LittleBigPlanet 3: Everything We Know So Far!

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Originally Posted by GribbleGrunger

Well we know that we have an advanced mover, an animation tool with 'jump' and that we can orientate sackboy how we want ... It's a given that top down or isometric levels will no longer look clumsy when sackboy jumps. It would be great if there was a setting that enabled the 16 layers to become levels to jump up or down to instead of having to shift layers to give the impression of sackboy jumping, but that's asking too much ... isn't it?!

Those examples you posted show exactly why the word 'workaround' started to drive me nuts. Yes, is was clever considering the limitations and yes, you can admire the effort to get something approximating the desired result, but we need (and it looks like we have) to move away from those restraints and make LBP3 a true game creator.

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You seem knowledgeable on this. I may have missed it, but is there a video somewhere of a reoriented top-down sackboy walking? I wouldn't mind seeing how this looks as far as raw animations go when "walking on walls". Or, perhaps I'd just need to add a feet shuffle animation when speed is above 1, or something. I think I could work with it either way.

Another thing I wish they'd do that I havent heard yet is change the direction of "up" for physics reasons. The reason I mention this is that things like fire, they float north rather than "up" if you do top down. I'm sure I have a video example of this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPq1TsprxZA

It looks okay, but can be a bit annoying. Especially if they add "3d cameras", viewing from anything other than direct top-down will start to become very noticeable. I wish we could shift gravity so that particles would animate in a preferred way. Either way though, I'm happy with the new tools and improvements of what I've seen so far.

(And for the walking animation, I could always animate larger things to move like I did here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdkEoZM76ag "created" animation doesn't seem to be too offputting. The only problem is with created creatures and animations is that you can only do true top-down. angled cameras would ruin the illusion. So very happy for the new sack-bodies, if all works well I can actually make beasts and what-not with oddsock and some of the others without having to actually "make" them. I'd much prefer that.)

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Originally Posted by RonPierce

You seem knowledgeable on this. I may have missed it, but is there a video somewhere of a reoriented top-down sackboy walking? I wouldn't mind seeing how this looks as far as raw animations go when "walking on walls". Or, perhaps I'd just need to add a feet shuffle animation when speed is above 1, or something. I think I could work with it either way.

Another thing I wish they'd do that I havent heard yet is change the direction of "up" for physics reasons. The reason I mention this is that things like fire, they float north rather than "up" if you do top down. I'm sure I have a video example of this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPq1TsprxZA

It looks okay, but can be a bit annoying. Especially if they add "3d cameras", viewing from anything other than direct top-down will start to become very noticeable. I wish we could shift gravity so that particles would animate in a preferred way. Either way though, I'm happy with the new tools and improvements of what I've seen so far.

(And for the walking animation, I could always animate larger things to move like I did here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdkEoZM76ag "created" animation doesn't seem to be too offputting. The only problem is with created creatures and animations is that you can only do true top-down. angled cameras would ruin the illusion. So very happy for the new sack-bodies, if all works well I can actually make beasts and what-not with oddsock and some of the others without having to actually "make" them. I'd much prefer that.)

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Oh, I'm far from knowledgeable about these things. I just have a decent grasp on what is necessary to create a desired result. Creating it is another thing! LOL.

The shifting gravity idea is something I was praying would be in the game but I'm sure it's harder than we think to achieve. It could be there but from my brief conversation over at gaf with one of the devs, I think it's still going to come down to a workaround. There are lots of new effects so top down/isometric fire and the such should be much easier to achieve:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxb96zpIEAEFNvQ.jpg:large

Did anyone point out the new spikes in the Topdown Race Gate picture? It looks like they top down spikes since they have an isometric icon like the Top Down Race gate


Also i havent seen this picture in the thread yet.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxb5RvPIYAALklc.jpg

https://twitter.com/rialrees/status/510869486824869888

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Originally Posted by Menen101

Did anyone point out the new spikes in the Topdown Race Gate picture? It looks like they top down spikes since they have an isometric icon like the Top Down Race gate


Also i havent seen this picture in the thread yet.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxb5RvPIYAALklc.jpg

https://twitter.com/rialrees/status/510869486824869888

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... Nice catch... That gives me hope, seems more and more like they're embracing top-down epicness. :)

Hey everyone, Ria made a GameJam thread revealing create mode containing everything you need to know! Here is a link!

