Question about ship customization?

[Father_Origin]

Have a good question,

You have stated that we will be able to 'customize' our ships by moving engines around a bit
and adding stickers..some colors, ect..

That is all and fine for most folks, but some of us would like to take it a step higher.

It would be very cool if you also have an 'Advance' ship customization option.

In the advance menu, we could add textures, more colors, lighting FX, change lighting hues,
adjust lighting levels of various parts that give off light ect...

This would allow for some very dramatic ships in game and make it more personalized without
creating too many oddities

this method of customization could be similar to some of the building function in the
player run game enviroment Second Life.


I would not allow players to download textures from outside the game for very obvious reasons.
They would have to use a texture library you supply.

Just a thought

[Hagon]

Have a good question,

You have stated that we will be able to 'customize' our ships by moving engines around a bit
and adding stickers..some colors, ect..

That is all and fine for most folks, but some of us would like to take it a step higher.

It would be very cool if you also have an 'Advance' ship customization option.

In the advance menu, we could add textures, more colors, lighting FX, change lighting hues,
adjust lighting levels of various parts that give off light ect...

This would allow for some very dramatic ships in game and make it more personalized without
creating too many oddities

this method of customization could be similar to some of the building function in the
player run game enviroment Second Life.


I would not allow players to download textures from outside the game for very obvious reasons.
They would have to use a texture library you supply.

Just a thoughtGiven Cryptic's track record with customization features, I wouldn't be surprised if some of that wasn't already planned as just a regular option. That said though, there will be limitations as to how far they can go with it

[Sumoben]

Unfortunately, there are constraints on how many different designs a console, or a PC can handle. Of course the PC can handle a greater number of them than a console, depending on hardware, however, many people can't afford the top of the line PC every year, let alone every few years.

[mistermgd]

Unfortunately, there are constraints on how many different designs a console, or a PC can handle. Of course the PC can handle a greater number of them than a console, depending on hardware, however, many people can't afford the top of the line PC every year, let alone every few years.

great point; I'm plannignon playing on my xbox 360 because my coimputer isn't anywhere near advanced enough for the newest games and it is way too expensive to purchase a new one with the latest graphics cards or even last years cards.

[Dr.Rubik]

Personally, I wish one couldn't "customize" ships that belong to a faction. I think it would be pretty ridiculous when the player sees a neon green ship with the words "n00b pwn3r" on the side flying around.

I don't really know very much about the customization process or the extent which one may customize, but I hope that it has tasteful parameters.