I think it would be nice to have a little more in the character descrip.
"She sems strong and in her twenties. Her hair is red, long and worn in a single braid. She is of medium height. Her eyes are blue. She is wearing a kick ass chainmail bikini."
Or something like that. You know what I mean.
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Cheshierekat
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mrsE wrote:I agree. Of course you could roleplay eye colour etc but then a char can't notice another char's features without them letting you do that.
Wow must have been a wave length thing....
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Somehow you strayed and lost your way,
and now there'll be no time to play,
no time for joy,
no time for friends
- not even time to make amends.
You are too naïve if you do believe life is innocent laughter and fun.
and now there'll be no time to play,
no time for joy,
no time for friends
- not even time to make amends.
You are too naïve if you do believe life is innocent laughter and fun.
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g1asswa1ker
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Cheshierekat wrote:I think it would be nice to have a little more in the character descrip.
"She sems strong and in her twenties. Her hair is red, long and worn in a single braid. She is of medium height. Her eyes are blue. She is wearing a kick ass chainmail bikini."
Or something like that. You know what I mean.
So long as it's on another page as it would increase (for some) the amount of time it would take the event page to load.
That and I really don't like the thought of seening someones discription come across the sreen about a hundred or so times.
Somehow you strayed and lost your way,
and now there'll be no time to play,
no time for joy,
no time for friends
- not even time to make amends.
You are too naïve if you do believe life is innocent laughter and fun.
and now there'll be no time to play,
no time for joy,
no time for friends
- not even time to make amends.
You are too naïve if you do believe life is innocent laughter and fun.
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Pirog
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I think that the desciprion should be locked in some way.
Otherwise people would use it as a disguise, where a blond, blue-eyed man robs the town and suddenly you are hunting a man with dark hair and a huge beard...it would just become silly.
Still, you should be able to alter the appearance in some way.
For example I have a couple of warrior type characters who have gathered quite a lot of scars during their years...
Perhaps a couple of trustworthy people could form a "appearance department" where people would have to send in their altered descriptions for approval before they would have effect?
It sounds like a big thing, but I don't think it would have to be much work behind such a thing...
Otherwise people would use it as a disguise, where a blond, blue-eyed man robs the town and suddenly you are hunting a man with dark hair and a huge beard...it would just become silly.
Still, you should be able to alter the appearance in some way.
For example I have a couple of warrior type characters who have gathered quite a lot of scars during their years...
Perhaps a couple of trustworthy people could form a "appearance department" where people would have to send in their altered descriptions for approval before they would have effect?
It sounds like a big thing, but I don't think it would have to be much work behind such a thing...
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g1asswa1ker
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Pirog wrote:I think that the desciprion should be locked in some way.
Otherwise people would use it as a disguise, where a blond, blue-eyed man robs the town and suddenly you are hunting a man with dark hair and a huge beard...it would just become silly.
Still, you should be able to alter the appearance in some way.
For example I have a couple of warrior type characters who have gathered quite a lot of scars during their years...
Perhaps a couple of trustworthy people could form a "appearance department" where people would have to send in their altered descriptions for approval before they would have effect?
It sounds like a big thing, but I don't think it would have to be much work behind such a thing...
Yes somepeople would but would it really matter since you would still know who they are by the name you gave them.
Somehow you strayed and lost your way,
and now there'll be no time to play,
no time for joy,
no time for friends
- not even time to make amends.
You are too naïve if you do believe life is innocent laughter and fun.
and now there'll be no time to play,
no time for joy,
no time for friends
- not even time to make amends.
You are too naïve if you do believe life is innocent laughter and fun.
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viktor
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more than age in the description would be nice, the hair color would defenitly help it wouldn't give away a person either out of 3000 people how many black haired men in thier 20's could you find? a great number i'd expect you could come across many but it would defenitly help when it came to criminal prosecution and other identity needs.
eye color is a possibility too we don't want to make it overwealmingly easy to track people down though.
a few hair colors (nothing fancy just normal ones)
blonde
brown
black
red
if eye colors are also added then possibly
blue
brown
green
hazel
i think that basically covers the main natural hair colors and possibly a great deal of eye colors
average it out and 1/16 people will have the same hair and eye color combinations in any age category
selectable upon creation of character and not changable
also for existing characters they can choose it once it is implimented.
of course the option to wear a hat and to shave ones head should be available (shaven head remains shaved for a limited time, at least a day but no more than say 4 days) possibly shaven heads are allowed to wear wigs which are automatically taken off when the hair grows back or are just ignored.
a person could also wear sunglasses to cover thier eyes too
and yes i understand there is always a thread of fasism racism and genocide but no matter what new feature is added there will always be some nut that puts something bad into it, but that's realism in social development, doesn't mean those bad things hafta happen but the possibility for them to is more realistic. at the very least it can help track crimes, people can go spread the word or post a note about a crime with a description of the person (very real)
eye color is a possibility too we don't want to make it overwealmingly easy to track people down though.
