EVE General Discussion

I like the new avatars, but have to admit that I wish some options were still available.

Shiganaru Comparison
http://forum.nibbletek.co.uk/portrait_viewer.php?character=shiganaru

Adakis Fenikkusu Comparison (My Alt)
http://forum.nibbletek.co.uk/portrait_viewer.php?character=adakis%20fenikkusu

Adakis doesn't look nearly as crazy as he used to.

would that not be more what a sansha moded pod guy would look like? i here they look a lot like the borg from that one show

The problem with CCP adding anything that would be racial and blood line distinctive would be the complaints of "How come I can't get that?" followed with "CCP should give everyone free racial and blood line changes!"

Or sell them like we've been asking for years. One plex seems fair.

You guys are crazy! The old character creator has distinctive features for each blood line because you were locked into it. Every Civire male looked the same and I could instantly tell they were one in local. Yeah I have a harder time recognizing one now but the distinct features are more subtle. I also can't tell a Korean from a Japanese person IRL or a Ukrainian from a Russian IRL. The new character creator is more like RL and is the best one I have ever used.

But it COULD use more racial accessories. I agree there

- Having an option to only randomize the face or body (not clothes) would be nice.
- It was very tedious to revert my changes, because the "timeline" bar with the ticks on it doesn't have any markings on it, which means it's impossible to tell where you are in the timeline when scrolling it around.
- Please make an easier way to scroll through the panels, not just the "click-hold-push left or right" method. The arrow keys or scroll buttons would be useful here, or maybe right-clicking on a panel would bring it to the front.
- The panels are just too hard to navigate through and compare. An option to expand to see them all in thumbnail form would be great for comparing options. I had to keep in my head the options I was deciding between. "Okay, it's between the, third hairstyle I think, and the second-to-last."
- Scarring is too hard to see in the panels. I don't know if there's much you can do about this though.
- Some panels are confusing, because you can't see what part of your character you are modifying. For example, the feature where you can change the color of the skin around your eye, took me a while to figure out. Was labeled as "eye color" or something, and I didn't know what it was doing to my character. Perhaps highlighting or outlining the affected area in blue.

EDIT: No I did not notice the tucking options, I only knew I could do a full randomize on my character.

SECOND EDIT: If by normal glasses you mean glasses for your eyesight, no I don't think I would like that implementation. In a world of cybernetic implants (like, um, ocular filters) I would think the problem of nearsightedness has been solved, especially in the capsuleer community, who are cloned back to life. Seeing portraits with eyeglasses would look a bit odd to me.

Sorry if my memory of the creator is a bit hazy, you might already have some of these implemented.

Confusing or unclear
The icons for some of the options are a little too subtle as to what effect you're applying. This is especially true of the makeup options. It is hard to distinguish, from the icons alone, where color is going to go, or what shape it will take. It wouldn't be as nice to look at, but it might be easier if those icons were more abstract and high-contrast. A few times I've clicked the Randomize button intending to collapse a section (thank goodness for undo).

Tucking, randomize, and clothing toggle
I've used both the tucking options and found the toggle ("what does this do? OK!"). I usually don't use randomize on purpose.

Whole-body tattoos
Mildly interested.

Glasses
Why not? ...and visors with HUDs

Body modifications
I've not used them much. No problems when I did.

Bloodline changes
I suspect those most interested in blood-line changes are the ones that started with the pre-Carbon CC. I'd also guess that most of us have also made our peace with it by now.

Other suggestions, comments

• With Incursions, the CC performance was not bad. I have a fairly fast system (quad-core i7-920, ATI Radeon 5870, 12 GB RAM), and the current CC bogs down significantly when adjusting body geometry. For example, I never get a smooth adjustment of the abdomen, by the time the system responds to the mouse input, it snaps to one extreme or the other, unless I'm very very patient.
• It'd be nice if you fixed the clipping issues with hair. For example, the hair on my portrait here slices through the shoulder.
• I'd like to be able to zoom out a bit more when creating the portrait
• It'd be nice to be able to change eye size... nothing crazy, but there's only a choice of position today.
• Icons depicting poses do not seem to show the actual pose.
• I'd love to have more control over the lighting for the portrait. On the other hand, I'd love a "match background" button that would adjust the lighting to fit the background (as a starting point).
• For aging characters, it'd be nice to achieve a salt-and-pepper look, or have a dark gray hair color like the old characters could achieve. Also, would like some of the old hairstyles (especially for male characters) to be added.
• It'd be nice if those four thumbnails along the left-hand side could be clicked to return to the pose / settings they show. They'd become pose history buttons, not just portrait options.

(Thank God for Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C... the forums ate the post when I clicked Preview)

hey everyone,
since you are all here to talk about the character creator I wanted to ask you a few questions.

• When you go through the character creator, is there anything that you find confusing or unclear and could be improved?

nothing confusing, keep reading for improvements


• Did you all notice the "tucking" options, that you can randomize the whole character (and each group), and toggle the clothes off?

not on first sight


• Now we have only facial tattoos... would body tattoos be something you would be interested in (and then how interested), even though you cannot see them in the portrait?

yes, but dont push them until we have multiplayer environments


• A few people have asked for normal glasses... would that be something you would be interested in?

yes please !

but please make 2 groups, sunglasses and normal glasses (or just let us change colours of the glass part ;) )
also pushed up glasses !


• Did anyone have problems with the body modifications, and if so, what did you have problems with?

there is a lot of piercings available

groups whould be awesome here

(right ear, left ear, both ears, nose, top lips, bottom lips, forehead, intimate, you get it ;) )


• Are there any small usability issues that bothering you in the character creator?

sometimes there is to much to choose, groups would help alot (piercings, scars, ...)


• Do you think players in general would be in favor of allowing bloodline changes, or are there just a few souls that are unhappy with their heritage

GIEF PLIEX !!!!


• Any more suggestions? (other than "hey, we want more racial clothing" and "hey, we want no clothing restrictions").

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(I've been looking at the character creator for so long that it makes perfect sense to me, but it would be great to get some input from you guys... and these are just questions, not promises that everything you suggest will be done)