Would it ever be possible to remove mount scaling?

rockster

I walked past the mount yard the other day and noticed how huge the Yeth Hound was, it looked really impressive. I decided to buy one based purely on the fact it was the size it was. So I got one from the AH and it wasn't that expensive, under 30k, but when I got on it it was tiny compared to the one in the stable. I put them side by side and you can see a vast difference, the one in the stable is huge and the one I'm on is much smaller. It's the same exact mount, only the size has changed. I'm guessing it's because this character is a dwarf and I made him as small as possible. So the mount is scaling to the 'appropriate' size for the rider. But that's not the look I was going for and I wanted the larger mount (I ended up using the Leg Adolescent Deep Crow because it's huge).

There's no reason not to just leave mounts the one size (or even have a tickbox to elect to disable size scaling), it's not like the hands ever look realistic when they 'hold' invisible reins anyway so it wouldn't matter if the mount was too large for the body. You buy a mount to ride on for the look of it and a huge part of that is how big or small it is. Cheers.

rockster

Or alternatively introduce the existing mount scaling function as something we have control over ourselves in settings so we can (within restricted parameters) adjust the sizes of all mounts and customize them ourselves. You already have the ability to do this because you scale down all sorts of thing as vanity pets. So you can adjust sizes already.

greywynd

The mount is scaled to the rider. The mount is bigger than the companion.

rockster

I know it is, that was the whole point of the thread. To suggest it is removed or changed.

hustin1

I can understand why they have to scale certain mounts: they need anchor points on character models to match up with anchor points on mount models. Think hand, knee, foot, and seat positions. If they didn't scale mounts then weird things would happen like your legs never being visible because they would always be inside the mount.

That's not to say that they always get it right. Take a female half-orc and place her on an Armored Bullette mount. Her lower canines will grow into foot-long chopsticks.

rockster

I just found one which does not scale, which is interesting because it shows that it's already happening in the game and possible. This character is almost exactly the same size as Regis is, so pretty tiny and as small as u can make a character in this game, so the mount would normally be a lot smaller than the original is, but when u go up to the chicken vendor (which is the same exact size as the mount) his mount is the same size as well, even though he's smaller. I tested it on a normal size character and it's the same size on both.