Garoon Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Okay, basically the idea that's been poked at is the ability for slime people to take on aspects of non-human races. Stuff like tails (Tarjan, Vulp, Unathi), different species heads like Grey or Kidan, stuff like that. Basically, the ability to morph themselves into the appearance of another race, since they are pretty much amorphous blobs of goo. And a sub-idea of the above, the ability to semi-polymorph in-game to give yourself a tail, or a different head, but not truly changing your identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadeykins Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I approve, it makes slimes at least 20% lewder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightFire53 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I would think about getting slime people if they could do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauka Usanake Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I approve, it makes slimes at least 20% lewder. This is literally the only use I see for this. Who wouldn't want an actual slime catgirl and not one with fake ears instead? Then again they'd have the tajaran head. Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 im pretty sure TG has a admin-only catgirl race, thats just a human with kitty ears superglued on. i would also like for it to "branch" off, if you pick a unathi head, you get access to unathi hairstyles, or if its a human head, then you get human hairstyles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Actually, it would be simpler to just have the whole body change [except the tail] instead of just the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 And a sub-idea of the above, the ability to semi-polymorph in-game to give yourself a tail, or a different head, but not truly changing your identity. how did i not notice this... there is a "polymorph" [spoiler2]hehe, poly the mimick parrot[/spoiler2] mutation that copies people and a "morph" that lets you change your sex, hair, color, etc. could get the slime people started with some hairstyles and body options and also give them the morph mutation at roundstart. EDIT: i need to sleep ;-; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthdivine Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Might be possible with the body accessory system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZD Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Not exactly certain how feasible this would be, given the amount of fuckery that is already involved when working with humanoid overlays. It would in all likelihood require some amount of restructuring of humanoid appearance code. Also, fun fact, slime people are actually all black-eyed baldies with an overlay on top of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garoon Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Freaking janky ass slime people code. I'm sure it's a huge mess of a bunch of files, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 hearing the overlay thing from DZD, we MAY have to to sacrifice transparent squishiness for more details...until they find out how to make all the right things transparent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZD Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 For its current purpose, mob overlay code isn't absolutely horrible. If you wanted to have people be able to morph to look like different species, you'd have to restructure how species external organ overlays are handled, as at the current moment humanoid mobs get their set based on their species. You would also need a new slime overlay for the different species body parts (such giant Grey heads, tails, etc.), and would thus need sprites for those. This is largely due to the fact that mob overlays are broken up into arms, legs, a head, and a torso so that de-limbing can work. Slime people actually hijack this a bit because they're basically humans with a slime overlay layered on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 For its current purpose, mob overlay code isn't absolutely horrible. If you wanted to have people be able to morph to look like different species, you'd have to restructure how species external organ overlays are handled, as at the current moment humanoid mobs get their set based on their species. You would also need a new slime overlay for the different species body parts (such giant Grey heads, tails, etc.), and would thus need sprites for those. This is largely due to the fact that mob overlays are broken up into arms, legs, a head, and a torso so that de-limbing can work. Slime people actually hijack this a bit because they're basically humans with a slime overlay layered on top. Thanks DZD. im also wondering whats up with slime people being able to have socks but not any other underwear EDIT: if any kind of slime people morph w/ aesthetic choices gets implemented, make the morph cost nutrients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 *squishy bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KasparoVv Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Really cringey suggestion Why not play an actually tailed/muzzled race? First it's going to be people wanting unathi/vulpkanin/tajaran/gray/skrell heads and whatever tails, then it's going to be vox or whatever and become truly ridiculous as the entire body would have to be changed I'm all for keeping slime people as amorphous human-shaped blobs, as the shape lacks any real complexity and their closest relative found on station is little more than an actual blob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTSAM Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 ^ that. Slime people are slime people, not slime vulpkanin/unathi/skrell/whatever. If you want to play a race for it's aesthetics then just play the race, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauka Usanake Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Maybe for badmin hax this could be looked into. Some transparent gray scale icons for mobs that could be used but not used in the code specifically. I'm in the field that it's not needed but wouldn't be uninteresting in the slightest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 well, for the people opposed to this thread. i for one, dont really need or want heads on my slimes, i was just trying to add more to the conversation. i just want at least something. Also, fun fact, slime people are actually all black-eyed baldies with an overlay on top of them. slimes get 2 customization options, almost anything else gets 4-5 options Why not play an actually tailed/muzzled race? ^ that.Slime people are slime people, not slime vulpkanin/unathi/skrell/whatever. If you want to play a race for it's aesthetics then just play the race, dude. while slimes and catbeasts/dogbeasts/foxbeasts and cool robots have different aesthetics of their own...slime people almost have none at all in a way. i really just want some basics, its obvious nobody is going to add a another race (that would be disastrous), and fleshing out the current ones would be way better. TL;DR nothing wrong with at least some more options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage199 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Just give them hair choices and, for crying out loud, fix the color system for slime people, or replace it with the old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kluys Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Would this not mess up hardsuits as well when we suddenly have slimes with differently shaped heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Would this not mess up hardsuits as well when we suddenly have slimes with differently shaped heads i think we have already established that aesthetic option wouldnt be very....optimal. in the unlikely event that would happen, they can just hit the morph button to swap to a head shape that fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox McCloud Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just going to re-iterate what a few others have already said here. If you like Vulp/Taj/Unathi aesthetics, then play that race--this isn't something valid to be added to slime people as they're their own distinct (if a amorphous) race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannhawk Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 can i directly say i dont want the tails or heads anymore? or do you just want to keep telling me to play something else no matter what i say, when all i want at this point are basic options... oh wait... brb, reviving a different thread with a autoinjector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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