Parsil
Radio Bob Approved
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Good evening my dear Willardians.
As inspired by Triviality's wonderful cigar suggestion (which should definitely be accepted), i was thinking about what else could be improved by reskins.
Ever since the Customization update which added hairstyles, hair colors and clothing colors, i've noticed a few items that were missing the color proxy grace touch. Those were the flat cap, the boonie hat and the regular visor cap.
The first one is the go-to for any loyalist or fancy outfit, the second is basically only useful for rebels or similar rugged chracters, leaving the lonely blue visor cap to be largely forgotten.
Adding colors to those three hats would require only changing two textures and adding relevant color proxies to the new items. I've done exactly that.
After identifying the correct texture files, i've neutralized the colors and matched them as close as possible to the neutral grey that other clothing textures use (#808080). After adding the material overrides in SFM, i've created this very rough mock-up of possible color combinations to illustrate my point further. Apart from the obvious stylistic benefits of more color variations for these three items, they can also be useful for the creation of work/organizational outfits, color matched with jackets and pants. As a throw back example, imagine how much snazzier Casto's redshirts would've looked with red flat caps.
Overall, this is a pretty simple update which would not require any new modeling, just a texture swap (which i'll happily provide to our laborious dev team if requested).
I hope my hastily put together SFM renders have made my point clear: STYLE OVER EVERYTHING!
If there are any technical source engine fuckery that would make this impossible, i'd be very sad but also interested to know in the replies.
Thank you for listening. Long Live Tailoring RP.
As inspired by Triviality's wonderful cigar suggestion (which should definitely be accepted), i was thinking about what else could be improved by reskins.
Ever since the Customization update which added hairstyles, hair colors and clothing colors, i've noticed a few items that were missing the color proxy grace touch. Those were the flat cap, the boonie hat and the regular visor cap.
The first one is the go-to for any loyalist or fancy outfit, the second is basically only useful for rebels or similar rugged chracters, leaving the lonely blue visor cap to be largely forgotten.
Adding colors to those three hats would require only changing two textures and adding relevant color proxies to the new items. I've done exactly that.
After identifying the correct texture files, i've neutralized the colors and matched them as close as possible to the neutral grey that other clothing textures use (#808080). After adding the material overrides in SFM, i've created this very rough mock-up of possible color combinations to illustrate my point further. Apart from the obvious stylistic benefits of more color variations for these three items, they can also be useful for the creation of work/organizational outfits, color matched with jackets and pants. As a throw back example, imagine how much snazzier Casto's redshirts would've looked with red flat caps.
Overall, this is a pretty simple update which would not require any new modeling, just a texture swap (which i'll happily provide to our laborious dev team if requested).
Please enjoy three further practical examples of how they'd look in game, also made by yours truly. 
Angelique Rebéle
Local Druggie
Archibald Peters
Bourgeois Candidate
Arthur Fuckface
He's just having a good time
Angelique Rebéle
Local Druggie
Archibald Peters
Bourgeois Candidate
Arthur Fuckface
He's just having a good time
I hope my hastily put together SFM renders have made my point clear: STYLE OVER EVERYTHING!
If there are any technical source engine fuckery that would make this impossible, i'd be very sad but also interested to know in the replies.
Thank you for listening. Long Live Tailoring RP.
