July 2012 Custom Content Challenge: Player Customization

[Legacy_henesua]

               For body changes, I always prefer head aligned VFX. The players can't change the effect by unequipping, and they don't limit player equipment options.

For costume items... yes equipment makes sense.
For actual ears... head-aligned VFX.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               Why is doing things the right way always more work '>

Just read all through all 126 pages of NW Vault Ideas (whew) and compiled a small list of Ideas:
(adding a few of my own as well)

New Body parts:
full body yakuza/tiger stripe tattoos
different tattoos, ying-yang/skulls/dragons/spirals/flowers/butterfly
scarred, bruised, bandaged heads
blind heads
magic body parts, such as hand and eye of vecna
kender halfling heads with topknots
gully dwarf heads
lawn gnome heads
more female hairstyles (curley, braided, plaited, wavey)
bionics/cybernetics
maggotface
Ultima gargoyle heads (possibly a bald diabolus model w face of a githyanki)

Robe/VFX items:
new hats: conical, pirate, officers
bandannas
sunglasses
eyepatches
blindfold
masks: harlequin, robber, Big Feathered Masks, Lucha Libre
sci-fi eyepieces/visors
lions mane
Stars and Birdies vfx

New Clothing:
broken shackles
mecha armor parts
patchwork makeshift armor
more female accessories

New Voicesets:
asian

New Animations:
curtsey
headbutt
alternate taunts
hug animation
tiptoe sneaking animation
walk, swagger, stagger, strut, stroll, slink, or mosey.
bullrush/dash/tumble/roll/flip animations
injured, limping animations

New class abilities:
alternate turn undead
alternate bard songs
caster selected spell options
familiar changer
armored familiars

New Race Abilities:
race ability support

New Items:
halfling/gnomish weapons

New Character Options:
basic psionics
autocombat

Unique Heads/Appearances: Thor, Dr Who, Composers, Mechavampires, jack skellington, centabites, Farscape, Lexx, Star Wars, Star Trek cast.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Carcerian, 02 juillet 2012 - 10:22 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Failed.Bard]

               By "necklace", I'd meant neck part of the body.  I've actually got the human female one made already, TAD's tiger ears added to a "standard" neck, though the plt is being annoyingly unco-operative, and I might have to fashion a custom one to allow for both skinned part and hair.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

Failed.Bard wrote...

By "necklace", I'd meant neck part of the body.  I've actually got the human female one made already, TAD's tiger ears added to a "standard" neck, though the plt is being annoyingly unco-operative, and I might have to fashion a custom one to allow for both skinned part and hair.

Yup thats what i meant too '>

Test ingame by making 2 immortal npc with cat ears with opposing factions for an eternal "catfight".

I seem to recall with neck based halos that they didnt like to stay put, discouraging me from making things like mask "necklaces"...

If im wrong and they work fine, awesome, colorable cat ears '>

If not, try a robe id say '>

@Hen

Agreed '>

VFX are the way to go, they are of course more work, and only have one color scheme each (tho recolors id think would be done the standard way)

Clothing based are less prefered for PCs unless your going for "cosplay" costumes, but might be preferable in some cases for npcs, as FB mentioned, they have PLT support...
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Carcerian, 02 juillet 2012 - 08:38 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               Carcerian, adding to your list a request:

Cloaks:
- some different adventurer gear options. Q has a great backpack, but some different styles like large slung sack, woven basket etc... would be very nice.

Halfling heads:
- child heads of various races. (but this is of more value to me as a DM)

Forearms:
- a range of bracelets, and bracers for each race
Feet and shins:
- some more combinations that make for good footwear. Occassionally there are some good looking options like the sandals with socks. But we could use many more in this category.
Belts:
- same as above. need some more variety of actual belts.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               how about pouches on belts? something for thieves to pickpocket '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               Recolored Cat Ears:



White Tiger



White Cat



Red "Fox"
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Carcerian, 02 juillet 2012 - 10:24 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Mavrixio]

               

Failed.Bard wrote...

 I think I'd be tempted to try making them as a necklace so that they could take advantage of a plt.  The aligned VFX have far more available slots, but need one pre race, gender, plus colour, to fully work as ears.
 If TAD doesn't mind, I'd be curious about trying that with the tiger ears, though I don't expect I'd get anything too good out of it.  Moreso for practice.

The main advantages of VFX is that they stack with everything, while players are limited to 1 neck. Neks are already over used I think... for cloaks, back weapons, halo, jewels... 
Also, the armor neck will override the body neck so if the player equip an armor that it having its own neck part they will loose their ears :/
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Mavrixio, 02 juillet 2012 - 01:57 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               pouches on belt is cool, on my list!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <laying the first stone...>

usagreco66kg wrote...
doing the pipes as a VFX rather than an equippable with an emitter??  If done as an equippable, the animations from the social phenotype might work well with it. then the smoke head aligned vfx simply needs to be added?

For now we're putting the pipes as head-aligned VFX (sheesh, that's getting annoying to type :-P HaV from now on, thank you very much =).

There will be equippable pipes, but the items will be empty models equipped in the off-hand (you need at least one hand free to smoke). The pipe-smoke HaV will line up with the mouth (exhale). We're doing it this way mostly because there are no pheno's I know of for the hand to mouth motion.

Eventually, we may modify the whole setup with a hand model (the placeholder will be in place ;-) and a proper smoking pheno. Bit much for the start, though...

<...on the go board>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <grinning...>

NWN_baba yaga wrote...
pouches on belt is cool, on my list!

Does that mean you'll make it for this theme *nudge*?

<...like an old grey fox>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jenna WSI]

               I'm really excited by this challenge. Wanted pipes forever... and lots of other things on the list.





               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               

Rolo Kipp wrote...

Does that mean you'll make it for this theme *nudge*?

Yes absolutely. I promise:)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

NWN_baba yaga wrote...

Rolo Kipp wrote...

Does that mean you'll make it for this theme *nudge*?

Yes absolutely. I promise:)

I love it when a plan comes together!



How about a cigar, speaking of smokables '>

Either a vfx in the mouth for wolverine/sarge tuff-guy types, or held in the hand by gentlemen and mercenary leaders...

Could be in lit and unlit versions, perhaps with placable/inventory support. (Cigar Box, Humador, Uncut Cigars, Cigar Cutter, Ashtray w and w/o smoking cigar, possibly as same model's on/off  states)

Oh yeah, lighters/tinderboxes/flint-and-steel, cuz not everyone can cast burning hands '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Carcerian, 02 juillet 2012 - 09:16 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <makes...>

I'm rather hoping to coerce, er, encourage Cestus to making a stogie, also. They'll all use the same smoke HaVFX, so it's quite a modular approach.

But I actually only gave him about 8 hours at the forge for the dragonflies, and he's a bit miffed. <*and* you ran out of ale...>
Er, yes. Three tuns in a month. *No one* can drink that much! <heh. wrong, obviously>
Heh. Anyway, just keep the stogie on the D L for now. At least until the ship comes in from Bayberry with some Gold Reserve.

<...hushing motions>