[Guide] Character creation and customization

A short guide that should teach new players all relevant functions of character creation in PW

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(I) Creating a character

After logging in for the first time, you will see this character selection panel on the right side of your screen.


Press "create" to make a new character (1)

You will now see a default model of a character.
Select the class (and gender if possible) of the character you want to play



Press "customize" to start customizing your character (2)

You will now see the customization panel on the right side of your screen.


(II) Customizing a character



To customize your character, switch between the categories like "face", "hair" etc (3) to customize a certain part of your character.

Perfect world has a system that allows you to save and load character model parameters.
To load parameters
- click on one of the ini names (4).

To save parameters
- click on the "save setting" button (5).

You can also view a reference picture by clicking on the "View Picture" button.
When you have finished customizing your character, press "confirm" (6) to return to the class selection menu

Enter a name if you haven't already and press "create"
If your character name is not taken yet, your character will be created.


(III) Other info:
1. You can put your own reference pictures in .bmp format into the \element\userdata\userpic\ folder and view them while customizing your character

2. The .ini files are stored on your computer so you can back them up or copy from another server installation
- the directory \element\userdata\character\ contains .ini files with the last used parameters for each class
- the subdirectory \customize contains user saved .ini files

3. Layout of the \customize subfolder:


4. After creating your character, you can edit it's appearance within 48 hours since creation.

5. Remember: editing the .ini files manually is NOT allowed.
See this topic for more info, especially xarfox's reply