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Game & Forum Discussion => Game Discussion => Game Suggestions & Ideas => Topic started by: proudwolf on February 06, 2012, 03:45:40 am

Title: Tail Swishing
Post by: proudwolf on February 06, 2012, 03:45:40 am
 In all of the Roleplays I join, there is constantly a;

Bob sighed and rolled his eyes. He was truly annoyed. He swished his tail  in utter fury.

I believe there should be a Tail Swish motion. I believe it would be realistic in the actions of animals in everday life. Some may say, "Oh. Thats so useless. Who would use it?" I'm my opinion, many would use it. It would be a great addition to Roleplays everywhere.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Lawcere on February 06, 2012, 03:51:01 am
Have to say I would spam that action like mad! Animals rely a great deal on body language to communicate, so this, as well as baring their teeth, flattening their ears, and raising their tail to show dominance and putting their tail between their legs to show fear/submission, should be actions within the game. And it would be just as "useless" as having those dances or half of those emotes, so why not?
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: brodylove on February 06, 2012, 04:13:10 am
I love that idea i also like lawcere's idea about the tail between the legs thing.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: heartsgirl99 on February 06, 2012, 04:54:40 am
Love the idea!
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: MetaKnight101 on February 06, 2012, 05:42:43 am
epic idea!! in all the warriors RPs theres always soemthing like 'SilverStar swished her tail towards the forest, "Badgerpaw you can go hunting with RedTail"
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Frostpaw860 on February 07, 2012, 01:51:24 am
I find this as a wonderful and realistic idea for FH~! It enchances body motions like real animals as Lawcere said. Having the game to seem more "Real" can even make RPing much more fun. Since their is a large majority of players that do that. :3  
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Thunderlion123 on February 11, 2012, 01:46:06 am
Fantastic idea. Perhaps there would be different kinds of swishing? The tip of the tail twitching, the whole tail curling and uncurling, switching to the opposite side of the body, etc.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Crin on February 11, 2012, 02:58:51 am
{color=teal]Law just stole the words directly from me. Tail swishing, ear pinning, teeth baring... yes. While the tail does slightly move already, it really needs an action for more of that.[/color]
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: wolf8u on February 11, 2012, 03:08:19 am
It would be a great idea to add tail swishing.I also think there should be different actions like Law said.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: proudwolf on February 11, 2012, 03:14:49 am
I am honestly surprised to see that so many people would agree with this :3 I am glad others see how useful it is.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Ouuka on February 12, 2012, 08:55:05 am
I think it would be something good in the future to have on game :)
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Tanglemask on February 12, 2012, 04:23:23 pm
What would be better is if like Law says with the tail up and in between the legs is if you could walk/crawl with them that way as well. Like if you were getting yelled at in an rp (In character of coursE) you could walk away with your tail between your legs and ears drooped.

Just a random idea XD
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: wolfgirl56 on February 12, 2012, 04:45:30 pm
There should be a tail swishing action and the other actions some people already mentioned.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Gypsy Soul on February 12, 2012, 05:44:09 pm
This is a great idea. If they can add Troll face, they can make a tail swish.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: brodylove on February 12, 2012, 06:35:13 pm
We should get kovu to look at this (if he already has then just ignore this xD )
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Lawcere on February 12, 2012, 09:33:27 pm
Quote from: -$brodylove$- on February 12, 2012, 06:35:13 pm
We should get kovu to look at this (if he already has then just ignore this xD )

I don't think Kovu ever pays any attention to what goes on in the forum, or the game for that matter.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: brodylove on February 12, 2012, 10:49:47 pm
Oh, i did not know. Sorry.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Lawcere on February 13, 2012, 01:15:30 am
Quote from: -$brodylove$- on February 12, 2012, 10:49:47 pm
Oh, i did not know. Sorry.

It's ok, it's Kov's fault for not devoting more time to FH.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: sarabi26 on February 15, 2012, 10:41:49 am
Great idea :) i always have to put it in writing >:(
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: EvilSock on February 15, 2012, 11:29:39 am
Yeah, sure.  Although take note that canines and felines use their tail displays differently I.e Canine tails rise when exaggerating dominance and become pinned when submissive whereas a feline with a risen tail is more submissive and friendly, with the tail becoming  more low when dominant, pinning when frightened and lashing when angry.

I actually preferred the simple tail flick back in IT. I don't know about everyone else, but I don't really like the idea of having the action box flooded with extremely similar moves when they can be reduced to just one or two.
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: Lawcere on February 15, 2012, 04:37:26 pm
It'd be better if there were hotkeys for the actions so you wouldn't need to constantly scroll through to find the one you want, but I still think a few decent ones are still needed. The actions could be the same for both feline and canine, just opposite controls - like the "dominant" action for a wolf would be to raise the tail, while the "submissive" action for the lion would do the same. And you could assign them to a random key; t, y, u, i, o, p, l, k, j, h, g... None of these are used for game controls (or if you have your custom key settings just choose a free key).

For tail actions we could use Swish, Lash, Dominant, Submissive, and Fear. That's not very many.
For ear actions you can simply make custom emotes, so they don't require their own actions.

Another thing I think would go along well with this is lowering the head. You can only look downward in game, but it would be neat to lower the head while still looking forward (though I suppose this is done in crouch).
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: sarabi26 on March 02, 2012, 01:59:35 pm
Love it also because... I WHIP MY TAIL BACK AND FORUTH I WHIP MY TAIL BACK AND FOURHT XD
Title: Re: Tail Swishing
Post by: kapassa on April 11, 2012, 12:00:24 am
OMG I LOVE THAT IDEA!!!  can a MOD add it right NOW!! i also want baring teeth