So, I was thinking... costume creator might be possible...

[Codewalker]

10 days is a loooong time to leave that open.

And without that little tidbit of information, what I'm about to post probably wouldn't have happened quite so quickly.

[Arachnion]

My anticipation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vHRMeRszw4

[sl701]

My anticipation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vHRMeRszw4

Yeah, that sums it up niecly... I should sleep now, tomorrow's going to be hard at work, but... Oh God, oh man... 

[Codewalker]

Here's the official thread: http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,7288.0.html ~Agge



All right, since I know a few people *cough* have been itching for this, here's a very, VERY rough version. Call it an alpha test.

http://repo.cohtitan.com/icon/icon.exe

Stick it in your COH program directory and run it from there.

This version works ONLY on the Issue 24 beta client. It also doesn't yet unlock VIP or purchasable costume parts. All of that I'm planning on doing, but wanted to get this out there as a proof of concept while I work on the polish. Tonight I'm hoping to work on that and on making it work with the last I23 client for all the slackers who didn't download Beta.

Yes I do see the irony in a program called Icon (after the tailor) not having an icon. That will be fixed soon.

[Arachnion]

You made a program already?

Heh heh.

Thanks for this, and all your hard work man.

Appreciated.

 

[RedRaccoon]

You're my hero, really. Staying in the editor for so long... That's what I call dedication! 

Well, what the heck else is there to do when you can't play the actual game anymore?   


Back when I first started playing City of Heroes, I used to have a lot of connection problems with my internet, but I noticed that if I was in the costume creator when the internet went down, I never got booted off.  Sometimes I spent hours creating costumes just waiting for the internet to come back.  If I backed out to the server selection or tried to enter the game, I got logged out, but otherwise I was good.  So that's how I knew the costume creator would keep working as long as I logged in before the servers turned off.

Now I'll have to see how long I can keep it going.

[Golden Ace]

i am interested....

Codewalker has the floor.

[Arachnion]

Icon.exe works.

 

[sl701]

Tonight I'm hoping to work on that and on making it work with the last I23 client for all the slackers who didn't download Beta.

Darn, why do I have to be a slacker, whyyyy?! 

Anyway, thanks for the work, Codewalker. And to the I24 client users... Have fun! Good night everyone 

[downix]

Works fine.

[Arachnion]

Saving and viewing costume files all work.

You can't load the costumes that have locked parts, however.


http://s12.postimage.org/42yuajyjv/Arisen.png

[Septipheran]

All right, since I know a few people *cough* have been itching for this, here's a very, VERY rough version. Call it an alpha test.

http://repo.cohtitan.com/icon/icon.exe

Stick it in your COH program directory and run it from there.

This version works ONLY on the Issue 24 beta client. It also doesn't yet unlock VIP or purchasable costume parts. All of that I'm planning on doing, but wanted to get this out there as a proof of concept while I work on the polish. Tonight I'm hoping to work on that and on making it work with the last I23 client for all the slackers who didn't download Beta.

Yes I do see the irony in a program called Icon (after the tailor) not having an icon. That will be fixed soon.

Wow... Thanks so much, this is awesome! I am noticing a bit of an issue- I had to back out to the login menu in order to turn my graphics settings back to max and turn my resolution back to 1920x1080. My computer played on max settings without any issue at all. After making these adjustments and relaunching your program, I was getting some "lag" in the costume creator which was strange. This is hardly the end of the world and I could totally turn things down a little, but I just wanted to point out the problem just in case anything could potentially be done about it. Thanks again!

[Codewalker]

If you're coming here from Twitter or another link, please head to this post instead. There you will find the latest version of Icon along with instructions for how to use it.

[Septipheran]

http://repo.cohtitan.com/icon/icon.exe

has been updated.

The version I just uploaded is (theoretically) compatible with the Issue 23 client.

It's completely drycoded though as I don't have an I23 client handy to test it with. While it should work, no promises. Don't blame me if your computer explodes, though that would be a neat trick since the exe is only 9.5k! Welcome to alpha testing.

I just dropped it in my COH (non beta) folder and I can confirm that it works! I'm still getting the same framerate issues that I mentioned in my previous post though.

[Arachnion]

Strange.

I don't have any framerate issues, and I'm running full graphics.

I am running it windowed, however.

Probably just your rig.

[Codewalker]

That's very weird. It doesn't do anything other than trick the client into bringing up the creator page with a fake player structure and a dummy network connection. The program doesn't even stay running once coh is launched.

Maybe try turning off ambient occlusion? The costume editor doesn't really use it anyway but it's a complex shader.

[Septipheran]

I just rebooted and I'm not having issues anymore, so it was on my end. Not sure what was happening, but a simple reboot without changing any settings did the trick. Sorry about the false alarm!

[Arachnion]

Is the fact that in this thread about a suggestion for the creator.. irony, now that we have working access to it?

[Moonfyire101]

[cpease61]

Hi nice job, could you include instructions on how to do this with the mac version please, im guessing its not too hard just addtional instructions