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[DarthCaine]

I planned on using the default face, but with the Mirror of Transformation I want Hawke to look different throughout the ages. Since the default face isn't editable, is it possible to make something similar to it in the character creator?

Specificaly, are the hair and beard available for custom Hawke or are those features unique like for Sheploo?

Modifié par DarthCaine, 12 janvier 2011 - 06:32 .

[Michael Hamilton]

DarthCaine wrote...

_Loc_N_lol_ wrote...

David Gaider wrote...

As for not being able to otherwise edit the default appearance, it not because we're being mean-spirited or because we don't want to provide the option. It's a pre-rendered face that wasn't made with the regular character creator... and thus the only possibility with it is use/not-use. That's not to say that it couldn't be somehow modded-- that might be possible, but I have no idea how that would work.

So basically, no.

Yes, I know you can't make him look exactly like that. I'm just asking whether the beard and hair are available for custom Hawke so I can at least get close to it

I think I was accused of posting a political sounding answer earlier, let me be precise here.

Default Hawke's hair and beard styles are not available for character customization.  The default appearances were not really intended for piecemeal use in the character editor (ie: the precise nose and eye and mouth shapes are not available either), it is as was mentioned, a custom modelled head all baked together.  This gave the character artists a lot more direct control over how Hawke looked without being restricted to the headmorph system for our title character's appearance.

Now for the good news: There are 32 hairstyles for female hawke (including the bald option), 36 for male hawke (the same number of unique models, but there are a couple more variations of peach fuzz texturing including male pattern baldness which makes no sense to have for females) and 17 beards.

There are no -exact- matches to the default Hawke's hair, however, there are quite a few very similar styles. There is also one similar beard model (though it is a bit longer than the custom one).  You can make a very similar looking character to the custom Hawke model, but it is not exact.  It would be close enough that you can roleplay age (assuming a character's exact hairstyle and beard length changes a little over the years).  This is really one of those things you'll have to see and judge for yourselves because it is a little subjective.

There is a huge range of possibility, there are millions of face variations possible in character generation.  If you were to see every combination of hairstyle alone there are 3,311,685 combinations of possible features for the male.  Hope you're looking forward to it!

Modifié par Michael Hamilton, 14 janvier 2011 - 07:18 .

[Michael Hamilton]

22 different eye colours, and yes there are several shoulder length hairstyles for men who like to whip their hair back and forth.



I'm out of answers again for now and back to work, stay frosty.

[Michael Hamilton]

tmp7704 wrote...

Michael Hamilton wrote...

Default Hawke's hair and beard styles are not available for character customization.

Is it possible to add the default hairstyles to the character creator by tweaking the chargen config file, like it's doable with DAO and the "exclusive" NPC haircuts? Or did the game change under the hood and that's no longer available?

I lied, I had one more answer rattling around.

I'm not sure how it'll be packaged up and compressed when released, but yeah, there is a chargen config file set up in XML format.

[Michael Hamilton]

ekkaja.marta wrote...

That all sounds great! 32 hairstyles and 22 eye colors. First evening with DA2 - playing with character creator.

Now I'm curious how many preset faces there are for Hawke and how many different looks for your siblings. Because from what I understand Bethany/Carver looks we see now is only available with the Hawke’s default face.

There are the built-in presets and you can continue modifying your saved appearance from where you left off in character generation (this is where most of the work in making the mirror function came in.)

[Michael Hamilton]

As a programmer I take no responsibility for the awesomeness of the number of hairstyles, but I'll make sure to let the character artists know that they are appreciated!