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[Nimlowyn]

Well, he needs to be an npc in the game now. Such heroic stoicism should be rewarded.

Or at least have a portrait hanging in the Keep Skyhold. That would be so rad. 

[Hrungr]

Allan Schumacher ‏@AllanSchumacher

I appreciate @AlixWiltonRegan's dedication to getting details down so perfectly, such as the spit take. True professional!

 

 

User

PLEASE stop teasing us Cullenites! ;-) When will he get his formal character reveal???? :-D Soon? Please? Pretty please??

 

David Gaider ‏@davidgaider

Never. He has been placed in a tightly-sealed box and shall remain there.

 

User

*cries forever*

[Knight of Dane]

Uh-uh. It's another feature—different CC, and another game—different engine. I highly doubt that it's so simple as you imagine. It's just that someone else's work is always incredibly simple.

That's not what I meant, I mean, since the character creator is in the game anyway. It should be as simple as just setting a flag for when to "activate character creator"

 

It doesn't matter what engine it is in, if they have the character creator and it works it should be incredibly simple to re-activate it with another variable.

[ElitePinecone]

That's not what I meant, I mean, since the character creator is in the game anyway. It should be as simple as just setting a flag for when to "activate character creator"

 

It doesn't matter what engine it is in, if they have the character creator and it works it should be incredibly simple to re-activate it with another variable.

 

It's clearly not though, if they're not doing it. Withholding the character creator isn't a decision made out of spite, or ignorance - there must be a reason why it's not feasible to implement that feature.

 

Do you think your knowledge of game development trumps the people who are actually making it?

[MilaBanilla]

Not Twitter but it IS a video from the Bioware Base Youtube channel! Alix Wilton Regan discusses spit takes for Inquisition. Kind of hilarious. XD

 

 

That guy is a trooper 

[Maraas]

That's not what I meant, I mean, since the character creator is in the game anyway. It should be as simple as just setting a flag for when to "activate character creator"

Oh. Sorry. In that case, a quote: "... we still have to triage them and figure out what does and doesn’t make the cut, because our development resources are finite, and sometimes you really need that designer or engineer working on the core gameplay feature more than you need that nice-to-have extra, even if the nice-to-have extra would be cheap."

 

Come to think of it, Black Emporium for DA2 was most likely post-launch work, too—much like first day patches.

[Hrungr]

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes 

@AlixWiltonRegan Jumping right on the Kickstarter to get you a Shetland pony.

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr

@AlixWiltonRegan We're going to take up a collection to get you a pony, if that's okay.

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr 

Re: last RT, I kept watching that video all yesterday to laugh my butt off.

 

Mike Laidlaw ‏@Mike_Laidlaw 

That “method acting” video is so good. Reviewed it yesterday and just kept laughing.

[Miyaserie]

That's not what I meant, I mean, since the character creator is in the game anyway. It should be as simple as just setting a flag for when to "activate character creator"

 

It doesn't matter what engine it is in, if they have the character creator and it works it should be incredibly simple to re-activate it with another variable.

 

It's not as simple as that, though.

After you've created your character for the first time and played for a bit, there are certain things you shouldn't be able to change with a character creation anymore, as they would mess up your game big time - race, class, stuff like that. So that already gives you a bit of work; removing those options from the character creation. You're not done after that either - this new character customization will have to retain your world states and your stats, so there's that too.

 

How do you get to this new character creation in-game then? An object, maybe? An NPC? Does the NPC say something when you talk to them? Do they need voice acting? How do you know that this thing will start the character customization? Where do those things reside? You have to make all those things. Sure, you could simply add a throwaway mirror somewhere and just make it so a simple click instantly throws you into a character creation screen, but that would seem very unpolished. Then you'll have to test the stuff, too.

 

I don't know anything about game development, but I do know that sometimes seemingly one-click tasks can take a lot of work and time.

[Hrungr]

Ability Drain ‏@AbilityDrain

It's a sign and @LynchyXIII and myself are drinking it! #DAI

 

Spoiler

 

 

Nick Sadler ‏@Zenderquai 

Bravo!! #DAI

 

Aidan Scanlan ‏@aidanscanlan 

Nothing better than the Mark of The Maker

 

 

Alix Wilton Regan ‏@AlixWiltonRegan 

“In all honesty I would let Alix spit on me too. She's quite adorable. ” MY MUM MIGHT READ THAT!

[Hrungr]

Allan Schumacher ‏@AllanSchumacher

I appreciate @AlixWiltonRegan's dedication to getting details down so perfectly, such as the spit take. True professional!

 

Alix Wilton Regan ‏@AlixWiltonRegan 

@AllanSchumacher thanks Allan- you can hold the bucket next time if you like.

[Cat Lance]

1. Cat Lance ‏@Cat_Lance  1h

   @SherylChee Thought you might find it neat that it came up in the Solas thread that Blackwall looks like several people's fathers!

2.  

   Sheryl Chee ‏@SherylChee  2m

   @Cat_Lance When I was brainstorming stuff for him, @BioMaryKirby would yell at me to stop making him like her dad. So I'm not surprised!

    

   Sheryl Chee ‏@SherylChee  2m

   @Cat_Lance @BioMaryKirby It was just something about wanting him to make furniture.

