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#1 Ridder Geel

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:00 AM

I have been working very hard on this system for quite some time... And I still do not believe it is really ready to show to the public.
But I have decided to do so anyways as a late birthday present to the public, I would appreciate it if there are no comments on the UI (User Interface) due to the fact that it is merely there for displaying the options that will be available in the system. The entire UI will be reworked later on.
Without any further ado... I Present the:

Create-a-Character System!

The Create-a-Character system strives to bring a higher level of customization to the game. You can now create a character that has even more things exactly how you want them to be. I will show 3 main parts of the system...
Part 1, The Appearance:
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Obviously there are many more options than in the original Create-a-Hero system created by EA. All these options allow for a much greater variation in the creation of your character. All the possibly options are quite self explanatory, the name of the options there are what it changes on the character.

Part 2, The Coloring:
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There are quite a few options here... You can change your hair color, and the tint of your character's skin.
The 3 other colors allow slight customization to the color of the clothes that your character is wearing.


Part 3, The Create-a-Mount System:
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This part in itself is a whole new system. It allows you to view and customize your character's mount, which he can mount by having said ability.
You can change the saddle, body armor and breed of your mount.


All in all the entire system is a lot more varied than it used to be, thus giving the player even more control on what his character looks like.
I hope you have all enjoyed this update, and please give comments and suggestions. Although I would really appreciate it if the UI were to be left out of it.
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#2 Elric

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:15 AM

Finally you have released it. Still think its an epic idea. Cant wait to see the newest versions!! And is that? dare it be? SCARS? will you be able to customize scars?

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:28 AM

Scars = Part of the Face ;) So suppose so yes.
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:37 AM

Okey!!! :D Thanks. lol i wasnt completely sure there.

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:49 AM

Awesome can't wait to customize my own handsome self in the game XD

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 07:01 AM

This takes the CaH up to the standard of the minifig builder in LEGO games and adds horses!

What I really like is the ability to customise different arms. That will be epic.

But that blond hair. Hmmm, I like the redhead more.

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#7 Ridder Geel

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 08:42 AM

Yea I still need to adjust several things such as the hair colors ;) :p
The "overly blond" is there just to show that you can change different hair colors :xd:
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 08:59 AM

Very nice job there, good stuff!

I've got no clue about BFME modding, so I must ask how this thing works. Is it a standalone app that creates models to import?

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#9 Ridder Geel

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 09:42 AM

No not at all, it is an improved version of a custom character creator that was released with the game, although our version has many more options.
The Create-a-Character system is simply in the same place as that old system was, so it is in the game ;)
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 10:21 AM

Improved version? That depends on whom you ask. I don't see it as an improved version, I see it as a version with too many useless (in my view) options. The only thing I could like would be a separate for Head and Helmet. For the rest, who wants an un-uniformed uniform?
I believe it is the duty of the artist to create good looking armours that fit, and not make good looking armour pieces that doesn't. They don't have to be uniform, but still look proper.

The options in vanilla is fine, what I'd like is more options within the options (more armoursets, ect..)

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:08 AM

Ah yes well obviously, but we will make "armorsets" which will be split, so that if one wants it, they can create the armorset. We will be creating more options than what are in the vanilla Create-a-Hero.
Obviously not everybody likes the amount of detail which can be changed, I accept that :) I might try to create an option so you can use a simplfied version which has "armor sets" that you mention :) I will admit that I took quite a long time to figure out if i wanted to split the left and right options for the shoulders and arms, I decided to do so due to the fact that then a player can easily have armor on one side and none on the other for example, I don't show it like that in the images due to the fact that if i used two different armor parts it would stand out, so people would notice the possibility a lot quicker.

Also the "Neck" option is to give your character a cape, just in case anyone had not noticed that ;)

Do you like the Create-a-Mount options though?
I call it an improved version because in my opinion it is, but obviously everyone has their own opinions :)

Edited by Ridder Geel, 11 September 2012 - 11:20 AM.

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:35 AM

Well, I don't see any reason for a Mount version, because I'm not that into horses :p

But in the end, good work on getting all of this done though.

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:33 PM

Thanks, it did take quite some effort :p
Well mount might also have other creatures such as wargs for the other classes :)
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 04:39 PM

And Fellbeasts? :p

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 04:57 PM

We are going to keep it realistic, and lore true as we possibly can... So fellbeasts, highly unlikely :p Not because we can't, but simply because we won't :xd:
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 09:37 PM

You should =\

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 04:50 AM

No fellbeasts, who would ride on them anyway, it's not like we would have you create a Nazgul.

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 09:13 AM

Well, why not? That's acctually a cool idea (Create-A-Nazgûl).

Well, it's not the worst idea ever atleast.. But fellbeasts? Nah..

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 10:41 AM

We will see about that, we MIGHT allow the creation of a nazgul character, but only allow him to be played when playing mordor or such...
But first we are going to keep on working on the standards :p Such as the humans, dwarves, orcs, uruks and elves
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 02:54 PM

I'm quite sure there were only nine nazgul, unless you want to be a normal wight, it wouldn't be lore true.




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