3D Monsters (Ragnarok Online) - Revision history

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	This project however, has gone some way to show how complete the 3D monsters were when they were imported into the game, showing that they had complete states where they could move with animations, attack with animations, die and be revived<ref name=":1" />. There are other references which state that 3D mobs were abandoned by Gravity due to complexities or that they did not integrate into the client well, ~~although~~ this seems not to be the case given what this project has been able to accomplish.		This project however, has gone some way to show how complete the 3D monsters were when they were imported into the game, showing that they had complete states where they could move with animations, attack with animations, die and be revived<ref name=":1" />. There are other references which state that 3D mobs were abandoned by Gravity due to complexities or that they did not integrate into the client well, particularly some saying they were abandoned due to the complexity of attacks in 2D with attacking monsters in 3D, however this seems not to be the case given what this project has been able to accomplish.

			Further evidence of regular Ragnarok Online attacks working without issue or complexity was added in a response by a person named "Denmar John" who ran SpoonFeedRO, who tested the 3D monsters in their server with several classes attacking them at once, without any crashes or deleterious effects.

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			Eventually, the authors considered the project complete after they had finished editing the client to allow for more 3D monsters to be displayed, to increase the number of vertices allowed in the client and other changes. Eventually, the group published a tutorial on how to add the monsters to the Ragnarok Online client.

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			This project however, has gone some way to show how complete the 3D monsters were when they were imported into the game, showing that they had complete states where they could move with animations, attack with animations, die and be revived<ref name=":1" />. There are other references which state that 3D mobs were abandoned by Gravity due to complexities or that they did not integrate into the client well, although this seems not to be the case given what this project has been able to accomplish.

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	== Public-domain efforts ==		== Public-domain efforts ==
	In 2012, several authors (Doss, Ricky92, Olrox, Ai4rei, curiosity, Lemongrass, Shinryo, Yommy and Greenbox) from the [[rAthena]] project undertook a sub-project to get the Granny3D Models (.gr2) models and 3D monsters to work correctly in the Ragnarok Client. ~~This began as people realised that on several Ragnarok~~-~~related hacking forums were able to bypass the granny2.dll, which is primarily used~~ in ~~the client for rendering the 3D monsters for the~~ [~~[War of Emperium (Ragnarok Online)\|War of Emperium]~~]. The authors contacted an author called Ricky92 from ElitePVPers who had written a conversion tool for Granny3D models, who began work on converting Granny3D models from a newer version to an older one which was supported by the Granny3D version in the Ragnarok Online client.		In 2012, several authors (Doss, Ricky92, Olrox, Ai4rei, curiosity, Lemongrass, Shinryo, Yommy and Greenbox) from the [[rAthena]] project undertook a sub-project to get the Granny3D Models (.gr2) models and 3D monsters to work correctly in the Ragnarok Client<ref name=":1">DoSS (2012). ''[Done!] Animated 3D Monsters in RO''. [online] rAthena. Available at: <nowiki>https://rathena.org/board/topic/68884-done-animated-3d-monsters-in-ro</nowiki> [Accessed 19 Nov. 2025]. Archived at https://archive.is/wip/LeVAl

	The converter was eventually completed with the texture being converted to the earliest form of Bink compression, with a sample model of a pyramid being used in-game which worked. The project experimented with various different 3D files which had mixed success due to them being older or newer versions than those supported. Eventually the group succeeded in importing converted RO2 models into Ragnarok Online like the Spore monster:		</ref>. This began as people realised that on several Ragnarok-related hacking forums were able to bypass the granny2.dll, which is primarily used in the client for rendering the 3D monsters for the [[War of Emperium (Ragnarok Online)\|War of Emperium]]. The authors contacted an author called Ricky92 from ElitePVPers who had written a conversion tool for Granny3D models, who began work on converting Granny3D models from a newer version to an older one which was supported by the Granny3D version in the Ragnarok Online client<ref name=":1" />.

