Difference between revisions of "Species Image Customizations (Game Mechanics)"

Game Mechanics

Your User Interface has a large projection of the person being ID’d (who may be yourself) on the left hand side, the various modifications available to you on the right hand side (those not available yet are grayed out), and various options and displays at the bottom. A second tab (labeled "Advanced") allows you to access a second page for selecting Stat Migration or Holo-emotes (either one type or all of them). Clicking on the "Customizations" tab will bring you back to the main front page of the User Interface.

When you select modifications where it would be useful to be zoomed in on the person’s face, the User Interface will automatically do so. There are three types of modifications on the front page: hairstyles, palettes, and sliders. Note that sliders do not have numbers as they did on the old User Interface, hopefully we will get them back one day. If you are working on a customer, they will see changes update on their User Interface almost instantly, so it is possible to scroll slowly through various options and have them let you know when they see something they might want to see again later. "Time Until Commitable" lets you know how much time is left on the timer before you can hit "Commit". If you know you are going to have a long timer (such as for a stat migration or body modification), you will want to select the modification triggering it as soon as possible so the timer can start its countdown.

"Required payment" is where you type how much you’d like to be paid for your work. You can do this at any time before hitting accept. You can leave this blank if you want a tip. Customers will not be able to offer less than your required amount. Note that funds can be withdrawn automatically from their bank by the User Interface should they not have enough money on hand. Once you are happy with the amount in the "Offered Credits" box (and the timer has run through, it will say "Ready" instead of a time), hit "Accept". Of course if you are working on yourself, there is no need to mess with the payment boxes. Should you need them there are two other options available aside from "Accept". "Cancel" will end the entire session. "Revert" will undo any and all changes you have made.

User Interface – Customer side

The customer User Interface has two large pictures of the player displayed at the top as well as some information displays to the right and options at the bottom. Above the two pictures (which show before and after shots of the customer) is the name of the ID’er working on them.

The display information includes: "Time Until Commitable" which shows the timer counting down and then "Ready" when the timer has run through (though the session may of course go past that time); "Accepted by Designer" which tells you via yes or no whether the ID has hit "Accept" on their side; "Required Payment" which shows what the ID has entered (or not entered) on their side; "Migrate Stats" which lets the customer know via a yes or no if the ID is providing the service; and "Purchased Holo-Emotes" which lets the customer know whether or not Holo-emotes are being sold to them, and if so which (either one or all). Options for the customer to tinker with include: "View Body" or "View Face" which allows them to zoom in or out; "Offered Credits" where they enter the amount they are paying for the ID work; and "Reject" or "Accept" once the ID has accepted the payment and changes on their side.

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