oooh customization!

Lady_Sadako · 06-19-2009 02:29 PM

Aaaaaand things just got INTERESTING

EDIT: bah, scooped

EDIT EDIT: As Quasadu has pointed out, the names of the images are purple_fire_control and blue_fire_dominator.

Liquid · 06-19-2009 03:12 PM

I predict a speech by Statesman.

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The criminal mastermind known as Dr. Brainstorm has somehow altered the fabric of the universe and allowed the archetypes of the Rogue Isles access to power colors that they did not have previously.

By using the Hypothetical Frameworks used by inventors the world over, he laid the foundation of his master plan.

We believe that even Dr. Brainstorm could not foresee the full effects of this, as many of the heroic archetypes have found similar new colors for their powers.

Surely this is to maintain some sort of cosmic fashion balance, but to be sure Positron as well as the city's top scientists are looking into the situation.

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Please try my custom mission arcs!
Legacy of a Rogue (ID 459586, Entry for Dr. Aeon's Third Challenge)
Death for Dollars! (ID 1050)
Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare (ID 1218)
Win the Past, Own the Future (ID 1429)

Nethergoat · 06-19-2009 03:24 PM

Huh, looks like I was wrong- power customization won't be in Going Rogue after all.

=P

The Nethergoat Archive: all my memories, all my characters, all my thoughts on CoH...eventually.

My City Was Gone

Obscure Blade · 06-19-2009 03:26 PM

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Huh, looks like I was wrong- power customization won't be in Going Rogue after all.

=P

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< wild speculation mode >

Unless this is just color customization, and GR will have graphics customization on top of that ?

Arc #40529 : The Furies of the Earth

Perfect_Pain · 06-19-2009 05:23 PM

Hue Shifting in this game! WooHa!
Now I can Keep all my buddies... Keep my Billions of ingame currency... and Keep all the characters I already love...

And never have to think twice about another super hero mmo promising all the same crap this game already has >.>

LISAR · 06-19-2009 08:00 PM

I can't wait to make a darkety darkster scrapper who has bright yellow powers.

Harry_Canyon · 06-19-2009 08:23 PM

Yeppers!

Was not interested in CO in the first place, but this assures I will not even glance at a trial. why bother setting up shop for five years in another game to get where I am now? Always was of a mind that this game would hold its own, but now am sure it will hold everyone else to a higher standard as well. You raised the bar years ago, and now you just chucked that sucker straight into orbit...

Good luck Jack. I hope you are proud to see how your baby has become a man.

MY FAREWELL GIFT

It is never truly gone, as long as there is someone left to remember.

Kitsune9tails · 06-19-2009 08:56 PM

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It's not licensed. NCsoft bought it.

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I stand corrected.

Story Arcs I created:

Every Rose: (#17702) Villainous vs Legacy Chain. Forget Arachnos, join the CoT!

Cosplay Madness!: (#3643) Neutral vs Custom Foes. Heroes at a pop culture convention!

Kiss Hello Goodbye: (#156389) Heroic vs Custom Foes. Film Noir/Hardboiled detective adventure!

That_Ninja · 06-19-2009 09:02 PM

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Yeppers!

Was not interested in CO in the first place, but this assures I will not even glance at a trial. why bother setting up shop for five years in another game to get where I am now? Always was of a mind that this game would hold its own, but now am sure it will hold everyone else to a higher standard as well. You raised the bar years ago, and now you just chucked that sucker straight into orbit...

Good luck Jack. I hope you are proud to see how your baby has become a man.

[/ QUOTE ]His actual kid?

Harry_Canyon · 06-20-2009 01:12 AM

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Yeppers!

Was not interested in CO in the first place, but this assures I will not even glance at a trial. why bother setting up shop for five years in another game to get where I am now? Always was of a mind that this game would hold its own, but now am sure it will hold everyone else to a higher standard as well. You raised the bar years ago, and now you just chucked that sucker straight into orbit...

Good luck Jack. I hope you are proud to see how your baby has become a man.

[/ QUOTE ]His actual kid?

