Minor Customization

I saw 3 players that had the same head on the same team, and I had a neat idea. It may have gone better in a mod, but I have to suggest it anyways.

Minor customization for each class

Knight - Change shield shape (buckler, heater shield, kite, etc.)
Archer - Change arrow fletching shape, change quiver shape
Builder - Change sack shape, change bracer color (Iron, copper, etc.)

Of course, all these have no effect on gameplay besides appearance.

Of course, these would likely require whole new sets of sprites, so this is likely a waste of time. Only advantage I thought of is more characterization and being able to tell friends (or foes) apart.

 

Get making the texures... :P

 

Ahuehue. No clue how. Would gladly supply them for a mod, if I knew how.

 

Alright. I went into the game files and brought out the KnightFemale sprites in my image editing software. (http://i.imgur.com/422zGcf.png). I suppose I'll make some (nothing else to do, currently), but the part I have no foresight in is how to make a whole new "customization" tab (like heads) for each class. I guess having a split menu (1/3 each class) with all the options would be a smart move, if possible.

 

@MadRaccoon Guess what, make that double.

SURRENDER NOW, OR PREPARE TO FIGHT!
TEAM ROCKET-ROCKET!

This mostly seems like GUI finagling, maybe three sub-tabs under hats, or something.

 

It would be a nice way to help differentiate people on your team. Although you get used to people by their
play styles. This would be a vanilla thing? like just a few more options to select in the settings menu?

 

It would effectively be an extra 'heads' tab.

 

i would love to sprite this (you can now tell where this is going) but i have tons of sprites to do
- elf race sprites - 10 sprite sheets from scratch
- fighter airship + missiles
- 4 costum heads

 

Here are some parts of the sprite sheet for the female knight with a buckler. It's a big large for a buckler, but KAG doesn't really make sense with small shields. I know with a reskin, just replace the vanilla file/picture with the reskinned one, but I suppose I will need to find a modder to make a GUI for the options. Or, possibly learn how to do it myself.

Edit: Have made changes in both the sprites I've shown you and the ones I had not. Now 3/6th through female knight sprite sheet. Done

 

Only issue would be having to load up more sprites on server load, and the respective overheads for the clients.

I don't know, you could put in more effort to save on that, but, it's a repeat of what THD does with the heads, with tracking pixels.

 

I'm done the female buckler shield sprites. It's effectively a re-skin. Not the best, but for my first, it feels damn good. Will edit both the female and male bucklers to have a small metal ring in the center, because wood is boring.

http://i.imgur.com/0spWpqw.png

If the mod doesn't go out as planned or is scrapped, I'll put up a download link to the re-skins. Working on the male knight now.

As stated earlier, a modder or somebody who knows how to implement a menu in which to choose these 'skins' from would be much appreciated.

I have no plans to host a dedicated server if this mod is made. The mod would be open to use in your own, though.

 

more customization on the way (clothing for each class, bows, etc)?

 

if its just shields you want i have plenty of them

 

Anything, all-wise admin.

I usually have some free time, because my job is seasonal.

 

doing god's work son

 

KnightFemale V2

http://i.imgur.com/9Gam0sS.png

I really wanted to make the whole buckler metal, but that can be a different thing re-skin. Now working on editing the male to have the metal ring.

Edit: Done the KnightMale buckler sheet. I suppose I will work on either a full-metal shield or maybe a kite shield.

http://i.imgur.com/dxsMxQ2.png

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 21, 2014, Original Post Date: Aug 21, 2014 ---

Done both the female and male knight metal shields. I made the colors lighter, like the armor, and had a light pixel, which is 'glare'. Updated pictures. Can put up links if you want to download.
Female: http://i.imgur.com/SXT9h5H.png

Male: http://i.imgur.com/s92eERF.png