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Dev blog: Ship Customization: Time to Show Some SKIN

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Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#441 - 2015-04-30 21:27:18 UTC
CCP Darwin wrote:
Brian Harrelstein wrote:
I wish the skins could be used on other ships... Inner Zone Shipping freighters anyone? :)

The main reason that isn't the case so far is that we have only released SKIN licenses that correspond to existing faction/ship combinations that have been validated by our QA folks.

Internally, the Space Object Factory engine can build a renderable ship with any combination of factions/materials and ship type. However, because certain combinations may not match up properly (one example is if a faction or material combination assumes the underlying ship has two material types and the actual ship in question has three) it's possible to get a ship out the other end that looks like a mistake has been made, or has undesirable combinations of original and skinned materials.

It is, however, possible that at some point there could be SKIN licenses that are designed and intended to look good on all ships. CCP Terminus would know more about whether there are concrete plans in that area.

Would it be possible to see any comments on plans for T2 ship skins?

For instance, will we ever see more general licenses for say, a given T1 ship and it's variants? Or is the foreseeable plan to continue with each hull and variant having it's own skin?

Also while I understand the need for QA, I feel as if the current ship selection leaves a lot to be desired for pilots who have largely come to depend upon the more advanced ship lines in game excluding only, oddly enough, miners.

Pretty much just waiting to for the right words from you get my participation.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#442 - 2015-04-30 23:36:15 UTC
Drabbin Mishi wrote:
Here are a few things that I posted to the Mosaic forum thread, but figured that they actually belong here:

1) Can "SKIN" please get added as an "Item Category" in the Contracts search menus. (There are too many SKINs, to be able to just wildcard "SKIN" on the search field.)

2) While I understand that the old skinned ship items no longer exist on the market etc., my problem is that all my transaction history (both market and Contracts) have now lost any record of what I purchased/sold/received/won etc.

3) The "Activate SKIN license" right-menu selection on a SKIN, *really* needs to have a warning/confirmation pop-up, just like all other permanent/irreversible actions do (rigs, implants, use-PLEX, etc.)

Drabbin.


You can use a search combo like "Coercer*SKIN" It will wildcard the inside.

The Drake is a Lie
Phoenix Jones
Small-Arms Fire
#443 - 2015-05-01 13:07:17 UTC
Reddit is melting down. Apparently any skin can be applied to any ship (t2 included). It is a bug but people are creating golden stratioses, police comet phoboses, quafe Titans, etc.

Most look awesome. And the lights function on the Phobos.

Yaay!!!!
Drabbin Mishi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#444 - 2015-05-01 14:24:58 UTC
Xercodo wrote:
Drabbin Mishi wrote:
Here are a few things that I posted to the Mosaic forum thread, but figured that they actually belong here:

1) Can "SKIN" please get added as an "Item Category" in the Contracts search menus. (There are too many SKINs, to be able to just wildcard "SKIN" on the search field.)
...


You can use a search combo like "Coercer*SKIN" It will wildcard the inside.


Yes - that works... if you're looking for a SKIN for a specific ship.

But if you're searching contracts, looking for bargains, it is much more difficult.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#445 - 2015-05-01 16:57:16 UTC
Drabbin Mishi wrote:
Xercodo wrote:
Drabbin Mishi wrote:
Here are a few things that I posted to the Mosaic forum thread, but figured that they actually belong here:

1) Can "SKIN" please get added as an "Item Category" in the Contracts search menus. (There are too many SKINs, to be able to just wildcard "SKIN" on the search field.)
...


You can use a search combo like "Coercer*SKIN" It will wildcard the inside.


Yes - that works... if you're looking for a SKIN for a specific ship.

But if you're searching contracts, looking for bargains, it is much more difficult.


