Aging System (would also change the games start...)

[marharth]

Basically I thought would be cool to have a aging mod that would allow you to start in a family and grow up, it seems a bit weird that you start in a prison and its never really explained why you are in prison... I think the game start kinda messes up a ability to make a character background on your own.

 

I suppose this mod would need to be done in model stages, since I don't think its possible to make a model warp into a shape over time..

 

Like every year in your child hood your model should change to another one, to make it seem like growing... Once you reach a certain age it should stop growing, and once you get about 40ish, you should start having old age effects take place.

 

First off the clock system doesn't really need to change, if a year passes in game a year will pass in your life. I suppose you could start at a walking age.

 

This mod should make it so you can do time skips (doubt many people would want to be a 1 year old :P) or make the aging time adjustable, if you want to have a short childhood and get into the main quest and whatever else fast, then you should be able to change that.

 

Also the main quest should only start if you get throw in jail or pay gold (guards might think your supposed to be arresting instead of paying a fine)

 

Also it should be entirely optional, if you don't want to take the necklace or follow the emperor you shouldn't have to. You could still do the quest later after hearing about the assassination (if you chose to stay in your cell and mind your business), Or if you decide to go see jafrue (or whatever his name is) without the necklace later. You can also choose to do everything for the reason that if you don't everyone (including yourself) will be killed.

I like to think of the main quest as the PC being a anti hero, a lowly (or or so lowly) criminal who decides to change. How else are you going to be put in prison if you never committed a crime? Sure you could say it might of been a mistake or something but it seems like the guards do a good job at finding the right people.

 

Anyways I always would have liked the game to start like this, I think the whole "start in a cell without knowing anything" isn't very good to have a background for a character...