    

   Cat Lance ‏@Cat_Lance  18s

   @SherylChee @BioMaryKirby *dies twice* Welp. Guess what my father has done with his retirement? #Woodworker #DAI #coincidences XD

[Hrungr]

Sheryl Chee ‏@SherylChee 

I found a gif on the Cullen thread! http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h118/LothLorien19/da-inquisition-alix-wilton-regan-spitake_o_3472253_zpsbc047f3e.gif … Thanks #Cullenites!

 

[Hrungr]

Fernando Melo ‏@DiscoBabaloo

Big thanks to @AlixWiltonRegan for being such a good sport with this and epic job Conal, our steadfast new media prod coord!

 

User

He must've had some tranquil training. That blank expression he managed to hold while being sprayed..perfect

 

Fernando Melo ‏@DiscoBabaloo

Indeed, all those weeks of daily practice in the office really paid off

[mfr001]

Alix Wilton Regan ‏@AlixWiltonRegan 

@AllanSchumacher thanks Allan- you can hold the bucket next time if you like.

And then let us know whether it's a perk or a duty.

[Vapaa]

 You're not done after that either - this new character customization will have to retain your world states and your stats, so there's that too.

 

If they separate apparence from world state, like they did with the later ME games, then I see no problem.

[llandwynwyn]

@ Hrungr's gif

 

Look at him, he takes it like a pro.

[Maria Caliban]

I'm curious of your definition of hot. A week of permeating humid 30C here in Montreal definitely fits the bill.

Right now, it's 9:41 am and 39 out. The expected high is 44. It will be that way for another two months.

Alternatively, I haven't seen snow for the last four years.

I highly doubt that. Implementing a return to a feature already in the game is incredibly simple. I would bet I could do it if I knew their general programming approach.

And I'm not very good at programming.

There are no features already in the game when you switch to a new engine.

[Hrungr]

From the Bioware Blog...

http://blog.bioware....x-wilton-regan/

 

Spit Takes: With Alix Wilton Regan

Alix Wilton Regan, one of the voices of the Inquisitor, discusses her method for producing convincing spit takes. There are certain things you just can’t fake in the booth, and this is one of them.

[Knight of Dane]

It's not as simple as that, though.

After you've created your character for the first time and played for a bit, there are certain things you shouldn't be able to change with a character creation anymore, as they would mess up your game big time - race, class, stuff like that. So that already gives you a bit of work; removing those options from the character creation. You're not done after that either - this new character customization will have to retain your world states and your stats, so there's that too.

 

How do you get to this new character creation in-game then? An object, maybe? An NPC? Does the NPC say something when you talk to them? Do they need voice acting? How do you know that this thing will start the character customization? Where do those things reside? You have to make all those things. Sure, you could simply add a throwaway mirror somewhere and just make it so a simple click instantly throws you into a character creation screen, but that would seem very unpolished. Then you'll have to test the stuff, too.

 

I don't know anything about game development, but I do know that sometimes seemingly one-click tasks can take a lot of work and time.

You are very right. It very much depend on how they have constructed it initially.

 

I remember modders trying to make the cc for DA:O work in the later game but couldn't because the variables would also reset the character entirely.

 

That said, it is something they have done before, even if they used another engine and an entirely different way of code construction it shuld still be something professionals can figure out.

[Knight of Dane]

Right now, it's 9:41 am and 39 out. The expected high is 44. It will be that way for another two months.

Alternatively, I haven't seen snow for the last four years.


There are no features already in the game when you switch to a new engine.

Goodness please, as I already said; the Character Creator is or will be in the game anyway, the engine doesn't matter, they are going to make it anyway.

[Maria Caliban]

Goodness please, as I already said; the Character Creator is or will be in the game anyway, the engine doesn't matter, they are going to make it anyway.

You didn't say that in the original post.

If you had access to the character creator in game, you could change you gender, race, class, and name at any time.

What you're thinking of is an appearance changer which would require its own interface, and would need to be coded differently so users only have access to their appearance.

That said, it is something they have done before, even if they used another engine and an entirely different way of code construction it shuld still be something professionals can figure out.

No one has said it's impossible. We're disagreeing with you that this is something that's quick and easy.

[Barrett Rodych]

Right now, it's 9:41 am and 39 out. The expected high is 44. It will be that way for another two months.

Alternatively, I haven't seen snow for the last four years.

Ha, I suspected you might be in a desert or something. I'll grant you Canadian summers are sub-par in the heat department in comparison. But we can range a difference of 150F over the year! (-50 to +100)

[Autumn Crowe]

Ha, I suspected you might be in a desert or something. I'll grant you Canadian summers are sub-par in the heat department in comparison. But we can range a difference of 150F over the year! (-50 to +100)

Sounds like Ohio.  Eugh.  And as someone who's been to the Mojave, I'll take dry desert 108 over 95 with 60% humidity any day. 

[Hrungr]

User

He must've had some tranquil training. That blank expression he managed to hold while being sprayed..perfect

 

Fernando Melo ‏@DiscoBabaloo

Indeed, all those weeks of daily practice in the office really paid off

 

User

Daily practice and I'm guessing never asked for a pay raise? Champion of Bioware right there.

 

Fernando Melo ‏@DiscoBabaloo

We pay him amply with love, fan tears, essence of sad panda, and face towels