10-26-2009, 05:13 PM
(10-26-2009, 04:48 PM)Kirbyfan Wrote: Your assumption is incorrect. The picking up and holding would be sprited both ways as well, and is certainly would stay on the same hand.You're missing my point.
If we just FLIP the sprites, it'll look odd because now their right hand is on their left, and they'll be holding the weapon in the wrong direction. The way to fix this would be to move the sprite to their other hand, but that would look stupid animated, and it'd be illogical compared to the characters that are ALWAYS equipped with weapons and are sprited facing the other direction.
If we sprite the new direction, all of the aforementioned problems are fixed, but it's an extra work load that not everybody will be up for doing.