I'm not saying we should be able to upload any old .jpg as an avatar but if we are forced to pick a knight for our account, it would be cool if there was a way to take a portrait of our knight for the avatar in a style similar to the avatars already available. I don't know what java magic would be required for this. I just think it would be cool to have my actual knight be the avatar, not just a close doppelganger.
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Tue, 10/04/2011 - 21:52
Wed, 10/05/2011 - 03:30
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... or combine pre-rendered
... or combine pre-rendered or drawn tiles of in-game equipment with the character color into a single image file.
The player could select some equipment parts or the combination could be taken from his knights current loadout, for example.
The combined image file could be cached server side by a key made from it's components, so it must be generated less and can be used for different players who happen to have the same laodout and color.
The maximum number of combinations (and storage required for caching) would be predictable.
All it would really take is to add a snapshot function to the Preview, and have it take a mugshot of your Knight in his current loadout. It could theoretically be done completely server side using a small software renderer, give it few parameters like armor selection, and have it build a mugshot of your Knight.