Fitting Room at the Armorer? (also, fun with dye previews)

ducktape

ducktape

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/R

20 Dec 2005 at 01:32 - 81
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xenrath
The armour preview concept - yes.

The dye concept - Not as it is proposed i.e. a photoshop style colour swathe where you just pick the colour you want and it tells you the dyes you need. Change this to just opening up the selection of standard dyes, which you can then mix and apply to the preview to your hearts content. This doesn't take away from the game, since you still experiment to find different colours and shades (but you don't lose money doing it)
Actually, I did the color chart because I thought that dragging the cursor around until you find a suitable color might be efficient for when you're not sure of what color you want, since that way you don't have to find the dye combination ahead of time. That said, I'm all for choosing dye combinations in the dye preview and having it show you how it will turn out! It would be nice for planning based on how much each dye costs, or finding out what you can make with the dyes you already have.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
I'm very sure this has been suggested before, but

/signed

EDIT:

Yes, this thread has been done before, with killer examples of what such a preview would look like (inlcuding a Dye pre-viewer!)
Aha, Merge is our friend. Thanks to everyone for all of your support!

Lepton CFd

Lepton CFd

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Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

Mo/Me

06 May 2006 at 16:30 - 82
/signed

Good ideas and well presented.

Imaginos

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

06 May 2006 at 17:51 - 83
Quote:
Originally Posted by crazy diamond
Something similar to how you preview the guild cape before purchase could probably work nicely.
That is a very smart thing you mentioned. The basis for the code for a fitting room already exists in the cape creation room.

All they would need to do for the dyes is have a row of the 7 basic colors plus 1 for dye remover and a row of 4 slots above these 8 colors. Then you just drag a color or 3 into the different 4 slots. Add a mix/show button and that would give you the mixture right on whatever you were previewing.

Should be pretty simple as the colors are already ingame, mixing up to 4 times is ingame, and the output for the colors is ingame. Just need a simple interface as I've suggested to be programmed in and tested.

Bale_Shadowscar

Bale_Shadowscar

Wilds Pathfinder

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New Dragons [NDR]

06 May 2006 at 18:10 - 84
Most definitely Signed. Aesthetics for me Is one of the most important parts of the game, and In fact, I'd rather have really nice armour dyed well over a really powerful weapon anyday.

Cjlr

Wilds Pathfinder

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SMS

E/Me

06 May 2006 at 18:35 - 85
This = good idea.

/signed.

k3nn3tH123

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06 May 2006 at 18:36 - 86
/signed

Maxiemonster

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06 May 2006 at 19:34 - 87
/signed!

Dragonsong

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06 May 2006 at 22:06 - 88
/signed

I actually put in a bug report after I bought Canthan armor for my Warrior. My elementalist's Canthan armor is gorgeous, but my warrior armor is really homely. It looks like starter armor. I thought it wasn't displaying properly, but GW Tech Support looked into it and determined that it's supposed to look like that. I spent a bunch of time and most of my savings on that armor, and I hate it. I salvaged my old stuff for the runes, so there's no going back.

So yep, I'd pay a plat for a fitting room.

The GW staff suggested I make a comment on a GW forum as a way of expressing my.. um .. concerns, so here I am.

grobanite

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06 May 2006 at 22:44 - 89
/signed

Tarun

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07 May 2006 at 00:38 - 90
/signed

Replicant

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07 May 2006 at 15:20 - 91
/signed

clarianaeneas

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R/E

07 May 2006 at 15:31 - 92
/signed

yes please!

God's Will

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Rogues of Bastion

R/E

07 May 2006 at 17:29 - 93
/signed

I realize that yall are talking about having a tab available at each armor crafter. But what if we had a separate merchant that specialized in this. In the end game cities only we could have a merchant that had examples of all the armor looks. Especially with Factions and the ability to buy any type of armor with any stats on it. People have a greater tendancy to mix and match armors. The merchant could charge a fee or something. However this is implemented (tab or a whole new npc or both) this is a great idea and i'm surprised that Anet hasn't done this yet.

Ison Daya

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Tribunal of Darkness [TOD]

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07 May 2006 at 17:58 - 94
/signed

This is a great idea, and many have thought of it before, but people don't usually go into this much detail. Sounds great, especially the cape code +drag and drop idea.

bringer di morte

bringer di morte

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The True Oni [Oni]

07 May 2006 at 18:08 - 95
/signed

This is an amazing idea. I remember buying 15k plate...Then realizing it wasn't worth it, considering that it didn't look much better compared to 1.5k. It would save money and lots of people hitting themselves in the forehead.

S H I N O B I

S H I N O B I

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PSC

R/W

07 May 2006 at 19:58 - 96
/signed on both the dye and armor preview requests ^.^

I'm diggin these suggestions alot, I hope Anet comes through for us!

Takeko Nakano

Takeko Nakano

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07 May 2006 at 20:01 - 97
Dye mixing - no
Armour preview - yes

samifly

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Mo/Me

07 May 2006 at 23:18 - 98
Dear god yes. I wouldnt have wasted a whole bunch of time on 15k Kurzick for my ranger, because there were no pictures of it (at the time) and its frigging ugly. so heartbroken when i put it on

Tailon

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08 May 2006 at 02:41 - 99
/signed.

