Adjusting height?

Post » Sat May 28, 2011 3:30 pm

I remember hearing in an interview Todd Howard said body customization would be possible. Would height be adjustable too?

It would be cool to change height, but only slightly. I don't want my Altmer to be 3'2 or other Bosmers around me to be 7'2. It should be changeable to a small degree.

What do you guys think?
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Céline Rémy
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 7:33 am

Should be adjustable to some extent. No extremes. :)
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Zualett
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 8:17 am

The smallest altmer should still be higher than the highest imperial.
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Tyler F
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 3:06 pm

The smallest altmer should still be higher than the highest imperial.

And skinnier than a runt of an Orc
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Allison C
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 5:05 pm

it would certainly add to the games atmosphere if not everyone had identical body frames (including the infamous sixpack)
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Shannon Marie Jones
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 6:13 am

i want to be the tallest altmer in all the land.

i like when my characters reflect who i am, and I'm really tall for my young age.

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I'm 13 years old and 5 foot 10

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James Potter
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 6:53 am

Well yes, to some extent, like some races more than others, because I would very much like a 7' Khajiit. :evil:


Boy, do I love Khajiit.
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Louise
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 4:49 am

Well yes, to some extent, like some races more than others, because I would very much like a 7' Khajiit. :evil:


Boy, do I love Khajiit.


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Lucky Boy
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 9:32 am

Changeable to a small degree.
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Anthony Rand
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 8:55 pm

I don't think restricting it in character creation is important. It's not multiplayer so if people are making 7 foot Bosmers you wouldn't have to see them. They'd probably have height ranges for the NPCs though, or for when you hit the random button.
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Hope Greenhaw
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 5:34 am

Sure, some slight variations would be great. For Oblivion you could only accomplish something like this with a modded "custom" race. My altmer was technically a custom race being ever so slightly taller and slender than his brethren. (Plus he had custom tattoos, hair, eyes, earrings... but he's still an altmer.)
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Kevan Olson
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 2:28 pm

Sure, but with thresholds. Maybe about +-15 cm (30 cm range) from the standard height of the race.
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Suzie Dalziel
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 2:35 pm

I don't think the shortest altmer should still be taller than the tallest bosmer. Yeah, like 95% of altmer should be taller, but think of real life races. Black people are generally considered tall and asians are generally considered to be short. But there are definitely quite a few 6'5 asians or 5'5 black people.

There should be an average height range for a certain race, and an interval on each side of that number that you can choose. The smallest bosmer will still be smaller than the smallest altmer, but there will be much more range and diversity within races.
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Marina Leigh
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 3:47 pm

^ Yeah, there would realistically be some overlap. As long as it's consistent. Tallest bosmer can't be as tall as the tallest altmer, but a really short altmer could be shorter than a really tall bosmer. NPCs should mostly adhere to the average range, but for player characters a little more variation would be acceptable. If you want to keep your character in the average range, that's fine. I'm sure that's what I'll end up doing.
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 4:04 pm

I don't think the shortest altmer should still be taller than the tallest bosmer. Yeah, like 95% of altmer should be taller, but think of real life races. Black people are generally considered tall and asians are generally considered to be short. But there are definitely quite a few 6'5 asians or 5'5 black people.

There should be an average height range for a certain race, and an interval on each side of that number that you can choose. The smallest bosmer will still be smaller than the smallest altmer, but there will be much more range and diversity within races.


Pretty much this. The shortest girl I dated was 4 feet 10 inches and I have a friend who is 6 feet 7 inches. That is the advlt range I have personally encountered on a deep level. I am sure I've walked past even shorter and taller people. Ranges in reality are fairly large, narrow the range too much and verisimilitude is broken.
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Greg Swan
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 12:54 pm

Adjustable height would be nice, with limits of course.
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 8:15 pm

I don't think the shortest altmer should still be taller than the tallest bosmer. Yeah, like 95% of altmer should be taller, but think of real life races. Black people are generally considered tall and asians are generally considered to be short. But there are definitely quite a few 6'5 asians or 5'5 black people.

There should be an average height range for a certain race, and an interval on each side of that number that you can choose. The smallest bosmer will still be smaller than the smallest altmer, but there will be much more range and diversity within races.


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Calum Campbell
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 5:55 am

It should just be a slider. You could make a rather tall Bosmer, but most other Bosmer would be around the same height, and maybe one midget or one giant bosmer. I really hated it as a Bosmer, I would always jump before I talked to people in Oblivion so I would be taller than them.
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katie TWAVA
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 5:34 am

I'm 5'2" and I want my character (I usually play as me) to be the same size.
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Milad Hajipour
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 11:03 am

I would love to see this, to any extent.

Personally, being allowed extreme size changes for the player character wouldn't bother me, so long as the NPCs still reflected their own racial standards.

Size changing in whatever form would be awesome, The mod community will taylor the feature to each preference soon enough.
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James Baldwin
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 6:13 am

Should be adjustable to some extent. No extremes. :)

Why can't I choose whatever I want, for npcs sure but for the pc, as adjustable as possible given engine/environment limitations.
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