Thoughts on clothing changes?
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4 Years of Service
Personally i like it. But I feel like most devs miss the opportunity to have it make an effect. If I'm choosing a different outfit and it's just for 1 date with an LI that's fine. But why not have it effect some dialog or a love/corruption/sensuality stat if the game has them?
2 Years of Service
I appreciate the effort that goes into it when done well, but sometimes devs take shortcuts just to add them in and it often feels somewhat shoe-horned in such that it comes off as rather off-putting.
4 Years of Service
Just have em naked always, saves time! 
2 Years of Service
Thats the most irrelevant thing games offer, i also dont care much about clothes in rl, they are tools to stay warm and avoid public lust overload ^^
3 Years of Service
If game does not tell me outright something is a different outfit I usually don't notice at all. Yeah, I had real life issues because of that.
1 Year of Service
I am not sure how the question is meant. Either way it's not anywhere near the top of the importance-ranked list of things to do, but it can certainly add a little to an already great game.
Most so far seem to have interpreted it as being about different clothes in different pre-rendered scenes. In this case: Yes, especially meaningful changes such as the MC wearing plate armor when going to war but not when in a banquet, or even better a love interest wearing something more sexy for a date, are of course a significant improvement and probably worth the effort in many cases.
If this is about a clothing selection screen for the main character, as in many modern RPGs, then that's a lot more effort for a lot less gain. I doubt it's ever worth it in pre-rendered indie games. I guess it really only makes sense in a 3D game, using a library that supports it and does most of the work.
Most so far seem to have interpreted it as being about different clothes in different pre-rendered scenes. In this case: Yes, especially meaningful changes such as the MC wearing plate armor when going to war but not when in a banquet, or even better a love interest wearing something more sexy for a date, are of course a significant improvement and probably worth the effort in many cases.
If this is about a clothing selection screen for the main character, as in many modern RPGs, then that's a lot more effort for a lot less gain. I doubt it's ever worth it in pre-rendered indie games. I guess it really only makes sense in a 3D game, using a library that supports it and does most of the work.
2 Years of Service
Clothing change is very important in general i belive. First it keeps things fresh, new and exciting.
Like imagine u are watching a movie trilogy or some series and the characters keep using the same clothes all the time... The same applies to haircuts or hairstyles.
For me its annoying and ugly.
Like imagine u are watching a movie trilogy or some series and the characters keep using the same clothes all the time... The same applies to haircuts or hairstyles.
For me its annoying and ugly.
1 Year of Service
Love it, but for me only works when the girls become more lewd like showing off more skin otherwise i think is a waste of time.
4 Years of Service
Depending on their rig the render times are what really takes time. I've seen devs talking about render times being anywhere from a minute to a few hours with in depth shots (stills vs motion clips as well)
I've only output a few things in daz when I was trying to see how it worked. Single stills took around 2 or 3 minutes a 5 second loop without camera movement took around 15-20.
I was mostly thinking about the LIs when I asked. Lots of games have a shopping scene (changing room scene) where there are 2 or 3 outfits and you choose 1. Then for a date or something they wear the outfit you chose. Since that means rendering out all the scenes for that character in all outfit choices.
regular outfit changes that are locked in and change with the scenes but don't give a choice don't mean extra render time, just a little setup time. I hadn't thought about that, but yeah, definitely needed
1 Year of Service
I see. Then yes, it's a nice gimmick, but probably only worth the effort if you don't overdo it: MC helps LI select an outfit. Then she wears it on one occasion that doesn't require too many renders. And I would put some thought into the outfit really making a difference, perhaps even temporarily branching the plot. E.g. when going on a hike. It could be some modern sportswear that hugs the body, or an airy white dress. In one case they spontaneously climb on a hill, and in the other it's not possible, so they later spontaneously go bathing in a lake, where the dress becomes transparent. Of course that's far more effort than just rendering the same scene with different clothing (and contradicts my point about not too many renders), but it's also a kind of branching that you probably wanted anyway. Just make sure to include clear hints that something happens because of the clothing selected.
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3 Years of Service
I like your frame of mind. Direct and straight to the point.Just have em naked always, saves time!
1 Year of Service
I don't think it's necessary really, but it can certainly add things. Either just immersion in general, or in corruption games wearing more corrupt outfits can be nice, although sometimes devs go a bit overboard there for my tastes 
