FC.31.20180613.1 - Costume Transformations

kaiserin · June 2018

Costume Changes
We are introducing a new type of item, Costume Transformations! These items unlock costume transformation animations for your costume slots!
Once you have unlocked one, you can go into the tailor and choose what costume transformation you want a costume to use.

There is a new tab in the tailor for costume transformations, it is currently using a placeholder icon.
When you change to that costume your character will play an animation before changing to that costume.
Costume transformations will not play if you are in combat.
Costume transformations will not play if you are using the following travel powers: any tunneling travels, any swinging travels, Wild Speed, Scarab flight, Bat Flight, Shadow Skull Flight.
Costume transformations will not play if you are using the following powers: Vapor Form.
Costume transformations will not play if you are using any Become device.
Costume transformations bind to the character that unlocks them.
Once bound, that transformation is available for any of the costume slots on that character.
Some Costume Transformations may come bundled with an emote as well.
Known Issue: Sound has not been added to most of the transitions.

Lockbox

Added the following to the debugger store:
Power Strikes, Takeoff costume transformations.
Flex Low, Stylish Dance emotes.

Questionite Store

Added the following costume transformations: Magical Pose, Twirl, Whirl, Finger Snap, Howl, Spin, Electrical Storm.

GCR Store

Added the following costume transformations: Tech Wrist, Spellcast, Smokebomb.

Drifter

Added Flaming energy aura. This aura now has an updated look.

Tailor

The 4th color will now properly update on the character model when hovering over colors.

spinnytop · June 2018

Well that's huge. Game is gonna be full of werewolves now :'3

legendarylycan · June 2018

so nothing will change, in other words, since the game already is

gentlegiantvexx · June 2018

Pretty excited about this! New character concepts from others!!

shortbus · June 2018

We've had changing with effect CCs before. This is gonna be nuts!

legendarylycan · June 2018

now we just need to wait for someone to head to PTS, grab gifs of all the animations and post them here for everyone else to see *hint hint*

avianos · June 2018

kaizerin wrote: »

Tailor
The 4th color will now properly update on the character model when hovering over colors.

YAY~ \o/

theravenforce · June 2018

This should be interesting! Anyone gonna gif stuff for us?

qawsada · June 2018

To use the transformation stuff, you unlock it, choose one in your tailor, and that it. That costume slot, if switch outside, would perform the animation. Oh and half the of the transformation has an emote. Oh and Twirl is so Wonder Woman tier.

carrionbaggage · June 2018

Spin and Tech Wrist seem to change the costume earlier than intended (before the flash).

Selecting the Transition tab also enlarges the Head tab, as if it were active.

lunnylunny · June 2018

kaizerin wrote: »

Costume Changes
Tailor
The 4th color will now properly update on the character model when hovering over colors.

Whilst I am very excited for the transformation option, I mostly can't believe I am reading this part.

It's... so beautiful... to finally see this come true... thank you!

ealford1985 · June 2018

Yay....a costume tailor option and it’s bound per character.

Of course.

theravenforce · June 2018

I am unable to find the Howl "Spin" transition in the tailor. Does not show up on the transitions tab despite unlocking.

canadascott · June 2018

This should be fun.

legendarylycan · June 2018

oh, and out of curiosity...is this costume transformation system going live with next week's patch or is it staying on PTS for a while?

aiqa · June 2018

When activating the costume transition tab, the transition selection is reset to the saved option for costume you're editing.

qawsada · June 2018

https://i.imgur.com/FXdTzz1.mp4
Here is a preview of the Magical Pose and what it looks like when you change to a costume that has the selected animation.

soulforger · June 2018

"Tailor

The 4th color will now properly update on the character model when hovering over colors.
"

That to me is the best part of this update...do not get me wrong, the other things are nice also. Though, in my opinion, the transformations should be account unlocked once used...but, doubt that will happen.

spinnytop · June 2018

Suggestion: Add a "Taking hat/helmet" off animation.

somebob · June 2018

theravenforce wrote: »

I am unable to find the Howl "Spin" transition in the tailor. Does not show up on the transitions tab despite unlocking.

Found a few bugs as far as the unlocks go:

Roar, Spellcast, Takeoff, and Tech Wrist all say in the UI that they unlock the Spin Costume Transformation and Emote.

Roar doesn't unlock a Transformation. The Spellcast Emote is sorted between the LookOutKneel and Magical emotes for some reason. There is no Spin Emote that gets unlocked (although there's a Twirl and a Whirl). The Power Strikes emote is called Power_Pose. And I can't find whatever the Takeoff Emote is called.