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Uh yeah, sure... Why not. :P

MY FAREWELL GIFT

It is never truly gone, as long as there is someone left to remember.

Tenzhi · 06-20-2009 01:45 AM

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And never have to think twice about another super hero mmo promising all the same crap this game already has >.>

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Plus emission points and such. Unless/until they manage to work such things in over here. Still, I applaud the effort that must have gone into it. Indeed, I'd rather have I16 than 14 and 15. It's probably too much to hope that it gets here before September.

I'm curious as to the extent it will go. Will we be able to colour the various stone armours? Will coloration affect Kheldian forms? White WSs and Purply PBs? Will making certain powers black cause them to appear invisible?

Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound

EvilGeko · 06-20-2009 04:41 AM

QR

I'm very happy for all the proponents of power customization. I can't say it was ever high on my priority list, but then the devs exhausted my priority list when they announced Going Rogue.

Champions Online = DOA

The City of Heroes Community is a special one and I will always look fondly on my times arguing, discussing and playing with you all. Thanks and thanks to the developers for a special experience.

Slashman · 06-20-2009 06:15 AM

Now we just need some additional travel powers to add to the mix!

Cynical_Gamer · 06-20-2009 09:16 AM

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Will making certain powers black cause them to appear invisible?

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Even more importantly, have they found a solution to the problem of color values being tied to opacity (i.e. using black to color an aura causes it to become transparent instead of black)?

Branching Paragon Police Department Epic Archetype, please!

lionheart_fr · 06-20-2009 09:40 AM

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Will making certain powers black cause them to appear invisible?

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Even more importantly, have they found a solution to the problem of color values being tied to opacity (i.e. using black to color an aura causes it to become transparent instead of black)?

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That's a toughie. It would be great to have some powers become transparent or invisible. I would definitely put some of the powers that obscure my characters' appearances on the transparent setting (if we can select per power, not just a broad stroke across all powers).

Red Valkyrja · 06-20-2009 09:44 AM

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Will making certain powers black cause them to appear invisible?

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Even more importantly, have they found a solution to the problem of color values being tied to opacity (i.e. using black to color an aura causes it to become transparent instead of black)?

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An explanation on how the aura colours currently work was posted in another thread.

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Black should be black opposed to semi-opacity white. And the inverse for white auras, they are like BLAM!

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Black is 0x000000, White is 0xFFFFFF. Auras are additive.

Essentially, the appearance of a pixel for the aura is X (the color the pixel should be) + Y (the color of the aura), capped at 0xFFFFFF. X+0x000000 = X. X+0xFFFFFF = 0xFFFFFF. A pure black aura is translucent, and a pure white aura is solid. (The process is a little bit more complicated than that, but it's the gist of the situation)

The alternative would be to make auras multiplicative, but that would just reverse the transparency problem (black would be solid and white would be translucent)

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Angel Red
"We're heroes. Fighting injustice is the thing we do." ~Rebel Scum

Perfect_Pain · 06-20-2009 09:48 AM

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I'm very happy for all the proponents of power customization. I can't say it was ever high on my priority list, but then the devs exhausted my priority list when they announced Going Rogue.

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Same...

Here's your NEW priority.

New Maps. We need new maps on both sides of the game. (I think we need new zones and just can some that we already have that suck) BUT, none the less - We need NEW MAPS...

So, like... Prioritise that as something we need and advocate for it.

Kthnx

LISAR · 06-20-2009 09:52 AM

Since they wouldn't want to kill the dark sets default look they may have changed methods. If this is true we might get it ported to auras. I wish they could work in some sort of slider so we can control the intensity.

Cynical_Gamer · 06-20-2009 10:11 AM

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Will making certain powers black cause them to appear invisible?

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Even more importantly, have they found a solution to the problem of color values being tied to opacity (i.e. using black to color an aura causes it to become transparent instead of black)?

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An explanation on how the aura colours currently work was posted in another thread.

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Black should be black opposed to semi-opacity white. And the inverse for white auras, they are like BLAM!

[/ QUOTE ]

Black is 0x000000, White is 0xFFFFFF. Auras are additive.

