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Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Sweet Potato » Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:53 pm

I've been thinking of making more wing slot accessories like the backpacks, quivers and swords we already have in game, since I think it'd be cool if we had more options for people who don't want to wear cloaks but still want something on their back. But obviously it's a lot easier to push for an update that says "added several new wing slot accessories" than it is for one that says "added 2 new wing slot accessories". So I'd like you guys to give me your suggestions!

List of things that are impossible:
(and are frequently asked for/expected to be frequently asked for)
  • Things that are not directly attached to the center back, like hip items and shoulder items. The wing slot is anchored to the center back, so for example to put something on the hip would mean to move the item from the center back to the hip. This isn't a problem, except for the fact that the distance between the center back and the hip is different for each race. Something that would be attached to the hip of an orog would have to be moved so far down that it would literally be underground for a halfling, while something attached to the shoulder of a halfling would be inside the torso of an orog because a halfling's shoulder is very close to the center of their back compared to an orog. Those would be better off using the belt slot, but I'm doing wing slot accessories right now not belt slot accessories.
  • Anything that matches your customized appearance weapons and shields. Sadly, you will have to match your customized weapons and shields to the appearance of the backpack and not the other way around, because doing otherwise would require modeling every single variation of every single weapon in the game and putting them into the list of wing slot accessories. That would not only be way too much work, but also would force everyone to have to sift through hundreds of weapon combinations while trying to find the other wing slot accessories.
  • Making weapons and shields disappear when you draw them from your back would require a script, and it's not really worth the server's time and resources to be checking that constantly.
Currently I've made:

Books
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A bookbag
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A scrollbag
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Another backpack
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A miner's backpack
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A lumberjack's backpack
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Some stinky flies
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Irongron asked me to make this
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A back-mounted crossbow
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A greataxe
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Pair of scimitars
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Pair of shortswords
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Witcher style swords
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A scythe
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A falchion
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A guitaxe
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Lutes
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Lyres, which I made a holdable version of
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A viola (which i also made a weapon version of)
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Tower shields
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Large shields
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A cage
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Huge meme cage
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A traveling merchant pack with frame
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Mega adventurer's pack that looks ridiculous on halflings
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A more modest adventurer's hiking pack that still looks ridiculous on halflings
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A big ole sarcophagus that hogs up all your screen space and makes it impossible to see anything
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A barrel
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A pot full of produce
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A sack of gold
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A sack of something bloody (complete with dripping blood vfx)
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A ton of fancypants banners
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Alternate guldorand banner
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I made holdable versions too
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A big rock
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And this edgy skull rack
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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Skibbles » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:20 pm

Are wing accessories technically limited to the back of a character or is it possible that other things can be done with the slot?

For example: some little potions on the waist, a satchel or purse slung over the shoulder, a belt of wands, additional armor bits, scrolls, and so on.
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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Brandon Steel » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:22 pm

Personally I would just like different backpacks, or just one that looks better. I’m not a fan of the current one and it feels a bit jarring, but maybe that’s just me.

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Anime Sword Fighter » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:26 pm

Lute/mandolin/banjo

A barrel/keg/giant jug like Bo Rai Cho's or Gaara's

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Sweet Potato » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:55 pm

Skibbles wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:20 pm
Are wing accessories technically limited to the back of a character or is it possible that other things can be done with the slot?

For example: some little potions on the waist, a satchel or purse slung over the shoulder, a belt of wands, additional armor bits, scrolls, and so on.
Anything that isn't attached to the torso wouldn't work because the wing slot is, itself, attached to the torso. So for example, something that is attached to the hip wouldn't work because if the hip moves, then the object in the wing slot would only move if the torso moves with the hip.

EDIT: Heck, for that matter anything that isn't attached to the center back wouldn't work either because everyone has a different body shape.
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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Quidix » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:03 pm

A book!

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Rico_scorpion » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:20 pm

A banner with variants for different styles for the cloth part
Flying orbs (Kaelthas on the back)
A dead deer (would have to go over the shoulders for the legs, clipping fiesta)
More shields (Link)
A multilayered backpack with crazy amount of visible scrolls (loremaster friendly)
A "flies" vfx that has an offset on the pivot to be centered around the torso
^ same as above with many other ideas that make sense
Similar to edgy skull one but with mini-pikes with "fresh" heads on them (edgy warlord)
Same logic as your skulls but with a pike that sports a crescent moon/lathanderite sun/black sun instead
Something for Banites. Anything :)

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Ninjimmy » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:32 pm

Is it easier to use existing assets?

