Hair Colors?

[Dreamcrafter]

Okay, so.  For those models that have the option of choosing a hair color at the beginning, and for those of us who can do basic texture edits... is there a way to just, y'know, edit the texture so the client can find it?  I know the art folks are very busy, but I could probably do all the hair color additions we need in, like, a day.  So, I guess what I'm asking is, is there a way for me to do that for myself locally, and potentially to be shared with the devs if it would be useful?  If the program supports the option of choosing hair color, it seems only logical to offer to help make the colors appear.

[Tuxide]

Hair color is a shader thing, not a texture issue.

[Dreamcrafter]

Okay.  Had no idea how you guys did that here.     In the 3D program I use, you can color hair via texture. 

[Caarrie]

http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1579

[Dreamcrafter]

Ahh, so this is an actual bug and not just a 'not implemented yet' problem?  Okay, then that makes sense.  Since I don't know how your shaders work, seems I can't help.  :/  Sorry about that.

[acraig]

The shader stuff is actually fairly easy in terms of hair colours.   The base texture should be a grey or white and then we simply set a RGB value for it.  Right now these values are stored in a table on the database and sent out to clients as part of 'here's a character' message.  We can have any number of hair colours and since this is done server side there is not need for a client update so don't be surprised if you see a pink haired Ynnwn around now and then!

[Dreamcrafter]

Nice. Once this starts working I'll be much the happy.