OK, not super easy but this way it would save a lot of time for sure.
It could be done by creating a new texture for the Roegadyn meshes, they could have a look of a bulky tiger creature for example.
Ears and a tail could be added.
It would save a LOT of work as all the Roegadyn gear could be reused, some textures would have to be changed a little bit to make the tails fit.
miqo'te headgear can be rescaled to fit the head shape, not too hard because none of the helmets have any sort of animation or physics.
a similar approach could be used for the Roegadyn females...
simply take the Highlander male body... :D
Male miqo'te, easily done
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03-21-2011, 12:19 PMRandisMale miqo'te, easily done
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03-21-2011, 12:19 PMCairdeasMiqote are based off house cats not large predatory animals. Males would be smaller then females at that point.Quote:
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Also they already have concept art of Male Miqote and the designs done.
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03-21-2011, 12:22 PMRandis
noo, where did you hear that...
male house cats are larger than female cats and more muscular.
I own 6 house cats and had 2 wild cats too.
Also it is nonwhere said that they are actually based on housecats ...
Plus the tiger texture is just an example, they could have the exact same patterns as the female Miqote. -
03-21-2011, 12:23 PMAyercQuote:
Originally Posted by Cairdeas
There's nothing stopping S-E from creating their own lore. If male Mi'qote are larger than female, who's going to raise hell?
I'm more concerned with the copy/paste solution. S-E get's enough flak over the terrain, do we really want that to spread to the races? -
03-21-2011, 12:23 PMCairdeasQuote:
Originally Posted by Randis
Sorry you replied before I could make the edit.
http://i53.tinypic.com/2qami6e.jpg
Concept art and design is already completed. That group is all male (Based on the hairstyles and the breast/chest shapes) -
03-21-2011, 12:29 PMRandis
:D No problem.
As long as it is just concept-art, it can be changed easily.
But even if they supposed to look like this, it would be fairly easy to make.
All you have to do is rescale the midlander male body and modify the body texture, add ears and tail.
All animations can be reused, you just need to do some minor adjustment to the gear. That is nothing that could not be done in a couple day by the team.
Not a bad thing imo.... Could be interesting and unique to have a race where the males are smaller than the females. -
03-21-2011, 12:37 PMRandisThat's very different in this case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayerc
As for the gear, you buy the same gear for all races, no need to change the textures.
I honestly do not think that each set of gear was individually created for each race anyway, that would be overkill.
I am sure that one of the character races serves as the base and all others are variations made from the base mesh.
All you have to do is adjust the proportions of your highpoly mesh and then generate your normal maps and bake the textures into the lowpoly model.
Egro most of the gear looks the same anyway.
The body however... with a new well made texture and normal map a mid-lander mode would rescaled look very different and on top of that you would have the ears, all new haircuts and a tail.
it would not look copy-pasted at all. -
03-21-2011, 12:51 PMRabidSquirrelThere is a video on this.Quote:
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03-21-2011, 12:54 PMShaolin
If you reused the roe texture for this, I can only imagine something along the line of Thunder Cats resulting, lol.
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03-21-2011, 12:58 PMRandis
Nice, did not see that vid.
As i thought, they make the detailing of the high polygon models in zbrush
generating a new race as i described would not be that hard. -
03-21-2011, 01:00 PMRandishahaha yes a bit...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaolin
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03-21-2011, 09:15 PMSevenOfnineTrue, sounds simple enough, but I sleep well knowing the only way my avatars species can procreate is by having sweaty lesbian cat sex, Miqo'te aren't ppl so who says a race of hot cat chicks can't procreate? Adding males would be a lot of work for the development team and they got their hands full with actual issues on this thing. The only change the Miqo'te need if SE has any spare time in the future of the game is less underwear on them, I have to put on a harness to see my belly!Quote:
Originally Posted by Randis
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03-21-2011, 09:23 PMMalakhim
I bet SE is kicking themselves for letting that little bit of art get out and for letting Tanaka say anything about male miqo'te renders being completed.
But yeah, I'm pretty sure the male Miqo'te would adopt a more feminine look, whereas if anything, the female roegadyns would probably look akin to she-hulk or something. -
03-21-2011, 09:50 PMMartin
I'm up for male miqo'tes' appearance :D
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03-21-2011, 09:57 PMMonsieurVerdeI could go for a Panthro type character in this game....especially after XI. >_>Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaolin
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03-21-2011, 09:59 PMMartinLol @ Shaolin talking about Thunder Cats.Quote:
Originally Posted by MonsieurVerde
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03-21-2011, 10:34 PMShadowskill
Would create an interesting back story, if follow anything from FF11, they act much in form like Lions, Females are the hunters. males take care or the house (so to speak) also tactical, probably smaller in build if follow the FF11 format.
few other features can help separate the two. lack of war paint or maybe a different style of paint.
Will be nice if SE was to implement this, allowing people a one time only chance to switch from female to male.
Just my thoughts on the topic. also would not disagree if SE did not implement this. already attached to my cat as is. with a nice back story of my own for role playing. -
03-21-2011, 11:04 PMCoombah
Male Miqo'te!
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03-21-2011, 11:06 PMNephera
haha looking pretty adorable there concept art miquote.