Thinking about a script/addon to Stormfront/Genie

[Goku]

Kinda a fluff idea - quite literally. But, I'm tired of looking at people and seeing this giant novel sized paragraph blob. I know a lot of people use moonstones or whatever to hide it all but really I don't think it should come down to this - the equivalent of sweeping things under the rug.

So, I figured whenever you look at someone in real life there are a few key aspects of his/her outfit that standout which is really based on the size. I.E. a person's jacket or shirt is going to standout more then his wristwatch or bracelet. In-game all the pieces are just in the blob, so why not organize things by size and placement?

First, I would have it sort a characters stuff by weight. Veil Iron Plat Armour : 67 Lbs -> Earrings : less 1 lbs. Then I would place items according to inventory slot head, chest, shoulder, front etc. Then have it display this out in diagram format. I.E.

......................................[Hair] : Dirty blonde tied back in a pony-tail
......................................[Face] : A deep scar across the right eye
......................................[Head] : Veil Iron Greathelm
......................................[Neck] : A Crimson Eahnor Medallion
................................[S h o u l d e r s] : A Black Spidersilk Backpack
......................................[Chest] : Veil Iron Breastplate
.......................................[ETC.]

I could also have it pick out colors from the primary description and change the font colors to that color.

The biggest problem or rather workload comes from collecting the data for each item and their respective weights. However, I figure I'll fudge it a bit and make general common sense conditions - a greathelm>metal cap>earrings so that way an index of base items in the game is really all thats needed.

[Fiend394]

I think it would be obnoxious with text being bigger than other text. The rest of it, thought, would probably be welcome by most people.

[Goku]

I think it would be obnoxious with text being bigger than other text. The rest of it, thought, would probably be welcome by most people.

Yeah, I could get rid of that and actually make make it a lot easier since weight is not needed then. So, this would take the place of the inventory lines, should I add containers for [Body] [Face] [Hair] as well?

[Ososis]

Aside from highlights, which we already have, there is nothing I like about this. Best of luck.

[Ltlprprincess]

Aside from highlights, which we already have, there is nothing I like about this. Best of luck.

Let him do whatever. It's not like he's asking everyone to use it if it ever gets made or forcing Simu to make it a perma-feature in Stormfront.

[Goku]

Aside from highlights, which we already have, there is nothing I like about this. Best of luck.

Thanks for the response. Not making it yet, getting some feedback on usefulness before I do. And someone asked about Glamour crystals or one for all descriptions, those won't be touched, only standard descriptions.

[Ososis]

Let him do whatever. It's not like he's asking everyone to use it if it ever gets made or forcing Simu to make it a perma-feature in Stormfront.

Ok, you are right. Goku I release you from the bonds of my opinion. You are now free to continue.

But seriously, if it's just for him he can and should set it up how he would want, in whatever attempt at text graphics he chooses. But posting a thread asking for other's take on it opens it up to, well, other peoples take on it. My take is that it's all terrible, but I wish him the best of luck in his personal endeavor.

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I like books, and words, and paragraphs. I don't like the idea of formatting words to look like a person. Amazingly enough, some people don't think like me. I don't get it, but I am told it's a thing.

[Goku]

Ok, you are right. Goku I release you from the bonds of my opinion. You are now free to continue.

But seriously, if it's just for him he can and should set it up how he would want, in whatever attempt at text graphics he chooses. But posting a thread asking for other's take on it opens it up to, well, other peoples take on it. My take is that it's all terrible, but I wish him the best of luck in his personal endeavor.

I won't do it if I don't think anyone would use it. It's just I don't even think people care what other people look like anymore, what with the blobs of text and unreadability of it all. What exactly don't you like about it?

[Ltlprprincess]

I won't do it if I don't think anyone would use it. It's just I don't even think people care what other people look like anymore, what with the blobs of text and unreadability of it all. What exactly don't you like about it?

I look, but I'm a picky looker. If you fall within the range of someone my characters would opt to associate with, I will look even closer.

[Goku]

I look, but I'm a picky looker. If you fall within the range of someone my characters would opt to associate with, I will look even closer.

Exactly. I do the same thing. And honestly, I associate people by name, that's their 'face'. But I would imagine if people had some organized view of someone through look then people can associate other people with how they are actually described or a specific item they are wearing.