			The converter was eventually completed with the texture being converted to the earliest form of Bink compression, with a sample model of a pyramid being used in-game which worked. The project experimented with various different 3D files which had mixed success due to them being older or newer versions than those supported. Eventually the group succeeded in importing converted RO2 models into Ragnarok Online like the Spore monster, a fish and so on<ref name=":1" />:

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	Nakamura also stated that at the time the Dragon Zombie was demonstrated, it was in a "debug mode" which caused it to deal only 1 damage.<ref name=":0" />		Nakamura also stated that at the time the Dragon Zombie was demonstrated, it was in a "debug mode" which caused it to deal only 1 damage.<ref name=":0" />

			== Public-domain efforts ==
			In 2012, several authors (Doss, Ricky92, Olrox, Ai4rei, curiosity, Lemongrass, Shinryo, Yommy and Greenbox) from the [[rAthena]] project undertook a sub-project to get the Granny3D Models (.gr2) models and 3D monsters to work correctly in the Ragnarok Client. This began as people realised that on several Ragnarok-related hacking forums were able to bypass the granny2.dll, which is primarily used in the client for rendering the 3D monsters for the [[War of Emperium (Ragnarok Online)\|War of Emperium]]. The authors contacted an author called Ricky92 from ElitePVPers who had written a conversion tool for Granny3D models, who began work on converting Granny3D models from a newer version to an older one which was supported by the Granny3D version in the Ragnarok Online client.

			The converter was eventually completed with the texture being converted to the earliest form of Bink compression, with a sample model of a pyramid being used in-game which worked. The project experimented with various different 3D files which had mixed success due to them being older or newer versions than those supported. Eventually the group succeeded in importing converted RO2 models into Ragnarok Online like the Spore monster:

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			[[Category:Ragnarok Online]]
			[[Category:Ragnarok Online Cut Co]]
			[[Category:Ragnarok Online Monsters]]
			[[Category:Ragnarok Online Boss Monsters]]

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			[[File:Dragon-zombie-3.jpg\|thumb\|A player in Geffen Dungeon walks around a prototype version of Dragon Zombie, a 3D monster]]
	'''3D Monsters''' in Ragnarok Online were a series of monsters introduced by Gravity as a means of adding new features to Ragnarok Online. The monsters that are known of are [[Dragon Zombie (Ragnarok Online)\|Dragon Zombie]] and [[Hugeling (Ragnarok Online)\|Hugeling]] which have at various points, have had their attributes listed on Gravity sites or operators of Ragnarok Servers in other countries such as Brazil Ragnarok Online<ref>Ragnarok Online Brazil (2024) ''Database Oficial BETA - Home > Monstros > Hugeling''. Available at: <nowiki>https://archive.is/W8eg6</nowiki> (Accessed: 18 January 2024).</ref>		'''3D Monsters''' in Ragnarok Online were a series of monsters introduced by Gravity as a means of adding new features to Ragnarok Online. The monsters that are known of are [[Dragon Zombie (Ragnarok Online)\|Dragon Zombie]] and [[Hugeling (Ragnarok Online)\|Hugeling]] which have at various points, have had their attributes listed on Gravity sites or operators of Ragnarok Servers in other countries such as Brazil Ragnarok Online<ref>Ragnarok Online Brazil (2024) ''Database Oficial BETA - Home > Monstros > Hugeling''. Available at: <nowiki>https://archive.is/W8eg6</nowiki> (Accessed: 18 January 2024).</ref>


	== Background ==		== Background ==

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'''3D Monsters''' in Ragnarok Online were a series of monsters introduced by Gravity as a means of adding new features to Ragnarok Online. The monsters that are known of are [[Dragon Zombie (Ragnarok Online)|Dragon Zombie]] and [[Hugeling (Ragnarok Online)|Hugeling]] which have at various points, have had their attributes listed on Gravity sites or operators of Ragnarok Servers in other countries such as Brazil Ragnarok Online<ref>Ragnarok Online Brazil (2024) ''Database Oficial BETA - Home > Monstros > Hugeling''. Available at: <nowiki>https://archive.is/W8eg6</nowiki> (Accessed: 18 January 2024).</ref>

== Background ==
The original announcement for the 3D monsters was made in 2002's "Korea Amuse World Game Expo 2002", which detailed several new features for Ragnarok Online. According to Japanese game site "Game WATCH" reporter Seiji Nakamura, Gravity mentioned that they were working on Version 3.0 of Ragnarok Online's engine, [[GFC (Ragnarok Online)|GFC]]. Among the announcements for various features was for "full polygon monsters"<ref name=":0">Nakamura, S. (2002) ''ユーザーサービス満点のGravityブースレポート「ラグナロクオンライン」2003年以降の予定を発表'', ''Game WATCH''. Available at: <nowiki>https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20021214/gravity.htm</nowiki> (Accessed: 18 January 2024).</ref> . The intention of these monsters was to prove a challenge and require higher level characters in parties to band together in order to defeat them<ref name=":0" />, noting that they would be tested on the Sakray server in January of 2003<ref name=":0" />.

Nakamura also stated that at the time the Dragon Zombie was demonstrated, it was in a "debug mode" which caused it to deal only 1 damage.<ref name=":0" />

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