A couple of problems with costumes

[temnix]

Whether this should go into Bugs or stay here, you decide.

 

The first thing is that there are two hidden, unchangeable colors for a few pieces, in particular the Cosmic Corsair belt, but I think I have seen this elsewhere. That is a very nice belt with a hanging ribbon, you can do things with it, but it actually has four tintable elements, and only two can be chosen from the palette - the colors for the main belt and the back side of the ribbon. The front of the ribbon and its outline use the two colors that were chosen in the beginning, when the colors for the whole costume were linked. By default those are black and white, but one might have chosen a different pair before unlinking and starting on colors for the various pieces separately. Those parts of the Cosmic Corsair belt are stuck with them. (The other belt that might share this behavior is the tail of the Sybil, or it may be one of the Goldbrickets, the inside trim of the Wedding Tux too). Now, when you notice that this has happened and two of the colors can't be accessed, you get a huge problem, because the only way to set them to what you like is to reset the costume's colors entirely, linking them again, then unlinking. You have to write down all of the color combinations for all of the pieces, then rebuild the costume element by element.

 

By the way, it would be good to have coordinates next to the different colors on the palette, for example, numbers 1-10 horizontally and letters A-Q vertically. That would make memorizing and communicating colors much simpler.

 

The second problem is definitely a bug. On occasion a costume just saved won't load, because the engine claims that some of the parts cannot be found and that the owner may not have access to them. This happened to me last night after I used Fashion long gloves (in combination with a sleeveless jacket, in case that matters), but I remember this warning from before. The costume can be "fixed," the parts automatically replaced and after loading added again. I think the costume can be used trouble-free. But for saving and loading this glitch applies.

 

One last thing: when dressing a woman, one of the Gunslinger belts hangs in the air between the waistline and the chest like a hoola hoop. It's amusing, and I thought of how I might use that detail, but I don't think it's supposed to be this way.

[Rudra]

1 hour ago, temnix said:

One last thing: when dressing a woman, one of the Gunslinger belts hangs in the air between the waistline and the chest like a hoola hoop. It's amusing, and I thought of how I might use that detail, but I don't think it's supposed to be this way.

This should be posted here:

You can find this thread on the Bug Reports forum.

 

1 hour ago, temnix said:

On occasion a costume just saved won't load, because the engine claims that some of the parts cannot be found and that the owner may not have access to them. This happened to me last night after I used Fashion long gloves (in combination with a sleeveless jacket, in case that matters), but I remember this warning from before. The costume can be "fixed," the parts automatically replaced and after loading added again. I think the costume can be used trouble-free. But for saving and loading this glitch applies.

This should at least be posted on the Bug Reports forum. Though it may instead fall under the Report Costumes Issues Here thread. And if you know something is a bug, then why are you posting it as part of a suggestion thread?

[lemming]

10 hours ago, temnix said:

By the way, it would be good to have coordinates next to the different colors on the palette, for example, numbers 1-10 horizontally and letters A-Q vertically. That would make memorizing and communicating colors much simpler.

 

I kind of like this idea, though one can self apply it.

 

10 hours ago, temnix said:

The second problem is definitely a bug. On occasion a costume just saved won't load, because the engine claims that some of the parts cannot be found and that the owner may not have access to them. This happened to me last night after I used Fashion long gloves (in combination with a sleeveless jacket, in case that matters), but I remember this warning from before. The costume can be "fixed," the parts automatically replaced and after loading added again. I think the costume can be used trouble-free. But for saving and loading this glitch applies.

 

There are a couple ones like that.   Some have been listed in bug reports.   Assuming this isn't from old costume files, since that's where you'll see this problem more often, but yes, there are a few elements that don't seem to save correctly.

 

10 hours ago, temnix said:

One last thing: when dressing a woman, one of the Gunslinger belts hangs in the air between the waistline and the chest like a hoola hoop. It's amusing, and I thought of how I might use that detail, but I don't think it's supposed to be this way.

 

I think that happens when you have the body scale at a spot where the costume just doesn't work quite right.   I do notice more often with the hip and waist more than other spots.

[Indystruck]

Yeah, the easiest way around that first part is either immediately select that outfit piece you want that'll do this and hit "linked colors" then pick what you want, or save the costume, open it in notepad, edit the color values, and reload the costume in the editor.