Possibility of more career customization?

[wikikomoto]

Hi! I was wondering if we'll ever have the ability to write our own background or upload our own picture? I actually made a black and white photo for myself to use in rise of flight, that i'd love to have the opportunity to use here. Also, the somewhat glaring issue of gender. Being a female myself, it certainly takes me out of the experience, playing the carrier of someone of the opposite sex. Currently I'm actually playing as a fictional version of my boyfriend, But I'd love to have the ability to play as myself. 

 

Of course, I'm fully aware of the very limited amounts of female pilots of WW2 (And possibly the even smaller number of female players of this game, I could be the ONLY one for all I know) But I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from. Role play is a huge factor of this campaign mode, and thats simply impossible for me at the moment. 

 

Whats here is great though! I can't wait to see where it goes in the future! 

 

I'm also making a couple quick edits since this post, since it was moved from the career section of the forums to the suggestions page. Basically, to sum up what I posted here 

 

-The ability to be a female pilot in career mode, to further the immersion for us of the tender gender 

 

-uploading our own avatar. also furthering immersion.

 

Adding some female pictures by default in the portrait section would help too!

 

Thanks in advance! 

Edited March 21, 2018 by wikikomoto

[wikikomoto]

OH! and if you need a female voice over for the radio, I'd be honored to do it myself! Though, my russian is a tad... terrible

[Wolf8312]

You should indeed have the ability to choose a female character. I think this is what people who are always bemoaning how political correctness is negatively affecting the gaming industry dont understand (or dont try to understand).

 

It isnt that devs are purposefully trying to be political correct, just fair and inclusive. Why should paying customers have to select characters outside of their own race or gender? I certainly don't like to play games in which I am forced to play as a female character (which is why I never played tomb raider), so I dont see why female gamers should be forced all the time to play as men.

Especially when considering that there were indeed female fighter pilots who fought in the second world war (especially on the soviet side).

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On 19.03.2018 at 9:01 AM, wikikomoto said:

Adding some female pictures by default in the portrait section would help too!

Wow a female  

Heh, anyway.. you will be able to put a custom photo, you can already have your own name or write your own story (as a mod). 

Devs want to be realistic so I highly doubt there will be a female pilot for everything since it would be just completely inaccurate. While you will be able to do it yourself with photo and biography, that would be it. 

 

Woman can be made but if I remember old dev post, it cost money and takes time and manpower. They have to make voice, model and stuff like this. I think it's possible but not now and if, probably only as po2 pilot in night witches unit in carieer to keep this realistic.

 

In short, custom picture on a way, you can do your own biography, just read text out loud and RP is ready, you don't see your own model so not a problem.

 

Btw. You can mod textures, I have seen some uniform mods, so probably you could get a female texture for pilot as well but I don't know details.

[wikikomoto]

Actually, having the default male pilot model and voice doesn't really upset me. As you can't see the pilot in first person view anyways! Also, the pilot voice isn't that much of an issue either, as you rarely hear it (I never fly lead so I don't give orders) 

 

But its great to hear about the custom photo! Really, I just want my profile to show me as female. Like DCS and rise of flight! 

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5 hours ago, wikikomoto said:

But its great to hear about the custom photo! Really, I just want my profile to show me as female. Like DCS and rise of flight! 

Most people don't want to look like "people" on photos we have now I can't wait for that option as well, helmet on head, cigarette in your mouth, black and white/old damaged style graphic edit and i am ready to fight reds

[Skipper-]

The pilot photos are made up of an identikit of facial features e.g. nose, eyes, ears, mouth etc and then placed on one of several heads.

I think the style of the photos looks realistic, if slightly creepy and a bit too formal, but would prefer to use my own photos in career mode.

Edited August 8, 2018 by Skipper-
A good nights sleep

[sniperton]

I actually find those photos highly unnatural and even frightening. A bunch of zombies, grrr. I look forward to the possibility to exchange them ASAP for period photos or, just for fun, for photos of friends and colleagues photoshopped into period uniforms. Even the community could bring together such a fake, but highly amusing collection.

[Yogiflight]

@wikikomotoIIRC it is possible to use own photos in PWCG and you select the name you want, anyway. So you might want to check this one.

BTW, you are not the only female player, there is at least one german lady, MeoW.Scharfi, who is playing online, and making nice youtube vids, where she sows us male players, how to shoot down oponents.