Also, doing the Twirl Emote while flying (hovering in place anyhow) causes your upper half to spin in the air while your lower stays in place.

Finally, Dance_Stylish is AMAZING. Well done animator! Well done on all of these!

carrionbaggage · June 2018

Electrical Storm:

Howl:

Magical Pose:

Smoke Bomb:

Snap:

Spellcast:

Spin (buggy timing):

Tech Wrist (buggy timing):

Twirl:

Whirl:

Power Strikes:

Takeoff:

Flex Low emote:

Stylish Dance emote (loops):

datuvee · June 2018

These animations/transitions are great! One thing that I found a bit disappointing is that the transitions will not play if using a build swap method which can change your costume too - any possible way of having the transition play on a build swap as well?

chaosdrgnz43 · June 2018

*HENSHIN INTENSIFIES*

This is a neat feature. I'm also gonna need that Flex Low emote~

soulforger · June 2018

theravenforce wrote: »

I am unable to find the Howl "Spin" transition in the tailor. Does not show up on the transitions tab despite unlocking.

As far as I could tell...they are two seperate transformations? I do not remember seeing a single Howl Spin transition...

riverocean · June 2018

Yeah, this is cool. I'm hoping to see more stuff like this!!!

aesica · June 2018

ealford1985 wrote: »

Yay....a costume tailor option and it’s bound per character.

Of course.

I'm on the fence about this for a few reasons:

1. I don't care for character-bound cosmetic crap in general because it's typically a design decision influenced by guys in suits rather than game developers. I'm less likely to pursue such things for my main and tend to ignore them on alts completely. I'm not interested in repeat-farming this kind of crap for multiple characters.
2. The questionite prices are a mixed bag. I'm really not sure why some are reasonably priced (50k) and I can see myself picking up one for my main. Meanwhile, another is priced at 250k. I could understand if the 250k one was account-bound or came bundled with something else, but as it stands now? Nah.
3. The other varieties (c-store, drifter, and recog vender) don't seem to be in yet, so all I can do is hope they're reasonably priced as well.

I can get why they probably probably made them (and so many other things these days) character bound, though--some people are willing to go after these for multiple characters (instead of just having them be a once-off) and thus, it might keep the game funded, so there's that.

However...

kaizerin wrote: »

Tailor
The 4th color will now properly update on the character model when hovering over colors.

THIS is a very welcome fix. Thank you!

- - -

Edit: Yeah the fact the animations don't fire when you change costumes via the role selection loadout thingies is kind of a big deal. I'm sure I'm not the only person who uses these to switch costumes.

pwestolemyname · June 2018

datuvee wrote: »

These animations/transitions are great! One thing that I found a bit disappointing is that the transitions will not play if using a build swap method which can change your costume too - any possible way of having the transition play on a build swap as well?

This this this this this

flyingfinn · June 2018

It's about friggin' time!
Awesome!
And:

Takeoff costume transformations.

This needs Censored/Blurry/Pixelated Costume Pieces!.....

65x39=....

canadascott · June 2018

Any chance we can port purchased costume sets to PTS?

atlassarnosian · June 2018

<font color="#ff0000">Bug
The Roar does not properly unlock as it doesn't show up in the scrolldown list, it instead unlocks Spin

And Spin and Tech Wrist do not have proper switching times, immediately switches as soon as it's activated</font>

atlassarnosian · June 2018

And to give you guys a visual perspective on how far Takeoff actually takes you
https://gyazo.com/8c9193c64a4c4f7c507dccd9d30709da
Makes me wonder what the other person would see from up there. Must give a test on this

spordelia · June 2018

Awesome news!!!
I’ve been wishing for a feature like this for a while now, can’t wait to try them out! Great job and thank you, Devs!

gentlegiantvexx · June 2018

datuvee wrote: »

These animations/transitions are great! One thing that I found a bit disappointing is that the transitions will not play if using a build swap method which can change your costume too - any possible way of having the transition play on a build swap as well?

+1

spinnytop · June 2018

gentlegiantvexx wrote: »

datuvee wrote: »

These animations/transitions are great! One thing that I found a bit disappointing is that the transitions will not play if using a build swap method which can change your costume too - any possible way of having the transition play on a build swap as well?

+1

+1 seeing that this doesn't work on build swap just made this useless for me, no buy

johnystelar1 · June 2018

This is pretty neat stuff I am excited for this update, thank you.

