it’s even more stupid because that’s not how the mount works in Pokémon anyway
Comment on Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 weeks agoIt’s the using a creature to glide that’s the specific problem this time. Not the “using a creature” per se, but “pressing a button to instantly summon a non-player-controlled game-creature to allow for gliding, which is instantly dismissed once the player touches the ground” or something like that in the patent
Caesium@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s how it works in Legends: Arceus, isn’t it?
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
As described in the patent, yes. You press one button, you start riding said mount. If it’s glider mount, it automatically changes to the stag once you touch the ground OR to the fish if you fall to the water.
Palworld never had this “automatic change from one mount to another”, at best it was the glider pals that you didn’t have to manually summon in order to glide and went away once you touched the ground or water. I’ve skimmed the patent a few times, but I don’t recall it having a case for going from creature-assisted-gliding to back on foot
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Introduce a .5 second delay before dismissing the creature upon touching the ground.
NightFantom@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Which is equally insane, no?
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Yes, the more you read the patent the more you just want to grab whoever approved it and force them to explain how and why it deserved it, despite lots of prior implementations.
Yermaw@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
As far as I understand patent law, if nobody has actually patented something someone can just say “mine lol” and scoop up royalties and block shit for spite.