Hello, all!

I just wanted to give a quick update on the Faelora Revamp and also announce some new upcoming changes for Pets.

Regarding new colors, we are adding a C4 and C5 slot to all Pets. This has been a long time coming and, with the upcoming Faelora Revamp, the time to finally make this update come to fruition seems to be now. The addition of these two new color slots will make it much easier to allocate colors to Pets that have lots of different parts - such as the Faelora (also Qitari). Pets that have a lot of dynamic parts as a default typically use up all of the main color slots before you even get into Traits. Once you start trying to allocate colors for Traits, you now have no slots available and you have to try and have key parts share the same colors with other key parts. It makes everything very difficult.

On the Qitari, for example, you have C1 as the base body, C2 as the scales, and C3 as the hair. Now if you want to ever use C2 or C3 for anything else, it's always going to be the same as the scales or hair. This becomes very troublesome in regards to Genes, but also Mutations as well. By adding a C4 and C5, we can now dedicate two slots for those core components while still having two more slots for various Trait accents. The same logic applies to the new Faelora artwork regarding their flowers, vines, etc.

So over the next few days, you can expect to start seeing C4 and C5 trickle into the systems across the site. As these new colors are added in, they will not immediately serve a purpose. It will be much like the addition of the A1 and A2 colors. Over time, we will slowly put them to use across the different species.

Regarding the Faelora Revamp, the artwork is now 100% done and put into the site. I have delayed work on the revamp code/script while I add in the new C4 and C5 slots so that I can then have the new Faelora utilize those new color slots. So this will add a little bit of a delay. But the revamp is complete and it's just entirely up to me to get everything coded and set up accordingly. We are on the final stage!

I love this! It is seriously needed and I hope the Ny'vene get it too because I hate how the wing and underbelly color work.

But please tell me players will get to select the C4 and C5 changes and address things like mane and scale traits for the qitari? Because if not I'm literally going to need hundreds, if not thousands of pet dyes to adjust my projects and that sounds nearly impossible. :')


Edit: Also something that lets players change every pet color would be great. I now have to account for minimum 14 pet dyes for a single pet redo, versus what used to be 10 back before Ac1 and Ac2.

\o/ This is awesome! The qits drive me nuts trying to to get colors just right because of that very reason. Super excited! Thank you!!

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=105842&page=1#2 Author: Xavion Time Posted: 4/26/2023 at 4:20 PM I love this! It is seriously needed and I hope the Ny'vene get it too because I hate how the wing and underbelly color work. But please tell me players will get to select the C4 and C5 changes and address things like mane and scale traits for the qitari? Because if not I'm literally going to need hundreds, if not thousands of pet dyes to adjust my projects and that sounds nearly impossible. :') Edit: Also something that lets players change every pet color would be great. I now have to account for minimum 14 pet dyes for a single pet redo, versus what used to be 10 back before Ac1 and Ac2.

Each species is going to have to be looked at and updated individually. It's going to depend on what actually is added or changed. I can't say with any certainty how that's going to end up atm. I still haven't fully 100% decided on what slots I'm going to do for what on the Faelora Revamp. =D

But, as always, if the situation arises where we do change stuff and it has an impact on a significant amount of existing Pets, we will definitely give players a free Re-Gen for those affected color slots.

Great news on both counts. New color slots sound great and will be wonderful to play with when designing pets. Can't wait for the Faeloras!

Awesome! I shall totally look forward to it then! :D

As a lover of all things Qitari, constantly creating Qit designs for fun, this update makes me so happy! I can't wait to see how everything interacts once the change is implemented.

wonderful update. Looking forward to seeing how it all works out!

Hype!! I am excited to try designing with the new color slots, thanks krin! I hope it all goes smoothly for you

I can't wait for this so I can finally do my project I am so excited for this faelora revamp