I wish it worked when swapping builds.

also I agree stop making everything character bound.

also since you're fixing tailor stuff related to colors, sometimes changing the color for something on the right arm or hand changes the color for the left one while u hover through the options, and sometimes even actually changes it when you select the color

also i apparently can't have a cloth space scoundrel glove with a metal glove on the other hand, it auto changes the scoundrel to metal ( this happens with other costumes not just scoundrel or whatever)

but again this is neat stuff ^_^ can't wait to try them all, thank you!

EDIT: fixed a typo

themightyzenith · June 2018

canadascott wrote: »

Any chance we can port purchased costume sets to PTS?

This really needs to be a thing.

omnilord · June 2018

I know a dozen people that are going to go absolutely bananas for the costume transformation. I know I made an overly dramatic gasp when I first saw this topic.

Seriously though, stop it with the character bound stuff that only has a cosmetic effect. As was stated earlier, people aren't in to grinding a dozen times for the same things. It's already bad enough doing this with gear, we don't need it for these transformations or emotes. It gets confusing trying to remember which one of my toons has which emotes.

Also linking build tabs to the new costume transformation would likely make dozens upon dozens of people go bananas.

Recap: Make these account bound, not character bound. Let build tabs trigger the transformation animations. Stop it with the character bound emotes.

avianos · June 2018

Cool feature, it's worthless for me but it's cool thing to have ingame ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
being character bound certainly doesnt help

ealford1985 · June 2018

Increase the prices and make them acct bound.

jebidiahbeetus · June 2018

How about a golden age costume transformation; you turn into a phone booth then step out of it in your other costume.

theravenforce · June 2018

I have to agree with everyone saying that these should change to account bound.

Especially since these are coming from GCR stores and Lockboxes.

If the concern is making money...couldn't these just be items in the Z Store?

servantrules · June 2018

atlassarnosian wrote: »

And to give you guys a visual perspective on how far Takeoff actually takes you
https://gyazo.com/8c9193c64a4c4f7c507dccd9d30709da
Makes me wonder what the other person would see from up there. Must give a test on this

Well, I guess the idea is the character is changing outfits mid-flight, so it's either a) at some point the costume is changed in the middle or b) it's still the same costume until the toon lands (quite possible to reduce the resources used).

spordelia · June 2018

datuvee wrote: »

These animations/transitions are great! One thing that I found a bit disappointing is that the transitions will not play if using a build swap method which can change your costume too - any possible way of having the transition play on a build swap as well?

+1

bluhman · June 2018

carrionbaggage wrote: »

Spin and Tech Wrist seem to change the costume earlier than intended (before the flash).

Selecting the Transition tab also enlarges the Head tab, as if it were active.

Whirl also seems to have this issue.
Using costume transitions in midair/mid-jump will still attempt to play particle effects and stops aerial momentum.
Takeoff seems to still try and play while flying on a hoverboard. Actually from what I'm seeing most transformation animations attempt to play while hoverboard is on (only does upper body animations)

Suggestions:

Can there please be demonstrations of these animations shown when selecting them in the tailor?
Can these animations be made optional? While stylish, many root you in place so they might be an issue if you're trying to travel somewhere.

These are super-cool. I think I might make a suggestions thread for more ideas.

carrionbaggage · June 2018

Something on the PTS has turned up Qwyjibo's thermostat.

legendarylycan · June 2018

carrionbaggage wrote: »

Something on the PTS has turned up Qwyjibo's thermostat.

like

Drifter

Added Flaming energy aura. This aura now has an updated look.

maybe?

jaazaniah1 · June 2018

Make it so that bind to character transformations can be earned by grinding in game currency.

Make it so that an account wide option for each type is available in the Zen store (perhaps bundle a certain number together that can be bought at a discount).

Problems solved.

ealford1985 · June 2018

jaazaniah1 wrote: »

Make it so that bind to character transformations can be earned by grinding in game currency.

Make it so that an account wide option for each type is available in the Zen store (perhaps bundle a certain number together that can be bought at a discount).

Problems solved.

but you are forgetting one important thing....

No one cares about alts.

ealford1985 · June 2018

Not sure if this is mentioned.....will there be a tailor cost for the change?

Unknown · June 2018

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qawsada · June 2018

So what exactly is going on with the Ape in the PTS? He cover in fire auras. Here is Ape in a tanking position.

From afar.

FC.31.20180613.1 - Costume Transformations

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