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Will all the heads from the existing character creator be included in the new version? How much of this is new, and how much of it is built on what we currently have?

TL;DRAll previous heads will be in the new character customizer, some not yet fully activated while face rigs are polished, with more heads planned, visual upgrades to existing ones, and free mixing of skin tones and textures.

Andreas RohrPrincipal Technical Artist, Tech Animation Team

Yes, so all the heads that have been in the PU previously are going to be in the new one. There are actually going to be some in the background that you don't see, but you can access through one of the customization modes. They're partially activated because we're still polishing their face rigs, so we haven't fully activated them. And obviously, I think at CitizenCon we've mentioned, like Forrest mentioned, that we're working on adding 60 more heads total to the customizer and we're still working on that. But they will come in the future when they're ready.

Forrest StephanPrincipal Technical Artist

And then just to kind of follow up on that, not only do we have all the heads that previously existed, but what we've also done is we've given them a visual facelift as well. We've calibrated their skin tones, we've increased skin detail, we've balanced maps, specular maps, gloss maps. And so not only are we kind of improving the pool and all this stuff, but we're also giving everything that existed a great facelift. So I think it'll be awesome.

Gabriel HectorSystems Designer, Core Gameplay Design Team

Yeah, that's been really great. It's been cool to see everything that Forrest has been able to achieve with the old skins and see the difference that it really makes to give these updates to getting the correct tones so that we can use this new color picker system to allow the players to pick just from there, not making it overly complex.

Jacob WardGameplay Programmer, Squadron 42 Feature Team

And this means that we can also now apply any skin tone on top of any set of skin textures. So if you don't like the positions and stuff of the wrinkles in one skin texture from a previous character customizer but you like the skin tone, then you can mix and match now a bit there.

Star Citizen Live›Q&A: Character Customizer·
Published on this date.22 Mar 2024