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sho...Mode-Revealed!

-hyper

I looked through and I didn't see it mentioned (I'm so sorry if I missed it), but has there been any update on if costumes will be transferable or not?

I've heard mixed things from "Only the PS3 version" to "No altogether" to "Just DLC costumes" along with people saying they could just save their costumes in a level since all levels are apparently transferring? But wouldn't that not work since some parts won't be back? And really, this is mostly what I care about. I was never able to create any levels (despite having ideas I would've loved to put together) so I just want to know these things so I can prepare better for LBP3.

I'm really excited for all of this :D but what's happening with the music sequencer though? any new instruments? Maybe I missed something...

Rialrees said she couldn't talk about the music sequencer... Rather interesting 8)

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Originally Posted by yugnar

Rialrees said she couldn't talk about the music sequencer... Rather interesting 8)

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Very interesting if you ask me. I've got this sneaking suspicion that they've gone for a modular approach with the music creator and it's far more in depth than before. I think you'll be able to transfer it over to other devices in MP3 form, or place it in your game as usual. I'd also suggest we can have more than one track in a level. I also think each 'line' will be either 'active' or 'inactive' and we'll set to either using tags, which means people will be able to separate each line to create nuances of the main theme or even lay a completely new track down on another line. It just makes sense to me. Perhaps we'll also be able to 'loop' certain sections too.

Adding in a mini preview image of Level trailers!

-hyper

I should comment on here more often! Anywho, I was super excited when I heard about the option to make materials climbable; I've always wanted do that! I hope to make a level in LBP3 similar to something like Rampage, so the player could climb buildings and smash them for point bubbles. I loved that game series!

http://cubemedia.gamespy.com/cube/im...2104822476.jpg

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Originally Posted by hyperdude95

Update: #13: A wonderful teaser on twitter shows us a glimpse of custom level trailers in the pod menu! A previous tweet hinted that the PS4 App Share Factory was used!

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Share Factory was used but its usage is completely optional.

You can either...

- Directly attach a Share video clip of up to 30 seconds to your level.

- Take a longer clip or collection of clips to Share Factory and splice them together to make your very own awesome 30 second trailer for your level that folks can watch in-game before playing your level.

General gameplay streaming and video uploads to YouTube do not have this 30 second time-limit.

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Originally Posted by StevenI

Share Factory was used but its usage is completely optional.

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Maybe slightly off-topic but will Share Factory itself be receiving a LBP theme with transition effects etc.?

I think I probably pre-ordered the game for PS3 but I think it will not have this feature but that's ok! :)

PS: Is there anything else different between the PS4 and PS3 version?

Ah, neat! Thanks for the clarification Steven! Updated the main thread. :)

-hyper

Really looking forward to LBP3 and all its new features! Everything here seems very promising. :)

Does anyone here know if they have made any changes to the cameras? If there has been some info about it already, then I must have missed that...

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Originally Posted by Jupa88

Really looking forward to LBP3 and all its new features! Everything here seems very promising. :)

Does anyone here know if they have made any changes to the cameras? If there has been some info about it already, then I must have missed that...

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The cameras now have a Depth of Field feature as well as able to track the player in the Z axis. :)

-hyper

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Originally Posted by hyperdude95

The cameras now have a Depth of Field feature as well as able to track the player in the Z axis. :)

-hyper

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Thanks for the info! Can't wait to get my hands on the game and try all these changes and new tools. :)

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Originally Posted by hyperdude95

The cameras now have a Depth of Field feature as well as able to track the player in the Z axis. :)

-hyper

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The depth of field is improved as well as you can set it coming from the front, back, or both. Ex. 20% back, 10% front.

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Originally Posted by ForgottenEnigma

Maybe slightly off-topic but will Share Factory itself be receiving a LBP theme with transition effects etc.?

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That would be pretty cool, wouldn't it?

;)