Add Horns costume pieces to Ears category.
By
AkuTenshiiZero,
Posted on: 2011-12-09 22:30 in Suggestions and Ideas
The decision on making my demonic greaser character is completely dependent on being able to sport both horns and aviators. So I support a slightly modified version of this request, and that is to simply relocate all existing horns/antennae to a new Upper section, existing eye wear to a Middle section, and finally all mouth-covering masks/facial hair to a Lower section. Keep the existing Ear section as is.
New sections = more options, while not damaging existing options. After all, many people use different ears along with their horns, you wouldn't want to ruin their look.
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/This. It can be applied to so many different things.
Glasses and monocle's should be separate.
Cigars andcigarettes should be separate.
Tiara's and headbands should be separate.
Adding more sections would give us so much more freedom in customization all over the body.
/Signed, the CC and character rig could really use some love to sort out some of the clunkiness.
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Unfortunately, according to other posts I've read, adding more sections to the costume creator is difficult, and there's a limit on the number of "anchor points" that a costume can have, and we have already used most of that limit, so adding much more would at least require a large revamp of the system. SCR etc etc|
Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
New sections = more options, while not damaging existing options. After all, many people use different ears along with their horns, you wouldn't want to ruin their look.
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However, note that the OP went out of his way to say that horns should be ADDED to the ear category, but NOT removed from their current category, so you can put horns in either (or both) places. No options would be removed.
This would be a nice change, there have been a few times I've wanted to use horns and something else together but couldn't.
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So what? No one so far has claimed that it would be easy to do. They just want more options. One of the greatest things about this game is the flexibility of the costume creator, and ours is almost 8 years old. It's time for a complete makeover.|
Originally Posted by Hopeling
Unfortunately, according to other posts I've read, adding more sections to the costume creator is difficult, and there's a limit on the number of "anchor points" that a costume can have, and we have already used most of that limit, so adding much more would at least require a large revamp of the system.
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Personally I don't care how long it takes. 1, 2, 3 years whatever as long as it gets done. I think it's worth the investment of time and resources to do it right.
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Originally Posted by Hopeling
Unfortunately, according to other posts I've read, adding more sections to the costume creator is difficult, and there's a limit on the number of "anchor points" that a costume can have, and we have already used most of that limit, so adding much more would at least require a large revamp of the system. SCR etc etc
However, note that the OP went out of his way to say that horns should be ADDED to the ear category, but NOT removed from their current category, so you can put horns in either (or both) places. No options would be removed. This would be a nice change, there have been a few times I've wanted to use horns and something else together but couldn't. |
We've heard that it's very difficult(prohibitively, even) to add new anchor points and/or bones to the rig, so my request was specifically to add them in a way that doesn't require any modification to the rig itself.
Realistically we're far more likely to get horns modified to work with a different existing anchor point (as well as their current one), than to get an all new anchor point.
Even if basically everyone would prefer the latter.
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A little background info:
So, I've been trying to make a decent Gargoyle character, and my first instinct was to pair the Organic Horns with the long Jester mask. That would give him a beak-like face and a nice, sculptural looking head detail. Sadly Horns and Eye details all share the same anchor points on the character rig, so they're part of the same detail category and can't be used together. Strike 1.
Next I thought about using an animal head... but animal heads have virtually no details you can use on them, and absolutely none that you can use to make them look less animal and more mystical. Strike 2.
There are of course the Monstrous heads, but well, those are hideous, and share the Animal head's near total lack of head details. Strike 3.
Suggestion: Add a version of the Horn details to the Ears category. (Each piece would likely need to be modified to "sit" properly to the different anchor point.)
I don't mean to MOVE the horns to the Ear Details, I mean to have a copy of them available there as well. This would enable people to combine horns with eye details like sunglasses and masks, or even double up on different styles of horns.
It would also leave all the current options available for use, so no one loses anything.