Mass Champion Model Resize

Driƒtwood·11/4/2014, 5:05:42 AM·2 votes·1,543 views

To be completely honest, I'm a little ignorant in regard to champion model size-hitbox interaction. I assume that each champion has a unique hotbox based upon their model visual.

My main proposition is somewhat unrelated; however, I am prefacing it with the above statement.

As we know, many champions are simply dramatically clunky and outdated in appearance (Taric, Singed), but, as we know, Riot acknowledges this and is working to update said champions' visuals (and have come through with fantastic results, as we've seen with Twisted Fate, Karthus, Nidalee, etc.). However, the rest of the champions, the visually acceptable ones, if you will, there is still a graphical problem. While the models look good individually, when compared to one another, one can often be larger/smaller than the other.

Isn't that silly? It seems like a shame to put so many man-hours into creating highly-detailed, well-animated models and end up botching it all in a few lines of code.

Take, for example, possibly the worst instance of this phenomenon the (relatively) recently-released legendary skin, Aether Wing Kayle. Personally, I'm a fan of the skin. It looks great, feels unique, and it stands out. Unfortunately, there is a pretty significant problem. She looks like a toy next to other champions! And I'm not talking about Cho'Gath, who makes 98% of the other champs look like toys. I'm talking about Kat, Mf, Lux, and the like. Her default model size is pretty much the same, although not quite as bad. The fact that Aether Wing Kayle has a greater size discrepancy, yet was released more recently than the default skin is both disturbing and worrying to me.

What I propose should be pretty simple. Just adjust the overall side for each model until they match the others. Obviously monsters and non-human creatures could be all sorts of sizes, but the humans should all have similar proportions, instead of some looking like 3/4 scale models of the others.

If I am to be completely honest, in all likelihood, this is really only an issue for me. I'm bothered by little things like that, and since this game is so important to me, this weighs on my mind. But hey, who knows, maybe enough people agree with me to get something going here.

**TL;DR

Champions are all different sizes, let's make them the same.**

Side note: depending on how much a change this might incur in some of the more dramatically disproportionate champions, this could have an adverse effect on gameplay. This is what I was leading up to in the beginning. It would be great of someone from Riot could fill me in on this.

4 Comments

Turarthdur11/4/2014, 5:08:19 AM1 votes

Well if its any comfort people come in all different sizes so perhaps riot made these "discrepancies" as you call them were an intentional decision to make the game more realistic.

The Mormonator11/4/2014, 5:18:45 AM1 votes

Oh my gosh, someone who sees the way I do. Up. Vote.