Gear Dyeing in 2.0

[Punainen]

What I'd like to know is...how will we know if the color of gear we want is in the wards?

[Ladon]

the tint system is monochrome texture with a layer of color you choose its basicly a indexed layer, SE uses single textures for each color, the .dat's tell all. ps3 can support a few layers for each texture why not use it they only need one extra.
SE is stuck in the old ps1 & n64 style of dooing things when everything was limited like crazy.

The problem is that tints the entire texture as I described. You may not want part of the texture tinted. The other problem is while you could use more layers to color areas of objects selectively you'd have to use up layers that are used for other effects such as lightmapping, heightmapping, shader layers, etc. So I don't know if they have more than one layer to work with on the tinting. Most game engines these days do not with the amount of texture layering dedicated to shader effects.

I don't think it's about using an old way as you suggest and more about a desire to have properly colored armor rather than just tinting the entire texture with a color. Take cobalt plate as example. Notice the gold trim for blue and red cobalt is still gold. If they colored it using the transparent tint layer you mentioned then the gold trim on red cobalt would end up an orangish color and the gold trim on the blue cobalt would end up greenish.

[Shougun]

The problem is that tints the entire texture as I described. You may not want part of the texture tinted.

I don't think it's about using an old way as you suggest and more about a desire to have properly colored armor rather than just tinting the entire texture with a color. Take cobalt plate as example. Notice the gold trim for blue and red cobalt is still gold. If they colored it using the transparent tint layer you mentioned then the gold trim on red cobalt would end up an orangish color and the gold trim on the blue cobalt would end up greenish.

You dont have to have the whole texture monochrome'd. - Said form personal experience.

[Arcell]

What I'd like to know is...how will we know if the color of gear we want is in the wards?

Not sure how this will be addressed but it will likely be a minor issue at best. Just get the piece you want, dye it the color you want.

[Inaaca]

What I'd like to know is...how will we know if the color of gear we want is in the wards?

I do remember them mentioning at some point that you will be able to dye items through NPCs in 2.0, too, so I don't think it be a huge issue.

[Hysterior]

Pink black mage incoming

[Shougun]

Pink black mage incoming

Red mage incoming XD

(Pink will be red (dye) because red (dye) is pink according to SE)

[Rannie]

Speaking of Dyes, I would like to request something. If a dye says Red, please SE make sure it is red the color of the item and not pink! If the item will be dyed pink, then it should say Pink and not Red.

not to mention some of the gear coming up damn near white when it's supposed to be blue >.<

[Chardrizard]

Red mage incoming XD

(Pink will be red (dye) because red (dye) is pink according to SE)

Pink is a tint of red.

[Shougun]

Pink is a tint of red.

But Pink is -not- Red, it is a child of red sure.