Not seeing your problem here

Use what I gave you to look for all Skins, skins for a specific ship, or the same skin for any ships it applies to, sort by price, done

The Drake is a Lie
Drabbin Mishi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#446 - 2015-05-01 16:59:21 UTC
Xercodo wrote:
Drabbin Mishi wrote:
Xercodo wrote:
Drabbin Mishi wrote:
Here are a few things that I posted to the Mosaic forum thread, but figured that they actually belong here:

1) Can "SKIN" please get added as an "Item Category" in the Contracts search menus. (There are too many SKINs, to be able to just wildcard "SKIN" on the search field.)
...


You can use a search combo like "Coercer*SKIN" It will wildcard the inside.


Yes - that works... if you're looking for a SKIN for a specific ship.

But if you're searching contracts, looking for bargains, it is much more difficult.


Not seeing your problem here

Use what I gave you to look for all Skins, skins for a specific ship, or the same skin for any ships it applies to, sort by price, done


Ah... I tried that... but if you search for just "SKIN" in the contracts, it fails, complaining that the wildcard matches more than 200 items.
Rat Scout
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#447 - 2015-05-02 05:10:48 UTC
I have no idea why CCP is shooting themselves on purpose in the foot.
I looked trough all the skins, and the few that I do like are the temporary ones, and the few permanent ones that look decent are on ships that are rarely used or I have no interest in flying.

No matter how I look at the available skins thou, the temporary ones are by far better looking. And unfortunately I will never spend on a skin that is temporary, it is fluff, it has no technical significance for gameplay, not worth it.

I don't get it CCP, why are you holding back on this, greed is good, get greedy release good looking SKIN's for aurum.

TAKE MY MONEY, I dare you!
Vhelnik Cojoin
Pandemic Horde High Sec Division
#448 - 2015-05-02 18:16:13 UTC
Maybe call this the 'Veldspar Edition' or some such, if this cannot be a Sarum ship. But pretty please make this an official Thing™ on TQ. *Waves fistful of Aurum*

Providence 'Veldspar' Edition, not yet on TQ. Pirate

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Josephine Roden
Roden Interstellar Manufacturing
#449 - 2015-05-02 22:02:20 UTC
I realise that skins won't show on T2 variants of ships but do they show on the faction versions? Will the Roden skin show on the Brutix Navy Issue? Officially I mean, not the situation we have atm :)
GankYou
9B30FF Labs
#450 - 2015-05-02 22:15:06 UTC
Josephine Roden wrote:
I realise that skins won't show on T2 variants of ships but do they show on the faction versions? Will the Roden skin show on the Brutix Navy Issue? Officially I mean, not the situation we have atm :)


That is a very good question. Smile

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Celgar Thurn
Department 10
#451 - 2015-05-03 09:26:49 UTC
Just wanted to say apologies for what I said in previous replies about the graphics on the new and existing SKINS. It appears the viewer in the dev blog was not giving the correct representation of the graphics.
Arsine Mayhem
Doomheim
#452 - 2015-05-04 16:33:18 UTC
Why the Minmatar Hate?
Vailen Sere
Infinite Point
Pandemic Horde
#453 - 2015-05-04 22:18:13 UTC
I like the current SKINS out, but I am noticing a trend of caldari ships going last (*cough* tractical destroyers, missiles, etc)...

Can we Get a dev blog update when the Caldari / Minmatar (TRUST IN THE RUST!) when they might go live?

It seems theres going to be 4 factions for each ship on permanents.. is this going to be increased to all the corps in a faction (Kaalakiota / Ytiri / Home Guard)?
Tyranis Marcus
Bloody Heathens
#454 - 2015-05-17 01:05:58 UTC
Please don't add skins to killmails. It will just hurt your sales. Skinned ships will become targets in cases where they otherwise wouldn't be, limiting people's willingness to use them.

Do not run. We are your friends.
Tyranis Marcus
Bloody Heathens
#455 - 2015-05-17 01:06:46 UTC
Some of those skins sure do look nice, though.

Do not run. We are your friends.
Kelleth Kirk
Caldari State - Osprey Wing 7
#456 - 2015-05-25 15:15:24 UTC
Any update as to why skins for normal ships does not effect their Navy Counter parts? I mean, they are the same hull after all.

I miss having ISK.