Well this conversation started, and was very short lived, over at the official forums... I thought I'd bring it here to see what, if anything might come of it. here's the original link:
I really dislike most of the hair that's offered when building a character. there's really only a couple that I personally like. With that in mind, and in hopes that maybe the game desigers might take notice... I ask this:
What hair styles would you like to see?
Personally I'd like to see something like the twin ponytail styles in the Champions of Norarth game for the PS2. Doesnt have to be just like it, but something similar.
Anyone else?
Sorry for all the posts, I was just in game and I want to retract what I said about the NWN2 hair in the first post. It is animated, just not as dramaticly as the cloaks.
Oh, and a thought for scripters, what about a PW NPC that allows you to change your hairstyle in-game should you find you look too much like someone else or just feel like your character needs a new look.
I am very surprised not to see some of the custom content creators focusing more on this. Maybe hair models are an especially difficult thing to do. I think having a variety of quality hairstyles to choose from is important especially in a persistent world setting where you want your character to be as distinguishable from other players' characters as possible so that people don't end up looking the same too often. Obviously quality is as important as quantity because styles that are inappropriate, unappealling, or worst of all, a bad model will not be chosen by players. I also noticed not much attention was given to animation on some of the styles in the game. We have beautifully flowing cloaks but stiff ponytails. I did notice animation on some of the npc hair. Is there a technical problem with animating the hair on the dynamic models, or is it just something that was maybe overlooked in an effort to get the game out. Of course, I have my roots in the Sims/Sims 2 community where the agenda is decidedly more dress-up oriented than for a game like NWN2 so maybe I am biased. I wonder if hair models could be ported or if the overhaul required would be such that you may as well start from scratch.
I'd like to see some natural-falling long hair. Maybe some styled, some just there. Or some short curly hair, or hair that's just normal. Curly would be nice, as well. For guys, I'd like to see both long hair (think Aragorn) and short, unruly hair (think Colin Farrell)
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