MaximusRex Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Please find a better solution then "bald" for hair when wearing a hat or a hood. Hoods have gotten even worse with the newer wider hoods that make it extra obvious that you turned the hair off. And don't add the hat under a hat bonnet bull that a lot of the smuggler style hats have. Turbine came up with a solution for hair clipping years ago in LOTRO, I'm sure that BioWare can as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saito_Hiraga Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 First of all remember this is not Lord of the Rings, this is Star Wars The Old Republic and its run by Bioware. The fact that another company solves a problem on their games doesnt mean Bioware must solve a problem in their games. Yet I have always wonder how could they fix this, Im thinking a solution could be to add a frontal piece of your hair in the open part of the hoods where your bald comes out so that it looks as if the hair is still there. (this solution would only work with hairstyles that have frontal hair.) For hairstyles that fall to the back of the head is a harder task. Another solution I can think of is that they design some individual hoods with hair coming out as part of the design (that automatically matches your character's hair color when equiped or previewed) as a custom adaptative armor piece for the Head Slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtwo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I would love for this to be fixed as well, but to be honest if BioWare figured out how to do it then they would probably make it an unlock thing. It is like how we will be able to legacy unlock the ability to call mounts instantly when there was little reason for a delay in the first place. They would market it as a new feature rather then a fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Puppy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I would like them to fix this as well.. maybe with there costume designer they have fixed it..... Well one can hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crubel Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Please find a better solution then "bald" for hair when wearing a hat or a hood. Hoods have gotten even worse with the newer wider hoods that make it extra obvious that you turned the hair off. And don't add the hat under a hat bonnet bull that a lot of the smuggler style hats have. Turbine came up with a solution for hair clipping years ago in LOTRO, I'm sure that BioWare can as well. I would be ok if certain hats just had their own hair as part of the hat. For example, take a look at this picture: http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8pim5ANik1r7mebbo2_500.gif If the hair on the back of Nico's head was part of the cowboy hat he wears, I would be ok with that. Maybe make a few different versions that simply have different hair sticking out. If the hair color automatically updated to your hair color or if a dye would change it, it would at least be better than where we are now. Edited March 11, 2015 by crubel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanThursday Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Really, the 'hair under hat' doesn't necessarily have to be tied to the avatar's hairstyle *that* precisely, just hair colour and variables of "bald", "short", "long" - since if you've got close-cropped or no hair it would be a little weird to see it suddenly hanging round your shoulders when you put a hat on with it- and we don't need accidentally hairy rattaki, for instance. I've no idea how it would be coded- obviously- but, basically, it would need hats or hoods with a piece of mesh for hair on the exposed parts which would look for "is avatar hair on/off/long" to determine visibility or otherwise, and 'if avatar hair colour is set at X, set this colour at Y', or something like that. Then Imperial officer characters could actually wear their uniform cap, smugglers could wear their signature fedora without looking like their mummy was worried they'd get cold ears, and Jedi Knights could look slightly less dozy with their hoods up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I suspect that this is simply a game limitation and there are only 2 options: Let the existing hair clip through the item like you see with various "headband" style helmets or remove the hair altogether and replace it with a bald head. It's a shame that some of the coolest looking upper body pieces have hoods because I won't wear something if it hides my hair. I also agree that this trend toward "wide" hoods with larger masks is a bad one because if you aren't wearing a mask that's designed to fill that spot, you look odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnkiduNineEight Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I know that I have avoided a significant number of items as equipment simply because I do not like the bald head/hat/hood look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelinaH Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I know that I have avoided a significant number of items as equipment simply because I do not like the bald head/hat/hood look. Same. Even a predetermined hair attached to the hat/hood would, in many cases, be better than what we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abvora Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 /signed! I can never look at my hooded characters in cutscenes unless they're wearing a mask, because the sudden baldness is so ugly and jarring. I would be totally onboard this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branmakmuffin Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) LotRO addresses this problem by giving every hat-wearer the same short-cropped hairstyle (including bald characters). Not ideal, but better than TOR's "everyone is either bald or wearing a cartoon toothache head wrap." However, I seriously doubt it will ever be changed. Edited March 14, 2015 by branmakmuffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tethidecans Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 please fix this!! I want to wear hoods with hair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tethidecans Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 A possible solution would be to make a head piece that is similar to the covert energy armor and just turns off the hood. That would be a really easy fix!! There are multiple head items in the game that turn off the hood, you could just make one that has no visible piece. It would just turn off the hood! There are some really cool cloaks with hoods in this game and I just wish I could see my whole character's head with them. Thank you for your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force-Jedi Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 A possible solution would be to make a head piece that is similar to the covert energy armor and just turns off the hood. That would be a really easy fix!! There are multiple head items in the game that turn off the hood, you could just make one that has no visible piece. It would just turn off the hood! There are some really cool cloaks with hoods in this game and I just wish I could see my whole character's head with them. Thank you for your time! Thats a great idea some of the hoods just look horrible, especially without the hair, its such a waste of good armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YungDemon Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 /signed All of my characters have an edge-up/line-up haircut, so it doesn't bother me. However, most female hairstyles should definitely show in some way, even with a hood on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yunaselly Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Agree.... Vaylin still have hair in the hood... why our character is bald ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exenel Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Alright it's nearly 2018, it's about time this finally got implemented in some manner. Suggestions have been made, act on them or find an alternative. If you can't do something as simple as add hair under hoods then maybe you should finally overhaul graphics completely if the game engine limitations are so extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xina_LA Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) OMG yes. I refuse to wear any hoods, even though many robes are beautiful, because I absolutely HATE the bald look. This would be a major improvement (and make me more likely to spend CC on armor sets). Edited December 22, 2017 by Xina_LA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzakey Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 /signed yes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damask_Rose Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 For the hundredth time: Please do something! I'm tired of my Twi'lek girls getting all of the nice clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daewan Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 /signed please please please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith-Viscera Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 As far as one company borrowing an idea from another, goes on all the time. Thing is you change what ever it is and make it better which then your D&R team has improved upon it making it, slightly different, which makes it their own. So yeah, BW could fix it. just not their priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exenel Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 As far as one company borrowing an idea from another, goes on all the time. Thing is you change what ever it is and make it better which then your D&R team has improved upon it making it, slightly different, which makes it their own. So yeah, BW could fix it. just not their priority. They haven't really made an effort to fix anything that isn't their definition of "game breaking" as far as I've seen. There's another 'cosmetic' bug with equipment where things clip out and such. Another example of which being the Temple Guardian Mask that has a yellow line in the middle that sways left and right during cutscene dialogue. I mean the game is pretty old as it is so like I said before, if they're not going to make an effort to fix the flaws of the game, then they might as well just overhaul the graphics completely if the game engine limitations are so extreme. To make things worse they release new armors with the EXACT same bugs as the previous ones yet do nothing to fix it. All things considered, it really shouldn't be that hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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