and they looked at me like I had four heads and was speaking Swahili.

But I distinctly remember there being a lightning kick animation (ala Chun-Li) on Thunder Kick. It got changed at some point fairly early on in the game. When power animation customization came around I was hoping it was going to be available as an option but wasn't.

Does anyone else remember this or do I need more drugs?

And if I am remembering things correctly, does anyone know if the animation is still somewhere in the game code, just waiting to be found and resurrected? Or is it gone forever?

Edited February 1, 2023 by Captain Fabulous

[Captain Fabulous]

OK, so it wasn't a fever dream. Now we just have to figure out if the code is still out there somewhere. I assume animations are part of the client, not server-side, so do we need to dig up an old copy of the game client (which I'm sure I have somewhere, as I have all the original game boxes)?
 

 

[drgantz]

I remember it.  In the early days of CoH, Storm Kick was a fast sequence of kicks.  It looked good, but the animation was too long, so they changed it to what it is now.
I doubt that the code is in the game now.  It might be on a computer owned by one of the original devs or NCSoft, but I doubt that it is in HC's system.  Anyway, as I said, the animation was too long.  People often complained about that in the early days.

 

[twozerofoxtrot]

1 hour ago, Captain Fabulous said:

OK, so it wasn't a fever dream. Now we just have to figure out if the code is still out there somewhere. I assume animations are part of the client, not server-side, so do we need to dig up an old copy of the game client (which I'm sure I have somewhere, as I have all the original game boxes)?
 

 

 

 

Oh geez Xplay.. I'm coming down with a bad case of the Nostalgias.

[Spaghetti Betty]

1 hour ago, Captain Fabulous said:

OK, so it wasn't a fever dream. Now we just have to figure out if the code is still out there somewhere. I assume animations are part of the client, not server-side, so do we need to dig up an old copy of the game client (which I'm sure I have somewhere, as I have all the original game boxes)?
 

 

Wow! I've been looking for footage of this animation forever! Thanks!

[Captain Fabulous]

38 minutes ago, drgantz said:

I remember it.  In the early days of CoH, Storm Kick was a fast sequence of kicks.  It looked good, but the animation was too long, so they changed it to what it is now.
I doubt that the code is in the game now.  It might be on a computer owned by one of the original devs or NCSoft, but I doubt that it is in HC's system.  Anyway, as I said, the animation was too long.  People often complained about that in the early days.

 

Oh I know why it was changed. Still, I think it was cool and wouldn't mind having it as an option.

[Captain Fabulous]

28 minutes ago, twozerofoxtrot said:

 

 

Oh geez Xplay.. I'm coming down with a bad case of the Nostalgias.

Loooky at bebe Adam LOL

[twozerofoxtrot]

10 minutes ago, Captain Fabulous said:

Oh I know why it was changed. Still, I think it was cool and wouldn't mind having it as an option.

 

If not for the current version of Thunder Kick, if the animation times sync up it would be an incredible alternative for Eagle Claw.

[TheZag]

How would someone go about extracting that information from the original discs?  Im sure we have more than a few copies across the community.

 

[Captain Fabulous]

2 hours ago, TheZag said:

How would someone go about extracting that information from the original discs?  Im sure we have more than a few copies across the community.

 

I have no idea. I would think there must be a way, but it's beyond my skill and knowledge level.