Cos a barrel/powder keg would be fun

Or a bush
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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Red_Wharf » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:36 pm

My suggestion is a crate, or maybe a stack of crates for that authentic deliveryman simulator when doing delivery writs. Thanks, Kojima.

And what about these huge banners from the Contest of Champions module? The module comes prepackaged with Neverwinter Nights so I will assume the banners are ready to be used.
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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Security_Blanket » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:39 pm

A banner would be cool, maybe one for each of the war-focused deities too.

I also like the idea of having a big war-drum attached to the chest.

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Drowboy » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:58 pm

Lower back sheathed daggers
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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by mjones3 » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:58 am

A kukri or dagger sheathed at the lower back like they said. Or a sai to compliment the samurai armor.

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Morgy » Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:11 am

A pack with scrolls bulging out of it?

Also sizing down for the smaller races would be appreciated if possible. Everything looks massive on a Hin back, haha.

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Post by Mattamue » Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:42 am

Halberd
Fireman carry body
A halfling in a Bjorn
Firbolg in a bjorn
Gonne
Mage staff
Another head, ettin style
A cat draped over the shoulder
Parrot on the shoulder
Magic jetpack
Duffel bag
Cookpot backpack ala samwise
Big clock
Coffin
Huge mullet
Potted plant
Dragonball powerup aura
Horse in a Bjorn
Maul
Lumber
Coils of rope over the shoulder
Birdhouse
Snow shoes
Sack of oranges

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by triaddraykin » Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:03 am

Persistent unique spell effects/auras.
Some of the smaller familiars riding one's shoulder
A shoulder parrot for pirates.
A potion bandolier
A monkey on your back
Versions of the crafting stations, strapped to your back, or other fixtures!
A big torch to provide light for a group
A miniature bookshelf with straps to hold the books in
A potted plant
A backpack with a lantern hanging from the side
A pack with body parts sticking out
A folded up corpse for necromancers
A slung-over corpse for carrying friends
A steampunk-looking contraption of unknown purpose for gnomes.
A compact golem
A huge glass jar of body parts
A throwing knives bandolier
Something like a medical backpack
Musical Instruments
A strapped-on crate
A bundle of each of the City Resources
A covered painting
A full-sized mirror for slaves to carry for their masters
Jug of water
Dragon's head trophy
Giant creature's claw trophy
A severed wing trophy
Hin-sized eyeball
Strapped on barrel
A collection of the magic bags
Giant ingot of metal
A glowing, 'warded package' for writ-takers
Strange, unknown purpose magical things, slap some runes on. Illithid devices come to mind
Animal statues

All off the top of my head.

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by sarithia » Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:03 am

Smaller backpacks would be awesome, like a satchel type deal. I absolutely adore that crossbow one, too!

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Svrtr » Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:19 am

If possible?

Furs, 100% furs. But doing so as a shoulder slot based item is probably more feasible


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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Kenji » Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:39 am

Sweet Potato wrote:
Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:53 pm
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Dark Souls reference A++

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Kalopsia » Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:43 am

A falchion would be wonderful!

Also maybe an extra (longsword) scabbard model that changes colors depending on the character's outfit, if that's possible.

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Post by Pippo » Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:15 am

Finally someone thinks about my greataxe WM! <3

Also, looking forward to have a cage on my back with someone inside, who also has a cage on their back with someone inside....

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Post by Aodh Lazuli » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:12 pm

The one thing I would love to see with these weapon and shield ones, is it vanishing when you equip the shield or weapon in your inventory, automatically. I have no idea if that's even remotely possible, but it would be incredibly cool.
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Post by In Sorrow We Trust » Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:08 pm

Aodh Lazuli wrote:
Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:12 pm
The one thing I would love to see with these weapon and shield ones, is it vanishing when you equip the shield or weapon in your inventory, automatically. I have no idea if that's even remotely possible, but it would be incredibly cool.
That would require a special hook on the equip and unequip functions. It's a lot of checks for something kind of simplistic and mainly for flavor. I believe there was or is going to be a command that allows quickly toggling the back slot, which would be easier on server load.

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Nitro » Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:35 pm

I believe -backpack works to quick toggle that slot.

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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Glowing Mushroom » Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:53 pm

Is it possible to have a shield or weapon on your back that disappears when you actually equip your shield or weapon?

That would be neat.
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Re: Give me your ideas for wing slot accessories

Post by Shrouded Wanderer » Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:06 pm

Like the books but is there any way we could havs the books be slung on the hip, a lot of peeps have descriptions of having a hip slung book for wizards and ive seen neck slots and wing slots be used to that end as they are attached to the torso and thus look like they swing independent of the legs.

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