EVE General Discussion

I do believe that is CGI? It dosent appear to be a real time 3d render. It IS nice however.

The op does have a point, the character creator in this game is very good that is undeniable. It is a shame that CQ is the only place it is used.
More half-bake.

I always do the same thing when creating characters in games. I also tend to "print screen", modify character, "print screen", alt tab, compare before and after, alt tab fairly often for each feature. The sheer amount of time I have spent on the EVE character generator is a bit ridiculous but I have noted a few oddities that many of you might already know.

If you twist the torso instead full character rotation you create the weird twisted neck issue which can be spotted by how even your collar is. This is quite acceptable if done in moderation, but can result in strange neck contortions if overdone.

The lighting and shadows are based of the body/face position. I find it easier to first move your character around (head position, torso twist, head tilt) to capture the shadows you desire. Then you can left click drag to re-angle your character into your desired position with the desired lighting.

If you want less shadows look upwards, or conversely look down for more. This could become awkward in relation to the body if overdone and you are not doing a close up.

It might be my imagination, but I feel as though the facial geometry gets a bit off center if your character is turned to the extreme edges. It might just be a natural effect of the angle/lens, the fact that the lighting is designed for the neutral position, or something even more subtle, but I find the best results are actually gotten when the character is near reset.

Is it my imagination or are the screenshot female avatar portraits a cup size larger than their character creation WIS versions? The smallest option (which is close to what I use) in the character creator seem like a modest B, which in turn translates into a fuller C. I find it a bit interesting that CCP decided to make the smallest option "average" and go up (way up) from there.

Despite all the poses and lighting choices I notice the same ones being used by players. Hairstyles to a lesser degree tend to favor a few. The outlandish choices are fun, but are not used very often.

I really enjoy the character creator and have spent too much time on it. I am getting close to a full wardrobe (need monocle, Quafe shirt , and Red/Gold Executor) and hope to see more classy items in the future. I just hope Team Avatar takes a more moderate approach since the listed non-available clothes in our current inventory (not counting the dress) seem as exciting as the "free" starter clothes, and the images I have seen from SiSi look like they belong in a S & M club.

I think that the static light vs moving characte ris ot an isue, but a feature. it's tricky to figure out as it's not docuemtne anywhere (liek 995 fo the gmae, nut,t hat woudl be a different so tory).

It's very sueful to elarn how light itneract with the haracter, and also to bear in mind that head-to-body angles usually are less relevant than they appear. It's a matter of "looking right" rather than being geometrically accurate. Also camera angles can do miracles; what looks awful from an angle, can become a great pose moving just 10 degrees further. One of the best angled portraits i've made was absolutely awful but from the precise angle in which it looked "natural":

You would never guess how awkwardly twisted was the model here...

The CC rewards a lot experimentation and practice. I usually need one or two hours before achieving a "final" portrait, and also experiment a lot with things I see on the forums and photographs from RL (the later show how limited is the creator, BTW, compared to the possibilities of human expression... the models' neck is not even half as flexible as the real one)

But anyway, probably the CC is one of the "roundest" features in EVE. And a casual friendly one and quite rewarding.

Thank you for this post... you guys have no idea how happy it makes me to read such a positve thread on something I really care about
(I modeled my character after myself and I think it almost looks more like me than some pictures of me )

At CCP, if you'd really like to make a change that would be nice for the character creator: the ratio of neck to shoulder for gallente men. I dunno about any other race/gender, but uhhhhhh...neck is crazy long, shoulders hanging low, even at their max height

Edit: Off topic part removed, CCP Phantom

i'm glad that you liked it, i guess that it's a difference from the usual "I hates it, rollback it" and the "Where's my redskin dudes?" threads...

BTW, today i was tinkering a bit more and recalled that apparently each hairdo has got its own way to apply color, that is, a same color from the palette will have different effect depending on the active hairdo. I wonder, how is this achieved? Do each combo of hairdo + palette color have a pre-rendered texture, so different hairdos = different textures thus different color is rendered? Or it's some kind of post processing? So we could, potentially, choose different ways to shade the hairdo with each palette color? Maybe even have a color intensity slider like the one used for make up?

I mean... look at this GORGEOUS orange...

Could we have it for every hairdo? Or it's a pre-rendered texture specific to that bob?

Agreed, I could play there all day.. and it would drive my husband batty.. lol.

I have to agree i love tinkering with the CC, its so much fun :)

A Fazmarai thread that I can like

The character creator is amazing, it's a creative tool and one reason why I have too many alts.

umm, no.

not only is that a pre-rendered sequence, but it doesnt have to be a fully customizable one.