{"id":3701,"date":"2025-02-28T17:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T01:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T01:12:38","slug":"appearance-customization-for-crafting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/appearance-customization-for-crafting\/","title":{"rendered":"APPEARANCE CUSTOMIZATION FOR CRAFTING"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve only seen \u201cbasic crafting\u201d so far, and it\u2019s not even complete yet. So let\u2019s start this article with a brief overview of the sections for crafting.<\/span><\/p>\n

ACQUIRE THE RECIPE<\/h3>\n

Recipes are known by everyone (with rare exceptions). But having the <\/span>skill<\/span><\/i> to actually craft that recipe is something you have to unlock by climbing one or more of the Artisan skill tree branches. Once you know <\/span>how <\/span><\/i>to craft something, you go to the next step.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHOOSE YOUR INGREDIENTS<\/h3>\n

Different resources have different characteristics. The recipe you\u2019re building will result in an item that is greatly influenced by the characteristics of the ingredients you choose to use. For example, using Aluminum in a tool might influence its weight, but using Titanium will make it stronger, and Cobalt might change the appearance of the weapon in interesting ways. Additionally, the Titanium (for example) that you find on \u201cRodin IV\u201d might differ significantly in statistics from the Titanium you find on \u201cGaiamar\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve decided which resources to use, you\u2019ll use the basic crafting system to make the item. After it\u2019s created, it is stamped with your Maker\u2019s Mark and you\u2019re done with the basics.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, you\u2019ve already made some appearance choices, depending on the ingredients you chose and how they are applied to the item. (For example, that laser pistol barrel that you used Cobalt for might have a blue sheen to the metal, whereas if you made it from Iron instead, it might appear a gunmetal grey. Did you choose wood or metal to make the pistol grip? Etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n

You then either collect the basic item you made\u2026or you can try and make it into something truly special.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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ARTISAN CRAFTING<\/h3>\n

When you decide to push your design forward with more effort, you enter into the Artisan Crafting section. There\u2019s a lot to this section, but suffice it to say that what you\u2019re doing here is tinkering with the design and trying to find ways to make the device more efficient, the widget stronger or lighter weight, or the clothing more durable (as examples). <\/span><\/p>\n

The process isn\u2019t foolproof and you might even end up destroying the item you\u2019re working on, but the goal is to make something that\u2019s a standout achievement, a truly Artisan-level item.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019re successful at that, then you finally get the option to fine-tune the appearance of that Artisan item.<\/span><\/p>\n

ARTISAN ITEM APPEARANCE CUSTOMIZATION (THE STRETCH GOAL!)<\/h3>\n

Your device is already stamped with your Maker\u2019s Mark, but there\u2019s a lot more you can do to customize the appearance of your items.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every crafted item has regions on it that can be visually customized with appearance paints, dyes, and you can even select from textures. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re making a power station, a shirt, a quantum rifle, or a starship engine, you can craft the appearance to be the way you want it at this point.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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From clothing to weapons to tools, you can colorize and texture your items extensively.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

There may also be some modular aesthetic choices you can make as well (like swapping out a barrel or power supply style, or having a high collar on a coat instead of a low one).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Everything can be aesthetically customized\u2026even building tiles.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

When you\u2019re done with all of your aesthetic choices, you can then name your item, and write a description for it, all of which will be available for your customers to see if you sell it to them (or just to make you grin when keeping it for yourself). <\/span><\/p>\n

Since players are always interested in both stats AND appearance, and because you, the crafter, get experience based on how often a player uses the items you create, it is absolutely in your best interest to create things that are strongly appealing to other players.<\/span><\/p>\n

These aesthetic and lore elements you add to your items will definitely assist you in the goal of becoming a world-reknown crafter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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We did a deep dive into extreme modular functionality, but the crafting process <\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/i>was inordinately complicated and the art burden was just too great. Maybe next game. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":217806712,"featured_media":3708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1462,1459],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-from-the-devs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Crafting_Apperance_Feature.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdLeGO-XH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217806712"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}