Avatar custom poses

[Lateo]

Just had to throw this one out here, sudden idea that was "wow"

Custom Avatar poses, this might take abit of work but it would -certainly- set STO apart from other RPGs..
how it works, a small "editor" accessible from a menu related to your character, where in you can assign a "pose" to a hotkey (say 1-10), using click and drag to move the avatars limbs, joints and the face, you preset a pose for your avatar to "move into" when you hit the relevant hotkey.

Now some -will- abuse this, of course, you'll have captains who do a star jump or the "to infinty and beyond" pose when ordering to Warp 6.
(you could also use it to make a sequence of "dance" moves in social situations).

But, what would Tuvok/7o9 be if all they could do was walk? what would they be without that eyebrow lift?
would he be "picard" if he didnt do that little pointing hand gesture whenever he said "Engage"?
what about Janeways habit of hands-on-hips?

the dimension this could add to STO is breath taking.

[Father_Origin]

ahhhh emotes

I am pretty sure STO will have them....how many and what they will be, who knows.

[KO_Gilligan]

The Kirk Sway.... it's a lady killer

[andrewprofit]

I like it, everyone should have their own.

[jayrelo]

whats teh over/under on days it takes to see an emote of dry air humping?

maybe i should make it hours... (and in this case, my over/under would be one)

[Trekkie]

I don't know how much a system like this would actually add to the game, but I definitely wouldn't mind seeing something like this in the game since it would be a nice feature for roleplayers.

[Cormoran]

if i could make my own pose i'd absolutely have to go with the theatrical hero pose from blackadder. legs well apart, hands on hips and groin thrust forward.

[jayrelo]

if i could make my own pose i'd absolutely have to go with the theatrical hero pose from blackadder. legs well apart, hands on hips and groin thrust forward.

heh.

thats all i got/

[Deyvid]

Vulcans should definitely be able to throw up their Live Long and Prosper hand sign as an emote.

Or what about the Ferengi gesture where they put their wrists together with palms and fingers facing up, I think that was a sort of begging or pleading thing.

Klingons also have the salute, where they hit their chest with a fist then extend the arm out in front of them.

There should definitely be some standard emotes, like /wave or /bow or /salute, and then Trek-like things like the head nod for "acknowledged" (mainly seen when the extras would accept orders from primary characters since the extras wouldn't get lines of dialogue so they didn't have to get paid more).

And there should definitely be a few dances, so our Orion slave-girls and junior officers can entertain the senior staff during the downtime while warping from planet to planet.

[jayrelo]

Vulcans should definitely be able to throw up their Live Long and Prosper hand sign as an emote.

Or what about the Ferengi gesture where they put their wrists together with palms and fingers facing up, I think that was a sort of begging or pleading thing.

Klingons also have the salute, where they hit their chest with a fist then extend the arm out in front of them.

There should definitely be some standard emotes, like /wave or /bow or /salute, and then Trek-like things like the head nod for "acknowledged" (mainly seen when the extras would accept orders from primary characters since the extras wouldn't get lines of dialogue so they didn't have to get paid more).

And there should definitely be a few dances, so our Orion slave-girls and junior officers can entertain the senior staff during the downtime while warping from planet to planet.


i hope troi is around, she would have unique emotes

/crashanothershipintoplanet
/fallinlovewith(insertname)
/slapmother
/gocrazyapeshizo

...

possibilities are endless...

[Samodelkin]

I wonder how Cryptic would go about non-humanoid gestures.

Of course I am not talking about blobs of energy or goo, or four-armed four-legged aliens. I am talking about animating the features on humanoid aliens that most other humanoid aliens don't have.

Could Andorians (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Andorian) willingly wiggle (or gesture with) their antennae? Would the Gorn (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Gorn) be restricted from winking and blinking? Could species with biological "extras" gesture with their wings, tails, extra limbs, claws, or adaptive camouflage patterns?

[USS_Parallax]

YES! I'm sick of everyone having one pose. BORING!

Give me customizable poses as long as it's not as free as Spore. That game sucked at poses and creations would be unbalanced lol. Require balance!

[jayrelo]

if cryptic is going to self proclaim the game as a super duper customizing crazy asian ape shizo machine, then i'm sure sooner or later, emodes will soon be player created. but i'm sure there will be standard emodes.