Yes, sitting on objects like chairs is sadly not possible at all (at the moment) and has been suggested a lot in the past.
I think the devs had just too many other things to worry about in the past (and now as well) but this will be a great reminder for them to enhance the "in a room" experience as well.
Well actually there's a way to lie down - but that one's avoided most of the time (dieing and lying around) so it should be at least technically possible to allow lying on the floor in general even if not on special objects like beds or hammocks.
Hope this'll find its way inside the game - have you considered asking on http://dev.ryzom.com if it's technically possible and what kind of effort it'd take to realize?
A funny side note regarding lying down in other games:
Most of the time it will just be NPCs that are lying down (visibly) or you are lowering yourself on a bed and will get a black screen. (That's my experience from the Gothic/Risen and Elder Scrolls series')
So maybe there's a bigger hurdle of some kind to make lying down work well.
I think the devs had just too many other things to worry about in the past (and now as well) but this will be a great reminder for them to enhance the "in a room" experience as well.
Well actually there's a way to lie down - but that one's avoided most of the time (dieing and lying around) so it should be at least technically possible to allow lying on the floor in general even if not on special objects like beds or hammocks.
Hope this'll find its way inside the game - have you considered asking on http://dev.ryzom.com if it's technically possible and what kind of effort it'd take to realize?
A funny side note regarding lying down in other games:
Most of the time it will just be NPCs that are lying down (visibly) or you are lowering yourself on a bed and will get a black screen. (That's my experience from the Gothic/Risen and Elder Scrolls series')
So maybe there's a bigger hurdle of some kind to make lying down work well.
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