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Title: Individual nose art
Post by: uptown on July 08, 2013, 09:06:15 PM
The ability to upload your own personal nose art to your aircraft is my wish today  :pray
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: The Fugitive on July 08, 2013, 09:13:29 PM
The ability to upload your own personal nose art to your aircraft is my wish today  :pray

Well we know what yours would be.....


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Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: Saxman on July 08, 2013, 09:46:04 PM
Been asked for so many times. It'd be awesome, but probably not going to happen.
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: -ammo- on July 09, 2013, 10:52:53 AM
I wonder if this is hard to code?  After all, we can have individual skins.

Agree with Uptown - Individual nose art would be awesome
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: Wiley on July 09, 2013, 10:59:39 AM
I wonder if this is hard to code?  After all, we can have individual skins.

Agree with Uptown - Individual nose art would be awesome

It's not hard to code, it's just resource intensive.  We have individual skins, but they're picked from a list of relatively few.  Adding in per-player nose art would mean every noseart for every player would need to be downloaded to your PC at some point, and loaded when they come into view.

300-odd nose arts in the MA at primetime.

Although I'd love to see it, not sure if we ever will.

Wiley.
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: -ammo- on July 09, 2013, 11:21:12 AM
It's not hard to code, it's just resource intensive.  We have individual skins, but they're picked from a list of relatively few.  Adding in per-player nose art would mean every noseart for every player would need to be downloaded to your PC at some point, and loaded when they come into view.

300-odd nose arts in the MA at primetime.

Although I'd love to see it, not sure if we ever will.

Wiley.

That does make sense.  Maybe someday or the big brains at HTC could possibly figure out a way :)
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: gyrene81 on July 09, 2013, 11:33:04 AM
considering the size of the artwork, it wouldn't be much more of a load than all the skins are now. the thing is, nose art would be so small who would see it? the only purpose would be for screenshots and movies...otherwise it's useless fluff.
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: Wiley on July 09, 2013, 11:36:42 AM
considering the size of the artwork, it wouldn't be much more of a load than all the skins are now. the thing is, nose art would be so small who would see it? the only purpose would be for screenshots and movies...otherwise it's useless fluff.

Communication and server load would take a hit too because it'd have to go by the individual, not just the squad for noseart.

Assuming things worked effortlessly and by magic, during events it would be *kinda* neat to have your squad flying in formation with individual noseart/markings on the plane.  I agree though, not a whole lot of usefulness.

Wiley.
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: gyrene81 on July 09, 2013, 11:44:56 AM
Communication and server load would take a hit too because it'd have to go by the individual, not just the squad for noseart.
htc has stated repeatedly the main server isn't close to being taxed and they just put in new servers so i seriously doubt the load would be noticeable. player systems would be more likely to take a frame rate hit, but if there is an option to disable other player nose art, it wouldn't be much of a factor.
Title: Re: Individual nose art
Post by: Zacherof on July 09, 2013, 02:33:47 PM
considering the size of the artwork, it wouldn't be much more of a load than all the skins are now. the thing is, nose art would be so small who would see it? the only purpose would be for screenshots and movies...otherwise it's useless fluff.
Tell me it isnt so :cry