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Had to make this post to bring something to light, that while not all that of a hindrance, is a bit irritating.

When I first ran through Headstart the only customization I did was on my captain. Last night I deleted my headstart character to start my liberated borg and main char for the duration. After spending nearly 2 hours trying to make it look exactly as I like it I went through and saved all my settings. As I had noticed from head start that my BO's didn't automatically get the same uniform as my captain. For my first char I didn't care but this being the main one I thought I would try and add some kind of symmetry to my crew. So into the tutorial blew through that up to where you get your first BO. Got an andorian female and though great now I can load up my SAVED uniform and we'll be ready to go.

Oh how this was not so. After going Back and Next for about 20 minutes I happened to read the title of the Save/Load dialog that appears. "Save Uniform to Andorian Female Officer" ok maybe I have to do it once for my captain and once for my BO's then I can load it. Nope unfortunately this is not the case either. In brevity I eventually got my other 2 BO's both females of different species and yes I had to REDO EVERYTHING each time. It appears as though our custom saves are only applicable for specific gender/species combination.

Essentially my issue is the fact that I'm going to have to create a "NEW" uniform for EVERY species I encounter if I am to have a crew all in the same dud's. Maybe it's just me but I find that an awful waste of a Save/Load feature. It wasn't like there were any huge differences between the characters either. Why should I have to design the same uniform once for and andorian, then again for a vulcan, then again for a human, then again and again and again? Did anyone else notice this?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Takes me all of 3 minutes to get my new BOs to match the rest of the crew. Still... it's no excuse for Cryptic's broken fleet officer uniforms and saved schemes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    The thing is, saving uniforms also saves face and body customization, and since these at least the face options depend on the chosen species, the saved uniforms are not compatible. Imho they should put in an additional uniform-only save+load function in addition to the current one.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Lx31 wrote:
    Takes me all of 3 minutes to get my new BOs to match the rest of the crew. Still... it's no excuse for Cryptic's broken fleet officer uniforms and saved schemes.

    I agree with this... Although I can set up a new BO in no time, it is really annoying and should be fixed...


    I also believe there are a lot bigger issues that should be addressed first...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, I thought it would save it like a generic uniform too. I wrote down all the settings for my uniform so now it takes me no time at all to get a new BO outfitted.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    /sign on the line
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I already knew about this problem from Headstart, so it's no longer much of an issue for me. I saved all of my setups when I got them.

    If you want to, you COULD change the filenames of the screenshots in your folder to match the gender/race you are building for. That should help.

    I make no guarantees that this will work, as I have not tried it. Just something off the top of my head for a minor work-around.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Yes, I'd like to be able to design a ship's uniform, with a variant for each branch.

    Even if I had to go in and manually load it for each new officer, I'd be happier.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    You should be able to save uniforms as well as your avatars. Silly that we can't. Many conveniences like this are missing from the game unfortunately.
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