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Thread: Customization today? Where is ours?
Domandred wrote:
Hmmm lets see....
DroidCustomizationCount = 20 to DroidCustomizationCount = 200
VehicleCustomizationCount =20 to VehicleCustomizationCount = 200
VS
ColorizationPallate = False
to
ColorizationPallate = True
Other then the 20 or so pieces of furniture that could be colorized....I'm not counting bookshelves, tables, cabinets etc, only couches chairs and the like...I dunno seems to me wouldn't be too bloody difficult. The code is already there they just gotta drop it in. I figure if someone showed me the code for clothing and the code for furniture I could have the entire furniture line colorized in a few hours...
Which to you think is harder? Turning non-containers into containers or colorizing furnitures...furniture colorization was on most peoples top-5, personally I don't remember seeing Make bookshelves containers on anyones top-5, maybe top 10.
First off you know it's not a matter of flagging Colorization true. In fact I bet you it's not even a coding issue. I suspect that it's an art issue. As in, they would have to revisit every peice of art for every furniture and setup colorization areas, ie Base1, Base2, Trim, Metal. I know there are some colorized peices of furntiure in the galaxy, but I think those are merely the expection and not the rule. It would take a few more than a couple of hours to define palettes, palette progression, colorization areas, design new furniture colorization tool (ie schem, art, rules), and copy over the colorization code from another system, as you pointed out, like clothing.
In the end:
Wright_left wrote:
As in, they would have to revisit every peice of art for every furniture and setup colorization areas, ie Base1, Base2, Trim, Metal
I have to disagree. Your making it sound as if they would have to remodel everthing. This is not the case. The models are already there and the models already have a color set to them. How to code it? Easy, here is some pseudo code for you:
Using a Large Couch...the red one
Set ColorizationPalatte = True
OnAssemble Load Colorization_Palatte_1; On Assemble Load Colorization_Palatte_2
ColorCode_Upholstery := Color From Colorization_Pallate_1
ColorCode_Trim := Color From Colorization_Palatte_2
On Create Prototype Use ColorCode_Upholstery; Use ColorCode_Trim
Done. No extra modelling needed. Granted the code they use is not this simple but they do NOT need to go back and remodel everything in the art department. All they have to do is add some variables and drop in the colorization pallate coding. Yes it can be done using existing code in a mater of hours for the entire furniture line that could stand to be colorized.