Essentially, the appearance of a pixel for the aura is X (the color the pixel should be) + Y (the color of the aura), capped at 0xFFFFFF. X+0x000000 = X. X+0xFFFFFF = 0xFFFFFF. A pure black aura is translucent, and a pure white aura is solid. (The process is a little bit more complicated than that, but it's the gist of the situation)

The alternative would be to make auras multiplicative, but that would just reverse the transparency problem (black would be solid and white would be translucent)

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Yes, have they found an implemented a solution to this? Like adding a blend mode option to the color selection? That's what I'm wondering. I understood the problem and was just musing on whether they've found a solution while making powers tintable (which would have the same problem).

Branching Paragon Police Department Epic Archetype, please!

EvilGeko · 06-20-2009 10:12 AM

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I'm very happy for all the proponents of power customization. I can't say it was ever high on my priority list, but then the devs exhausted my priority list when they announced Going Rogue.

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Same...

Here's your NEW priority.

New Maps. We need new maps on both sides of the game. (I think we need new zones and just can some that we already have that suck) BUT, none the less - We need NEW MAPS...

So, like... Prioritise that as something we need and advocate for it.

Kthnx

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Mission maps?

TBH, I really don't think we need new mission maps. We have plenty.

The City of Heroes Community is a special one and I will always look fondly on my times arguing, discussing and playing with you all. Thanks and thanks to the developers for a special experience.

Sardan · 06-20-2009 10:15 AM

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Will making certain powers black cause them to appear invisible?

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Even more importantly, have they found a solution to the problem of color values being tied to opacity (i.e. using black to color an aura causes it to become transparent instead of black)?

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I fully intend to use that "feature". I want to turn the overly flashy visual f/x of Hasten and Super Speed waaaaaay down.

Freedom: Blazing Larb, Fiery Fulcrum, Sardan Reborn, Arctic-Frenzy, Wasabi Sam, Mr Smashtastic.

Blood Spectre · 06-20-2009 10:35 AM

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Will making certain powers black cause them to appear invisible?

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Even more importantly, have they found a solution to the problem of color values being tied to opacity (i.e. using black to color an aura causes it to become transparent instead of black)?

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I fully intend to use that "feature". I want to turn the overly flashy visual f/x of Hasten and Super Speed waaaaaay down.

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That's funny... I see a lot of people who don't like those effects, but I think they're awesome. Although I do look forward to having them in some color other than yellow.

Paragon Unleashed, Unleash Yourself!

LISAR · 06-20-2009 11:24 AM

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Maybe I'm in the wrong thread, but when someone claims that color shifting doesn't count as power customization I imagine we can't make custom heroes because we also can't put a foot on our face.

MrQuizzles · 06-20-2009 11:28 AM

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Maybe I'm in the wrong thread, but when someone claims that color shifting doesn't count as power customization I imagine we can't make custom heroes because we also can't put a foot on our face.

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So we need to get the Spore creature creator in here, too?

Creole Ned · 06-20-2009 12:03 PM

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QR

I'm very happy for all the proponents of power customization. I can't say it was ever high on my priority list, but then the devs exhausted my priority list when they announced Going Rogue.

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Same...

Here's your NEW priority.

New Maps. We need new maps on both sides of the game. (I think we need new zones and just can some that we already have that suck) BUT, none the less - We need NEW MAPS...

So, like... Prioritise that as something we need and advocate for it.

Kthnx

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Mission maps?

TBH, I really don't think we need new mission maps. We have plenty.

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I find this coming from a five year vet almost borderline insanity. :P

The basic maps in the game -- office, warehouse, sewer, cave, tech lab -- reveal themselves to the player in the first few levels of the game. From there it is an endless sea of repetition, with "variety" added through slight alterations of the map layouts that are quickly memorized (not to mention the static placement of the critters) with an occasional unique map thrown in and even then they are typically built off existing maps (the cool sewer/office transition to cave maps, the cave maps that transition to Rikti maps, etc.).

You have a standard for variety in maps that is WAY lower than mine or you just don't care about where your characters are fighting. Insane!