a few hair colors (nothing fancy just normal ones)
blonde
brown
black
red
if eye colors are also added then possibly
blue
brown
green
hazel
i think that basically covers the main natural hair colors and possibly a great deal of eye colors
average it out and 1/16 people will have the same hair and eye color combinations in any age category
selectable upon creation of character and not changable
also for existing characters they can choose it once it is implimented.
of course the option to wear a hat and to shave ones head should be available (shaven head remains shaved for a limited time, at least a day but no more than say 4 days) possibly shaven heads are allowed to wear wigs which are automatically taken off when the hair grows back or are just ignored.
a person could also wear sunglasses to cover thier eyes too
and yes i understand there is always a thread of fasism racism and genocide but no matter what new feature is added there will always be some nut that puts something bad into it, but that's realism in social development, doesn't mean those bad things hafta happen but the possibility for them to is more realistic. at the very least it can help track crimes, people can go spread the word or post a note about a crime with a description of the person (very real)
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Perhaps choosing your hair and eye color are not the way to go here, maybe spawn points can determine the choices available to you. People on Sring-Sri wear reed clothing but should also share similar island characteristics (whatever those are determined to be).
Hair styles & length, facial hair and such can be changed as well as dying hair.. etc.
Hair styles & length, facial hair and such can be changed as well as dying hair.. etc.
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How about more realism. Everyone with black hair and brown eyes and medium dark skin until you inbreed enough times to cause the abberations that are paraded in the media?
You forgot albinoism and freckles.
Also the exact hue of the color blue, nost length and with, cheeck bone placement, diples, chin shape, jaw line, hair line, ability to grow a proper beard, and wrinkles.
In case your wondering. Blond straight hair, blue eyes, thin build, would have been considered above average height a few generations ago before vitamin manipulations in the food supply.
The pic I use is a favorite character from a movie.
I tell you I just don't like specific descriptions. I would rather have my characters look like other characters without being specific about it. That group of characters that look the same can argue about what they look like.
You forgot albinoism and freckles.
Also the exact hue of the color blue, nost length and with, cheeck bone placement, diples, chin shape, jaw line, hair line, ability to grow a proper beard, and wrinkles.
In case your wondering. Blond straight hair, blue eyes, thin build, would have been considered above average height a few generations ago before vitamin manipulations in the food supply.
The pic I use is a favorite character from a movie.
I tell you I just don't like specific descriptions. I would rather have my characters look like other characters without being specific about it. That group of characters that look the same can argue about what they look like.
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I think that Jos has mentioned wanting to develope a gene system for cantr, to use in conjunction with the upcoming babies. I think it could work with a few simple tags on each character, denoting hair color, eye color, skin hue, and height and build too I suppose. Then babies could have some combination of both parents genes. Each island or even region should have a different starting set of genes so people from k island will look different from those from shai and so on, but intercontinental voyagers could always meet up with natives and expand the gene base.
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hmmm, i dunno the only thing i'm wondering about is the random genes and area colors, would we know what the characteristics will be before we choose a name?
hmm one version has newspawns come out determined by the average of the island they are on, but what about innitially determining what those will be? will it be a random selection or a thought out decision or would the current existing characters get to choose what they have and then newspawns will come out determined by the surrounding population? just looking to find out how the system will be determined and working
hmm one version has newspawns come out determined by the average of the island they are on, but what about innitially determining what those will be? will it be a random selection or a thought out decision or would the current existing characters get to choose what they have and then newspawns will come out determined by the surrounding population? just looking to find out how the system will be determined and working
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And that's not the part I disagree with. It the having it show up blue.
And I do not know what the plans are there.
It's not like you can give blue eyes to one island and green eyes to another. Melanin defficiency was unique mutation of some inbreeds that gives you most of the colors that are described.
Just have groups of characters share features without having those features detailed.
Or taken in the opposite direction. What color are the sands? And the stone? And the feathers? I MUST KNOW! LOL
On a related note. What if there was a way to draw someone's image onto a note. The way we see them today. "A man in their twenties". You would not be able to click on it but if you discover the person and name the person then you will see that your note has changed. The title of the name which would say "A portrait of ::a man in his twenties:: would be uneditable". (credit to the k/d/f portrait maker of course for the idea). Being that it is a form of art would this be the first need for a skill to be able to create or copy these notes at all?
And I do not know what the plans are there.
It's not like you can give blue eyes to one island and green eyes to another. Melanin defficiency was unique mutation of some inbreeds that gives you most of the colors that are described.
Just have groups of characters share features without having those features detailed.
Or taken in the opposite direction. What color are the sands? And the stone? And the feathers? I MUST KNOW! LOL
On a related note. What if there was a way to draw someone's image onto a note. The way we see them today. "A man in their twenties". You would not be able to click on it but if you discover the person and name the person then you will see that your note has changed. The title of the name which would say "A portrait of ::a man in his twenties:: would be uneditable". (credit to the k/d/f portrait maker of course for the idea). Being that it is a form of art would this be the first need for a skill to be able to create or copy these notes at all?
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