Faunzy's flute?

[Amy Obscurite]

Soooooo, if you were on the homepage a few minutes ago, you might have seen an advert for Gaia's first active item... It's been taken out now, so don't bother looking for it.


BUT WHAT DOES THIS IMPLY?! gonk My guess is for an animated item. Now, I know what you're thinking. "But Aaaaaaamyyyyy! You can't have .GIF avatars! It's against the laws of Gaia Physics!" But I happen to know of a little tidbit. ninja

If you run Firefox 3 or Opera 9.5, you can view APNG images. APNG stands for Animated Portable Network Graphics, which is an animated version of .PNG. So, as long as you have FF3 or Opera 9.5, you can see these lovely animated items! Anyone running any older versions or another browser will still see your avatar, just not animated, so nothing to worry about.


So! What do you think of this? Do you agree with my theory? Let's hear your opinions!


EDIT: Here's the ad in case anyone missed it:

EDIT EDIT: I decided to take the ad out. I don't want a mod/admin/dev coming in here and busting a cap in my a** for leaking an ad. xDD  

[Tamei Dukes]

NONONO
So unnatural, like I'd take me at least 2 months to see peoples avatars with floating musical instruments.
(I saw the add)

I don't think I'd get one.....unless it was amazingly awesome.

 

[Amy Obscurite]

[T_mama]

NONONO
So unnatural, like I'd take me at least 2 months to see peoples avatars with floating musical instruments.
(I saw the add)

I don't think I'd get one.....unless it was amazingly awesome.

I probably won't get it. It'll be like £20 in the cash shop and like, MILLIONS in the MP. D; I like the concept of a .APNG item, though. 3nodding  

[Asury]

maybe it's a questy like item...
somehow I really don't want animated thingys, I think once it start it won't end and reading every thread with flying thingys would be to @_@

maybe its like a tamagotchi or something XD
you do stuff with it and stuff happens...?  

[Amy Obscurite]

Asury

maybe it's a questy like item...
somehow I really don't want animated thingys, I think once it start it won't end and reading every thread with flying thingys would be to

maybe its like a tamagotchi or something XD
you do stuff with it and stuff happens...?

Ohh, I like that idea. Like an interactive pet? Sounds pretty cool.

Apparently a lot of people are scared by the concept of animated items. xD  

[Faerdra]

i think it'd be interesting . . . but probly hell for people with slower internet. . . i can see it causing a lot of lag . . .  

[Amy Obscurite]

Faerdra

i think it'd be interesting . . . but probly hell for people with slower internet. . . i can see it causing a lot of lag . . .

I guess so. But I doubt they'll be too complex, since Gaia tries to cater to all internet users (Even though the banner seems to load slowly on my laptop). But think about having loads of animations on the avatar! gonk gonk gonk  

[Faerdra]

i'm not sure i'd like it, even having posting styles lagged my computer when i had dial up. . . we'll see though i suppose. . . they musta change their minds or something to've taken the add down. . .  

[Amy Obscurite]

Faerdra

i'm not sure i'd like it, even having posting styles lagged my computer when i had dial up. . . we'll see though i suppose. . . they musta change their minds or something to've taken the add down. . .

Hmm. Active doesn't really mean moving, though, just implies it. xD  

[Cattrain]

It doesn't even have to be apng to be animated.
We talked about animated items in the SF a while ago. I found this image from an announcement in March. The only thing is, when Windows users saved the image, it saved as GIF. I am using Linux, and I saved it, and it saved as PNG.


http://a2.cdn.gaiaonline.com/gaia/members/ava/d8/87/f0186c18787d8_flip.png  

[Eriwain]

I -really- hope it isnt animated sad I think i would have to turn images off if they did move. or flash. urgh, it just looks horrible. I do hope that its interactive instead.

 

[Amy Obscurite]

Cattrain

It doesn't even have to be apng to be animated.
We talked about animated items in the SF a while ago. I found this image from an announcement in March. The only thing is, when Windows users saved the image, it saved as GIF. I am using Linux, and I saved it, and it saved as PNG.


http://a2.cdn.gaiaonline.com/gaia/members/ava/d8/87/f0186c18787d8_flip.png

Hmm. But I'm pretty sure you need to have the image saved as a .PNG to change the avatars. Not completely sure though. Computers are confusing to me. xD

Eriwain: It really could mean anything. 'Challenge the master and win the treasure' could mean something like an item quest or an interactive item. 3nodding  

[Eriwain]

Battle System?

 

[TakingOverMe...]

Spy my body online,
Electrothanasia is so fine

I came online too late to see it D:

Spy my body online,
De profundis clam.avi

 

[Karma v2]

So it's out officially and it's kinda weird. You equip it and the new NPC challenges you to rock, paper, scissors. You win, you get a prize. Not impressed with the prizes quite yet....