Ensabah Nur

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08 May 2006 at 21:51 - 100
/signed much more detailed post / thread than mine (too bad it didn't show up on search when I looked)

zeroxy

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20 May 2006 at 12:07 - 101
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Nevin

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Tarun

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20 May 2006 at 13:38 - 103
So many signs, why hasn't ANet added this yet?

Farrell-Zander

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20 May 2006 at 17:49 - 104
/signed It took me ages to find a good dye mix for my 15k Kurzick Armor

Unlucky Slayer

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Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

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20 May 2006 at 19:31 - 105
/signed for both.

With the hopes that with the dye mix preview can show how the mix itself will react to the different armors... Giving you the choice of the various professions to determine how a dye will react to the armor... Seeing that every profession has a different base color.

Relnor

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W/

20 May 2006 at 20:07 - 106
Since I just spent 30k on dyes...

DO IT!

/signed

Shadow Dragon

Shadow Dragon

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20 May 2006 at 20:35 - 107
/signed
i like this idea

Ag3ofshadows

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20 May 2006 at 23:27 - 108
sounds like a great idea, along w/ dyes as well. what is in the bottle looks different on your armor

Relnor

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21 May 2006 at 00:24 - 109
I think this would help people to come up with a unique color combo. It would be a lot cheaper then trial and error.

Dumbassturtle

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05 Aug 2006 at 13:32 - 110
/signed

Trying to find current pictures of armor for the correct gender and profession and all the dye combinations on that armor is near imposible. Plus the mix and match option to see how pieces look together is something that would really help with different looks!

Mars Dragonblade

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Awesometon.

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05 Aug 2006 at 14:35 - 111
Nice work with the images, I'd love to see somethin like that. I'm currrently saving up for the Kurzick 15k Ritualist stuff and somethin like this would be much appreciated, especially if it didn't turn out the way I had hoped.

/Signed

ducktape

ducktape

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Join Date: Jul 2005

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22 Aug 2006 at 17:42 - 112
Quote:
Originally Posted by Imaginos
That is a very smart thing you mentioned. The basis for the code for a fitting room already exists in the cape creation room.

All they would need to do for the dyes is have a row of the 7 basic colors plus 1 for dye remover and a row of 4 slots above these 8 colors. Then you just drag a color or 3 into the different 4 slots. Add a mix/show button and that would give you the mixture right on whatever you were previewing.

Should be pretty simple as the colors are already ingame, mixing up to 4 times is ingame, and the output for the colors is ingame. Just need a simple interface as I've suggested to be programmed in and tested.
Wow, that would be really cool, and much easier to program. Great idea!

I'm working on a mega overhaul of the fitting room and dye preview concepts to be more "implementable" with all of the changes made to the process of buying armor in Factions. I hope to have it done within the next 30 days or so, I hope the overhauled ideas will be well liked. In the meantime, thank you all for so many /signed posts of appreciation

Don Vito Corleone

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Guildless

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21 Sep 2006 at 21:10 - 113
/signed

great idea

i spent more than 500k just to be satisfied of my monk armor color

NinjaKai

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UK

Duality Of The Dragon

21 Sep 2006 at 21:34 - 114
/Signed

But perhaps have it like when you make a new PvP character and you select the armor like that.

shaolin mind trick

shaolin mind trick

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Aequitas Deis [AD]

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21 Sep 2006 at 22:48 - 115
/signed

I know I've spend 150k+ just tweaking dye colours

Beast Masster

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03 Oct 2006 at 03:33 - 116
/signed

ducktape

ducktape

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26 Oct 2006 at 16:39 - 117
Game Update, October 26:
  • A new Dye Preview panel lets you preview the effect of dye color combinations on your items before applying the dye.
  • White and brown dye colors are now available as loot drops.
Man, this is like the awesomest thing ever. Well, for me anyways, and every other dye-a-holic


I'm still working on the new Fitting Room interface suggestion, haven't had much time to work on it so far but now I'm glad. I would've had to redo it all anyways due to the changes in the armor system with Nightfall.

Hope to have new stuff to share with everyone by mid-december.

Solar_Takfar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

26 Oct 2006 at 18:41 - 118
mmm you can always make do with guildwiki to see what armor looks like...

ducktape

ducktape

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27 Oct 2006 at 23:09 - 119
Quote:
Originally Posted by Solar_Takfar
mmm you can always make do with guildwiki to see what armor looks like...
Yes, GuildWiki helps immensely if you wonder what armor looks like in general. However, if you want to mix and match from different sets of armor, or you wonder if the armor will look good with your hair and body type, being able to preview the armor on your character would be really nice.

Hamanaqua

Hamanaqua

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E/Mo

07 Mar 2007 at 18:45 - 120
/signed

An armor preview or fitting room so needs to be done. That puny little icon at the bottom of the armorer's window is useless even on a 42" LCD (I've checked). I've had to go to the Guild Warriors website and print off images from their armor gallery as a means of remembering what I want for my characters. Even then, the jpegs on their site are small and of poor quality and print out even worse.

Please Arena Net make an armor preview feature with a large preview. Thank you.