Character creator

veelckoo · Oct 25, 2015

Windscreen Smudge said:
This has been a long term goal that Frontier used to talk about regularly. The fact that they now have the ability to do it and they've stopped talking about it means that it's a soon to be implemented feature.

I wasn't aware of that. I am going to hold you responsible if that doesn't happen 'soon'

Arubeto · Oct 29, 2015

cptdavep said:
Could be what the mystery screen between your commanders legs is for - to display the face during comms.

Would somehow be a inappropriate position to for a video chat screen, wouldn't it?

Alt. Idiot · Oct 29, 2015

I DEMAND a customizable handlebar mustache option in the creator.

cptdavep said:
Could be what the mystery screen between your commanders legs is for - to display the face during comms.

Maybe. I've been thinking about that screen. There must be a reason for why they decided to make a physical display instead of a holographic one like the others.

Marra Morgan · Oct 29, 2015

Arubeto said:
So what do you guys think? Would you like to see the character creator be put to use to give NPCs a face, too?

Absolutely, I'd love to see that!

I used to accept or decline missions in FFE sometimes based entirely on whether I liked the look of the NPC

Not that I'm judgmental or anything

Vasious · Oct 29, 2015

I hope it is used for NPCs

It would be great of the Fashion and style was keyed to Government type and allegiance

So or example all the Communist Regimes would have common stylist cues be they Alliance or Independent
And all the Alliance factions would have stylistic cue be they communist or democracy

Zeta Legion · Oct 29, 2015

Vasious said:
I hope it is used for NPCs

It would be great of the Fashion and style was keyed to Government type and allegiance

So or example all the Communist Regimes would have common stylist cues be they Alliance or Independent
And all the Alliance factions would have stylistic cue be they communist or democracy

And naturally proud Imperial Patrons would have the most fabulous hair.

Sabier · Oct 29, 2015

I opened this thread a while ago asking for something like this to be in the game (portrait picture on the target screen):

Now (well, later), with the character creator, I think this would be an easy and satisfactory way to see everybody's portrait without needing to be in the same ship and stuff like that. I would still have a still (lol) 2D grayscale picture rather than an animated 3D face, to keep it a bit retro

Marra Morgan · Oct 29, 2015

Vasious said:
It would be great of the Fashion and style was keyed to Government type and allegiance

So or example all the Communist Regimes would have common stylist cues be they Alliance or Independent
And all the Alliance factions would have stylistic cue be they communist or democracy

Let's trim out hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle!

That would be fantastic!
Dreads and mohawks for the anarchists, ostentatious styles for the Imperials, a mix of all sorts for democracies... it would give us a better feeling of the culture going on in a system, making it a more living and believable world.

lysan · Oct 29, 2015

Mississippi Jones said:
So, is there a galaxy-wide epidemic of lice or are we going to get charged for "wigjobs"? £5 for a tactical wig pack

Only Nvida hair is possible

Cosmo Bozo · Oct 29, 2015

I wonder if we can change our character at any time, or if you are stuck with them once created like in some other games....
I can grow a beard or shave it off in real life...etc....
At the moment I think you can change your gender at will in the graphics options, I wonder if the character creator will be in there?

Barking_Mad · Oct 29, 2015

Would be nice to have faces for people offering you missions on the Bulletin Board.

Bobbydylan · Oct 29, 2015

Cant wait for it:

Ziggy Stardust · Oct 29, 2015

I hope they'll introduce some more hairstyles.

And I need an eyepatch. And a persistent glass of brandy. And a permanent grin.

And a scarf of course.

Other than that. it's fine.

Zeta Legion · Oct 29, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
I hope they'll introduce some more hairstyles.

And I need an eyepatch. And a persistent glass of brandy. And a permanent grin.

And a scarf of course.

Other than that. it's fine.

A scarf? Of course!

To expand on the scarf, wouldn't it be cool if we could get outfits to wear over our Remlok suits?

I'm thinking Space-Age Tuxedo!

Mephane · Oct 29, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
And a persistent glass of brandy.

More like a persistent empty glass and lots of droplets of brandy floating around the cockpit.

Flak · Oct 29, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
I hope they'll introduce some more hairstyles.

And I need an eyepatch. And a persistent glass of brandy. And a permanent grin.

And a scarf of course.

Other than that. it's fine.

You forgot the mullet

I also want to be able to choose what type of teeth I have.

That's NOT a picture of me by the way

ShoeHash · Oct 29, 2015

Russian Pilots wear half a g-suit. I fly naked. The only concern I have is the effect this gravity is having on my face.

Arubeto · Oct 29, 2015

Barking_Mad said:
Would be nice to have faces for people offering you missions on the Bulletin Board.

Exactly!

SlickReed · Oct 29, 2015

I would like to be able to purchase different style pilot helmets for my character with different paint colors with emblems.

The a ability to use my in game avatar for my forum avatar would be awesome as well

Fosdyke · Oct 29, 2015

Arubeto said:
I really think the level of detail in the announced character creator is great, totally on par with the high visual standards already established in ED.

I wonder if it will be used for NPC face generation as well, or if it will be restricted to player avatars.

In addition to random/persistent NPCs - here most obviously, but of course not restricted to, passengers - it could also be applied to unique NPCs, like those from the official books (Kahina Tijani Loren from "Elite: Reclamation", Jaques from "All that Glisters...", Julia Cavus from "Elite: Legacy" etc.) or to create in-game models for the leaders of PowerPlay - as similar to the already released portraits as the character creator allows, of course. Perhaps FD could manually design those important characters and even incorporate some unique styling options that won't be available for normal NPCs or player avatars (like chrome parts for Jaques etc.). The models of those important NPCs could later be incorporated into corresponding Galnet news and could even be shown on monitors in special stations associated with the individual characters (Jaques station, Julia at Freeholm etc.)

So what do you guys think? Would you like to see the character creator be put to use to give NPCs a face, too?

What other applications for this cool new tool FD is developing right now can you come up with?

From the commander creator perspective, there some nice implementation that i can imagine as follows.

1. Our commander could be created and seen as we saw our ship in Outfitting section, let's imagine a special room called "commander quarters" with stats, ranks, etc...
2. Some technicians coud be created the same way wandering around our ship as soon as we land on a pad in station or outpost and settlements(Horizons)too.
3. NPC giving missions too, NPC in space.

Lots of things like this will contribute to a more immersive gameplay