Huxley Screenshots

[Gunther]

The Hybrid

Sapiens entering an APC.

Sapien Weapons, Armor and APC

Alternative Weapons, Armor and APC

COMBAT!!

[rhonnin]

So I'm looking at the pic of the sapiens in front of the apc and I see 3 seperate positions for casual stances and they all look very natural. If these are actual in game shots and they have put that kind of detail in this game already has more RPG elements than most other games out there.

[Valkyrie]

Yes this is another thing that gunther and I have discussed, im wondering if its going to be like a Function key system wise, like say F5 is a "Lean again Wall" or F7 a "Kneel down", in the Huxley Live Video we are also given that impression that you will be able to do that with your player, i truly think they will allow us to sit down in the game

[rhonnin]

I doubt it's a function key. likely they are / commands just like in every other game that has such things. They could also just be stances that your character does automatically when at rest and as variations on a standard, for instance when you use the sit command your character may periodically change position, recline, etc... same with standing idle you may shift from foot to foot, lean against a wall or post if handy, gesture with your hands... you get the idea.

[Valkyrie]

ya but using commands can be very tedious sometimes, we'll have to see i guess.

[Gunther]

Regardless of it being tedious, Rhonnin is probably right. Most of these type games will allow you to make hot key [/macro stretch /stretch] so you don't have to type out /stretch you just hit the [stretch] button.

[Valkyrie]

ya still, a developer, you would think would make an easy time of of putting in hotkeys for this.

[rhonnin]

Adding hotkeys is very easy in EQ and EQ2 no idea why it's such a PITA in planetside and SWG, everything can be done in a way that is easy but even so you only need to make each macro once so it's not like it would eat up all your gaming time. Also in EQ2 they have a seperate UI window with all the social macros on draggable hot keys already that you can just put on a bank in your hotbar if you want, so really you only need to make a macro if you want to add an emote that plays with the social or chain a couple to play in successtion, etc...

[Gunther]

This screenshot shows the reticle in the middle of the screen.


One of the subspecies of Hybrid.
There are more screenshots at 1up.