Discussion: Issue 12's Improved Character Creator

Torell · 03-31-2008 05:37 PM

more shiney stuff is always better.. thanks!

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Arcanaville · 03-31-2008 05:41 PM

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With the slider to see how it scales with level? ZOMG! The coolness... it's... it's too much! I think I need to have a little lie down for awhile.....

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I just have one question for you Arcanaville, why the heck aren't you working for NCSoft yet? I'm getting the impression that you had a hand in helping pohsyb with all these Real Number implemations.

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I suggested the slider. The other 99.999% is all pohsyb. And he, you know, did all the actual writing of code and stuff. He should get at least half the credit.

(Actually, there is one other suggestion I made that is in there, but the slider is the cooler one)

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houtex · 03-31-2008 06:24 PM

I just came in to say... LOVE the creation tweaks. Love them. Can't wait.

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Dr_Darkspeed · 03-31-2008 06:27 PM

Wow, you took one of the best things about the game and seemingly made it better. Yay!

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Eislor · 03-31-2008 06:54 PM

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What does the Real Numbers windoid show for minions and pets, out of curiousity?

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It shows what powers they have. If you click one of the powers in their list, it expands to show all of its detailed information too.

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*blink* *blink* *blink*

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JDub · 03-31-2008 07:02 PM

Glad to see the real numbers part, that is really great.

Can we get screenies of Talsorian Broadsword and Dual Blades now.....plz?

Executioner_Void · 03-31-2008 07:06 PM

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Glad to see the real numbers part, that is really great.

Can we get screenies of Talsorian Broadsword and Dual Blades now.....plz?

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Even better, can we start closed beta now so we can play with our new Talsorian weapons now.......plz?

Big_Soto · 03-31-2008 07:07 PM

I want different heads, Birds, Owls, Dragons, Sharks, Bears, Horse, Cobra, etc....

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Changeling · 03-31-2008 08:26 PM

How cool.

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Robo_Knight · 03-31-2008 08:26 PM

Can you guys please make the height slider go too 10 feet and let us change the height of our characters after thier created? Please?

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Dysmal · 03-31-2008 08:34 PM

Both are great additions. The costume set menu will be great for people when they get their Samurai veteran rewards, for example.

The seeing numbers on powers you're going to pick is a great idea. However, please add this to the Villain Patron Pool Info Plaques so people can see the info before choosing a patron.

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CybinMonde · 03-31-2008 09:08 PM

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Looks great.

Do you think we could ever get the ability to save costumes? That would be the tops.

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too tired/excited to read the whole thread to see if anyone else mentioned this yet, but...

check out the last screenshot in the announcement. see what it says there as the costume name? nothing from the list of presets.. nope. it says "custom".

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FlyingCodeMonkey · 03-31-2008 09:25 PM

The new character creation screen looks awesome. Really, really want!

I could spend hours staring at the power details without even creating any characters. I probably will. I'm one of those people.

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Crime_of_Fashion · 03-31-2008 09:58 PM

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Looks great.

Do you think we could ever get the ability to save costumes? That would be the tops.

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too tired/excited to read the whole thread to see if anyone else mentioned this yet, but...

check out the last screenshot in the announcement. see what it says there as the costume name? nothing from the list of presets.. nope. it says "custom".

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Well spotted

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MissHolly · 03-31-2008 10:02 PM

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too tired/excited to read the whole thread to see if anyone else mentioned this yet, but...

check out the last screenshot in the announcement. see what it says there as the costume name? nothing from the list of presets.. nope. it says "custom".

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If I had to guess, I would imagine "custom" means you're starting your costume from scratch, and you're going to look for all of the parts yourself. Nothing on the screenshot looked new- it looked like a mix and match of a bunch of different costumes.

Kind of like how your face shows as "custom" if you change all the sliders around yourself.

Mandu · 03-31-2008 10:02 PM

Wow, one of my ideas got used. Of course I'm sure the devs thought it up on their own, plus dozens of others have probably made the suggestion themselves.

Yet somehow I feel good that my idea of a dropdown menu for selecting costume sets made it through.

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Zombie Man · 03-31-2008 10:57 PM

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Looks great.

Do you think we could ever get the ability to save costumes? That would be the tops.

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too tired/excited to read the whole thread to see if anyone else mentioned this yet, but...

check out the last screenshot in the announcement. see what it says there as the costume name? nothing from the list of presets.. nope. it says "custom".

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As mentioned above, if you're not choosing one of the preset costumes, then you're making your own custom costume. Choosing 'custome' means, you move on to pick individual pieces. Nothing about that implies saving the costume except for when you finish the character creation process and enter the game with it.

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Lighthouse_NA · 03-31-2008 11:21 PM

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Looks great.

Do you think we could ever get the ability to save costumes? That would be the tops.

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too tired/excited to read the whole thread to see if anyone else mentioned this yet, but...

check out the last screenshot in the announcement. see what it says there as the costume name? nothing from the list of presets.. nope. it says "custom".

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As mentioned above, if you're not choosing one of the preset costumes, then you're making your own custom costume. Choosing 'custome' means, you move on to pick individual pieces. Nothing about that implies saving the costume except for when you finish the character creation process and enter the game with it.

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Correct.

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Ice_Wall · 03-31-2008 11:54 PM

Any chance the improved costume creator will allow us to choose wether or not to spend our free costume tokens in the tailor? Id like to be able to save them for big overhauls rather than having to use them when I want to change a couple details that really bother me..

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Mr. NoPants · 04-01-2008 12:11 AM

Man if we could save/load costumes SG uniforms would be a snap.

Fleeting Whisper · 04-01-2008 12:32 AM

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Looks great.

Do you think we could ever get the ability to save costumes? That would be the tops.

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too tired/excited to read the whole thread to see if anyone else mentioned this yet, but...

check out the last screenshot in the announcement. see what it says there as the costume name? nothing from the list of presets.. nope. it says "custom".

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As mentioned above, if you're not choosing one of the preset costumes, then you're making your own custom costume. Choosing 'custome' means, you move on to pick individual pieces. Nothing about that implies saving the costume except for when you finish the character creation process and enter the game with it.

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Correct.

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Baneful · 04-01-2008 12:56 AM

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Man if we could save/load costumes SG uniforms would be a snap.

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Id be happy if the colors in SG mode didn't reset every time i changed in and out of it... and that it would remember how the colors were set per costume.

BUT besides that, looks amazing, great work devs!

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Pax__ · 04-01-2008 04:06 AM

Very, very nice QoL feature to see. I look forward to making far too much use of it (must ... make ... new ... ALTS!!!).

Angelsilhouette · 04-01-2008 05:38 AM

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Looks great.

Do you think we could ever get the ability to save costumes? That would be the tops.

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too tired/excited to read the whole thread to see if anyone else mentioned this yet, but...

check out the last screenshot in the announcement. see what it says there as the costume name? nothing from the list of presets.. nope. it says "custom".

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As mentioned above, if you're not choosing one of the preset costumes, then you're making your own custom costume. Choosing 'custome' means, you move on to pick individual pieces. Nothing about that implies saving the costume except for when you finish the character creation process and enter the game with it.

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However it would be a fantastic feature if we could save a costume locally so that if we decided to re-roll the toon because we didn't like the powersets but liked the costume because we spent ages playing with the creator and the proportions, we wouldn't have to go in and re-do everything.

NeoSporin · 04-01-2008 05:54 AM

So, are werewolves gonna have some sort of canine tail? Maybe even a tail that sorta comes close to slightly suggesting a wolves' tail?

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