Better in-game previews of store paint jobs in-game.

[baqar79]

I was considering the Dolphin "Prestige" paint job because it looked to be an anodized Aluminium finish from the preview in-game but it was difficult to be certain; I'm not a fan of the glossy white paint on the Dolphin, so this pack did look promising. Looking at the Dolphin "Prestige" image previews on the store also looked promising as it did appear to be a "metallic" finish with a colourful paint applied on top of this finish, but I couldn't verify for certain (there was also no description at the store).

So in the end I did take the plunge and risked the purchase...thankfully this has a positive conclusion, as the Dolphin "Prestige" pack does appear to indeed be an "Aluminium Anodized" finish which I very much like. For example "Prestige Yellow" looks to be a matte Aluminium finish with a semi-transparent yellow paint that appears Gold depending on the lighting:

Spoiler: Dolphin "Prestige Yellow"

What would of helped here would be being able to rotate the in-game preview of the paint to see how it changes under light. Simply having the outfitting preview for a new paint/part be rotatable, with zoom controls would be very helpful.

Alternatively, I think an idea would be to allow the application of all paints/parts with the restriction that you can't undock with unpurchased paints/parts. At least with this much freedom I could see for myself in detail what any paint/part looks like.

 

[Misty_Dark]

I agree that for cosmetic like this, it just would be prudent to allow us more options to preview, as stations vary at how the represent this paintjob.

So having option to show of paintjobs in "clean" room, and in "space", and here have options to rotate the ship, would allow us to better see how the paintjob would look on our ship.



The preview we currently have in the game was a great step up from the preview images in the store, as they was of a very different quality, where some gave good represenation of the paintjob and others, did a very bad representation the actual paintjob.