Full Character Customization

[Eneji]

Alright, I don\'t know if this has been brought up or if they\'re already planning on doing this, but here is what I think would really make this game stand out.

When building your character, a lot of games I\'ve tried (which havne\'t been a lot of games mind you) have had a certain number of different eyes you can have or a certain nose shape etc., but what if you could make it so you could adjust the eyes specifically, shape the nose a certain way, etc?

Basically, what I have in mind is instead of set pictures of pre-made bodies, what if you made scroll bars to change the size of each feature of the body. For example, let\'s say for the nose, a scroll bar to adjust the width of the nose, another scroll bar to adjust the height of the nose, yet another scroll bar to adjust the how pointy the nose is. This could be the same with the eyes, the mouth, the ears, the hair, the shape of the face, the size of the body. The list could go on and on.

Basically, this would allow each character to be unique. You could see someone\'s face and know who it is without waving your mouse over him, as opposed to the chance of seeing your \"twins\" over and over again.

Now, I am aware of what this is asking. It would probably take a lot of work to make this happen, a lot of planning etc (especially with what? 12 species?), but I think this could realistically be done with the right ideas, and would make the game travel to new heights.

Anyway, this is my opinion on it. Like I said, I don\'t know if this has been brought up before, but I think it would be a cool idea.

~Eneji~

[Altharion]

size doesnt matter  

the skin does  

[SaintNuclear]

It could be nice, but I dunno if it\'ll go well in PS.
I\'m not saying it\'s impossible, but I don\'t think it fits PS, kinda a feeling thing.

[T?ri Tasart]

I think it would be a nice idea. Saga of Ryzom game uses this exact same process. Although character models in the game make everything very laggy unless you set the quality very low.

[Eneji]

Originally posted by SaintNuclear
It could be nice, but I dunno if it\'ll go well in PS.
I\'m not saying it\'s impossible, but I don\'t think it fits PS, kinda a feeling thing.

You\'ll have to convince me why it would not work for Planeshift , but you should also understand where I am coming from.

I hate Runescape because there are so many bald-headed look-a-likes, with no real diversification from one another, and the same goes with a lot of other rpg games. (No offence to people who play Runescape. This is strictly my opinion).

I think the fact that Saga of Ryzom has done this...being another new game, I\'m almost certain it\'s a sign of the future of rpg games. We\'re still at the early stages of game development, as the years pass, games should get better and better.

[TheRedMonk]

I really wish that PS could have such a system...it feels to me like the possibility of being unique is what makes me love RPG\'s so much. If youve played \"Top Spin\" that tennis game, youve probably seen how different characters can be. Id love to see it in PS

[Monketh]

You\'ll have to convince me why it would not work for Planeshift  , but you should also understand where I am coming from.

What will you say to 56k\'ers and those with average(as in, not all-powerful) computers?

They have this in the game called \"There\", it works well.  But I have broadband, so the lag didn\'t effect me much.

[Eneji]

What if you gave 56krs the option of wether they see the same looking humans or what I suggested above. They could customize their character like I said above, so other people could see them the way they want them to, but then they could have the option of how they view the world: wether the characters are viewed to be the same makes, or viewed to all be unique, to cut down on lag.

Just a thought.