Costume/Material option - goo/translucent

[Greycat]

Not sure that this is doable. However... we have Spectrum that makes you overall glowy.

 

I could think of a few characters that could use a "goo" or "translucent" effect, if it were available. Not as in concealment pool translucense - this would (of course) have no effect on stealth radius, defense, etc since it's a costume effect. But a definitive outline, features at least visible, some contour highlights like you can get in some color combinations of all-Spectrum. Much like a shivan, but with internal skeleton optional.

 

Additional optional effects being an internal "bubbling" and/or rippling. The goo must flow... Plus one that's less "goo-ey" and more like Kheld form translucency, for those who want to be energy constructs or some such.

 

Not sure how well (or if) the game can handle a player that way, but... *shrugs* Might be fun for some concepts.

[Techwright]

1 hour ago, Greycat said:

Much like a shivan, but with internal skeleton optional.

 

Glad you said that, it clarifies.  I'd been thinking of "goo" like Nickelodeon "Slime", and wondered how that would be accomplished.  Now I'm thinking more like "gummi bear".

[UltraAlt]

Interesting.

 

Yes, I would see  this as costume parts and not "material" like the have in DCUO.

 

I do like the idea of "materials" to be used as option in the costume parts in general.

That is to have costume "customization" as it were to decide if the material the costume is made out of is flat color, dull metallic, shiny metallic, rough fabric, silk, etc.

 

I know that some of these things are already worked into some of the costume parts, but some of the ones that you would assume to be metallic don't have a metallic option.

It also adds more costume variations.

 

In another game that I played, the costume parts could be altered in this matter. The costume parts were built in a layered gif file - if I remember correctly. You basically had a template for custom parts that players could modify. Once loaded into the game files, the game knew to use that base pattern to overlay the costume onto the character. One of the things that players could do to manipulate the costume files was to add transparency, metallic shine, etc to a section or sections of the template (the template could also be used to remove parts of the costume but not add to it). Color and/or texture  layers could also be added to all or various parts of the pattern.

 

The method that this game uses to code the costume parts seems intentionally hard to manipulate based on the posts that I have seen.

 

 

 

Edited October 8 by UltraAlt

[Marine X]

I had a Peacebringer on Virtue that had a Transparent Torso. It was the result of an old costume bug involving selecting Flack Jacket and then hitting the back button in the sub menu. They fixed the bug eventually, but since I never went to ICON or chose another costume he stayed that way to level 50 and then sunset.

He was just a Helmet, 2 Oversized Armoured Gloves and an Armoured lower body, Crimson Cage was his name, and he was very cool looking. ( Crimson was the kheldian ( KryM'san ) and Cage ( KAGE ) was the armour - Kheldian Augmented Genetic Enclosure ).

 

So, if the system can accidently do close to what you suggest, I bet it can be done.

Edited October 9 by Marine X

[mistagoat]

[Marine X]

Nice Find on the Pic, although it just occurred to me that what @Greycatis looking for is basically already in game, Shivans, so just a matter of making that look part of the Available costumes in the creator, with a few variants.

[General Idiot]

For what it's worth, at least one of the other servers out there has this already. Which is largely irrelevant to us given the Homecoming devs' reluctance to work with the other servers but the fact it exists somewhere proves it's possible, at least.

[Techwright]

On 10/9/2024 at 12:35 PM, mistagoat said:

A clear helmet shaped like that, especially one that integrates into several of the oversized shoulders, would not be amiss for the game.