Horses

[Mask]

From what I can tell, there is some skilled animation and AI planned for the final release. For this reason... how plausible is it that the team would consider horses for the game? They're always a pain to animate and do the AI for, but if you already have those problems, perhaps they'll be considerable?

Horses go well with the samurai and post-apocalyptic theme. They'd also be VERY useful for a lot of modding.


If the Devs see this, please let us know how feasible this would be.

[wolfwood296]

this has been talked about before and the bearded man has said no to any mount (and only a mabye to a packmule), mounts would tear up combat to much to make fights fun.

[Mask]

OK. Maybe for a sequel.

[Scotterius]

No. This has been answered several times.

[Nephos]

So I guess flying unicorns are a no go, then?

[iSuck345]

Unless he introduces dragons, it's gonna be forever neglected by the community.

[Blxz]

Unless he introduces dragons, it's gonna be forever neglected by the community.

What are you talking about?

[iSuck345]

I'm talking about the most ridiculous and funny thing ever. Also I was making a joke.

[Blxz]

Also I was making a joke.

Ahh, i've just done 36 hours of work in 2 jobs and am totally oblivious to everything right now. probably pretty grumpy too. Wish i could sleep....

[chizfoshiz]

And here I was making my account on the forums about to pop the question about having a cool motorcycle for me and my 4 dudes to ride around on, even if they were slow, oh well.

[DrSalvador]

I'd think buggies or ragtag motorcycles would be cool...just make them unable to run people over and you can't fight from them. though it would be cool to be on a bike and hold your sword out to swipe bandits, heh.
but eh, whatever is put into Kenshi, i'll like it without complaints

[iSuck345]

I'd rather tame animals and make them my pets that fight with me. I can already see... *imagines 3 wolfes eating a bunch of corpses, with my partner watching*

[Cubia]

I'd rather tame animals and make them my pets that fight with me. I can already see... *imagines 3 wolfes eating a bunch of corpses, with my partner watching*

Chris said no to animals as well, although we may get farm animals - pigs, cows, etc.
He didn't say no to weaponised Saints Row The Third purple thingys

[vurt]

In the next update?

[Scotterius]

Chris said no to animals as well

No, he said that they were low on his list now due to the animation work. It is simply a lot of work that might be better left to someone else and he is more interested in mechanics at the moment. He has said that he wants animals.

On animals in general:

'animals and *CENSORED* need models, animations, new code, and then to fit into the combat system. Its a big job and far down my list at the moment.'

On animals as pets:

'I might do, but thats IF they ever get into the game. I would need all the models and animations, need to modify the code a bit, and I would have to figure out how to make them fight. Animals would look weird if they used the same combat code as people.'

On animals as beast of burden:

'...you can be a trader, and I'd like caravans/wagons but I dont want to do animals, so I'm trying to think of a feasible way for them to be self powered without being fast or hi-tec. Until then you can buy these huge backpacks ...'

In summary, I would expect some animals in final Kenshi. I would not expect mounts, or beasts of burden.

EDIT: Arrgh! Vurt! What have you done?

[Blxz]

The hell....? What is that from?

[vurt]

Haha, i just had to google "bee mount" to see if it even existed, and it did. It's from some MMO game.

[iSuck345]

That is the most ORIGINAL mount I've ever seen.

[DrSalvador]

Since it's been said that Kenshi will have a lot more environs than just the desert, It would actually (in my opinion) be an amazing addition to have animals in the game, perhaps wolves, wild dogs, large reptiles, thing of those sorts, but nothing too much as that might break the element of the game. I think it would be awesome to see some wolves dragging off a body after a battle or to have some komodos hunting down unwary travellers. just a thought.

[Santaissick]

Since it's been said that Kenshi will have a lot more environs than just the desert, It would actually (in my opinion) be an amazing addition to have animals in the game, perhaps wolves, wild dogs, large reptiles, thing of those sorts, but nothing too much as that might break the element of the game. I think it would be awesome to see some wolves dragging off a body after a battle or to have some komodos hunting down unwary travellers. just a thought.

Yes, there have been lot of talking about adding wildlife but there haven't been clear yes or no answer from the bearded man. I would love to have animals and hunter would be great career. (When I had nothing to do in skyrim anymore, I started hunting deers It was surprisingly fun. Did it for 2 weeks everyday )

Pet's to fight would be cool. Also it would add more things to crafting. Leather clothes from leather you took from wolves or rhino or bee's. Bone sword *Homer drool* Make a tent, cushion for beds, make food...

Unfortunately it sounds that Chris isn't very enthusiastic about adding animals because he would have to re-do whole fighting system or smthg...