Turbine Games Q&A/Backstory/Q-17
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No Lefties?
| Asked: | 2000.11.10 |
| Name: | Lilmartin |
| Question Title: | No Lefties? |
| Category: | Backstory |
| Question: | Why are there no lefties in dereth? did the portals only appear to/suck up right handed people? or is it just a waste of time to animate figures for left and right handed chars? |
| Answered: | 2000.11.13 |
| Name: | Sean. |
| Answer: | Time is not the only consideration when you have so many animations to store in memory. Memory for animations can add up quickly. We don't store keyframes, we store every frame for every animated part. This allows for a faster engine, but requires more memory. Sean. |