why is there no way to make custom character packs.

[mikeloeven]

this is somthing that has kinda bugged me. the game eaisly allows you to replace the textures on an existing character to customize the skin but this feature has several issues.

it overwrites the existing character and only works if you have the dlc needed for that character slot even if the modded character was built from the ground up and not using any copyrighted dlc material.

it can only be seen on the local computer people will post [works online] but that means that in online games you can see the skin but everyone else will see the default character type.

i want to know why tripwire hasn't come up with an official way to create DLC that can truly add additional characters and character slots. and if trip wire could make a viable way to automatically transfer the custom models to the other players online that would be nice too.

 

[braindead]

I feel you pain man but don't worry, Yoshiro has informed us that the devs may be releasing the rigs soon, so hopefully we should all be able to have customised characters.

 

[Olivier]

i want to know why tripwire hasn't come up with an official way to create DLC that can truly add additional characters and character slots.

Use the SDK

and if trip wire could make a viable way to automatically transfer the custom models to the other players online that would be nice too.

Do you really want to DL skins every single time you join a server? I dont

 

[slavek]

There is a way to make server downloads optional. Server skins and models can be done this way. I can't remember how to do it though, could probably find out via UT2004 tutorials.

 

[C_Gibby]

There is a way to make server downloads optional. Server skins and models can be done this way.

Just an example of how the optional part could work: When I played Obsidian Conflict (HL2 mod) people with custom player models that I chose not to download I could see the character as one of the Half Life 2 rebels.

 

[mikeloeven]

well downloading skins from server is not the same as downloading skins from the other players. you will only see the server skins. what i was asking for is a system controlled by a optional checkbox that allos the server to grab the current skins texture right out of everyones system folder and transfer it to the cache of every other player so that everyone can see everyone elses skins.

 

[Sammers]

Because if they did that, nobody would buy the DLC. Sounds greedy, but the DLC is what's helping keep the game afloat now, since all the other stuff is added for free.

 

[mikeloeven]

i dont belive that. if anything competition from player artists will make tripwire come out with better characters in the future or even better tripwire could buy characters from artists and repackage them as official DLC. besides how much can trip wire make off of their dlc when it is so dirt cheep in the first place both packs for less than 5$ is nothing for most people. not to mention the fact that killing floor is far from the only game tripwire makes money from.

 

[Olivier]

2$ x the 5000 active players = loads fo money for TWI