Hi,
Crossposted from the Amazon Basin technical forum..
I am trying to emulate a certain look and feel (Act 5 Barbarian Mercenary). While I can't get all of it perfect, I had expected to be able to approximate the headgear portion.
But try as I might, I can't get a Full Helm to be anything but grey when my character wears it. This is completely independant of what color the helm is in my inventory, or whether I socket it with a chipped ruby/topaz. Yet if I do the same thing with an ordinary Helm (eg. chipped ruby it) it turns red both in my inventory AND when my character puts it on!
More damningly, i've tried on a "Godly" (golden shade) full helm, and a Darksight Helm (black shade) unique basinet, both to no avail. They both appear exactly the same ugly shade of grey. Thinking that a full helm might inherit the shade of a body armor, I equipped some chainmail "of the whale" (red shade) to no effect :(
What drives the colorization of certain equipped items? Why does a chipped ruby "work" in a Helm but not a Full Helm? How can I get my character looking right?
And what shade IS that Full Helm the Barbarian Mercenary wears? It looks like a deep brown. I can't emulate the stance very well either - i'm forced to use two handed swords. And I can't get the armor right, but that's to be expected.
Crossposted from the Amazon Basin technical forum..
I am trying to emulate a certain look and feel (Act 5 Barbarian Mercenary). While I can't get all of it perfect, I had expected to be able to approximate the headgear portion.
But try as I might, I can't get a Full Helm to be anything but grey when my character wears it. This is completely independant of what color the helm is in my inventory, or whether I socket it with a chipped ruby/topaz. Yet if I do the same thing with an ordinary Helm (eg. chipped ruby it) it turns red both in my inventory AND when my character puts it on!
More damningly, i've tried on a "Godly" (golden shade) full helm, and a Darksight Helm (black shade) unique basinet, both to no avail. They both appear exactly the same ugly shade of grey. Thinking that a full helm might inherit the shade of a body armor, I equipped some chainmail "of the whale" (red shade) to no effect :(
What drives the colorization of certain equipped items? Why does a chipped ruby "work" in a Helm but not a Full Helm? How can I get my character looking right?
And what shade IS that Full Helm the Barbarian Mercenary wears? It looks like a deep brown. I can't emulate the stance very well either - i'm forced to use two handed swords. And I can't get the armor right, but that's to be expected.