CE Guide

# Character Creation Guide

The first thing you will need to do is get your whitelist in, using the Gather Form.

Once this has been approved and completed, you will be whitelisted into the game. Upon loading in, you will most probably find yourself in the starting rooms. The first thing you need to do is go and select your character's race. This is accomplished by walking up to one of the labelled pedestals and holding E to bring up the radial menu. Once that's complete, your character should be the race you have selected.

## Races

Your race will have two things. One is a series of buffs that your race gives you. The other is a set of parts that your race can access. These parts help you make your character come to life in the game. You may alter your appearance in any of the mirrors that are provided in the starting tavern. Hold E while looking at a mirror and select the option to change your appearance.

To know what races you get access to, their buffs and their parts. You can always refer to the Glyph RP website *or* this helpful google sheet that lays it all out for you: Race Subcultures with CE Additions

**Important!**

Your race will have whitelisted parts on it, these are the only ones you can access from the start and thus the only ones you can use. When making your character please remember to keep skin, hair and eye color in line with whatever race you are. We use the term ‘natural colors’, this means if you are stuck for what color you should be, look to similar animals in nature or open a ticket for questions!

You will be allowed to make two variations of your character. One will be their normal appearance. The other is EITHER a color change or aesthetic flair that you wish to RP, such as eye or hair color changing when one is angry. The other option is a disguise, this comes in the form of removing your animal head/any parts that give away your identity

> **Atlura** are water-born, so their colors often match their environment. Most will be shades of blue or green, others might have darker shades if they live in darker environments such as the Valesus. On the other hand, some are brighter! A clown fish is just as valid an inspiration as a great white!
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> **Daes** Elves tend to either be very pale or have dark skin tones. Imagery of Drow from other RPGs might be a good source of inspiration here.
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> **Druga** are based on animals like wolves, hyenas, cats, and bears. Their coats should provide an advantage in their natural environment. You would not have a pink bear for example
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> **Dwarves** have varied skin tones on Glyph - a pale dwarf would fit the standard, but a mnemor dwarf is more likely to have darker skin.
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> **Elves** like dwarves have a variety of skin tones. Pale or dark skin both work for these.
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> **Fae** are creatures of magic, thus have more of a lenient color spectrum in terms of skin, hair or eye colors.
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> **Gneissa** typically look like whatever rocky material that they are associated with, so tans and greys are common but a sapphire wouldn't be unheard of.
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> **Humans**, like dwarves and elves, are quite diverse. Dark skin, light skin - everything works as long as you're not something fluorescent.
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> **Kora** are birds. Birds come in every color. Feel free to pick anything here!
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> **Lacaris** and **Draconis** are based on lizards. Some Gakai might be more brightly colored than a Cruxis, while Draconis might have more neutral tones to blend into their home environment.
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> **Malvas** are a species whose blood is tainted with the magic of the plagues. They will typically be more…malevolent colors such as purples, reds or blues.
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> **Meridae** are usually a shade of color that you would find in furred animals.
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> **Orcs** should appear in shades of green, greys, or black, black.
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**Take the time to match the color of your anthropomorphic parts with your skin color; they'll look a whole lot better together if they match!  Again, this will be confirmed by staff before you set out into the world.  You will not have access to the CE mirror after you finish making your character, so choose wisely!**

Character Creation via Ticket is now in place. If you load into the server, when you get done making your character you MUST submit a ticket and provide us screenshots of your character at the DMV style area downstairs. We require TWO templates. One will be normal, one is either a disguise or cosmetic change.

**To prevent errors, do NOT change the size or body features of the default ARK character creation.**

Things to keep in mind:

> If you make yourself short or too tall, some functionality of the game might not work properly. Example: Not being able to go up rope ladders.
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> IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT MESS WITH THE SCALING OF YOUR CHARACTER IN THE DEFAULT ARK CUSTOMIZATION. THIS WILL CAUSE ISSUES WITH THE MOD AND MESS UP YOUR PROPORTION
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> Here are 3 different tabs found within the mirror, you can access them with the arrows at the bottom of your screen
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> **Body Customization**
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> In this tab you will be able to modify things like your character's size, skin texture/color, and hair color.  Please keep in mind that your character's skin color needs to be kept realistic.  When choosing the color, you will be using RGB color sliders. If you are having trouble finding an appropriate shade, use this website as a reference. That site can help you find a corresponding color code that you can type into the color value boxes by clicking on them.
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> At the top left you will see scaling sliders that will affect the size and location of either your hair or facial hair.  To avoid immersion breaking visual issues, DO NOT adjust any of these sliders except hair/facial hair length as shown below. UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
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> When selecting Player Scale please refer to the size reference signs in the Tipsy Otter Tavern. If you are smaller or taller than those signs for your race you will be asked to change it. If you are too small or too tall you will have issues going through doors or climbing obstacles.
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> This is where you need to take particular care when adjusting sliders.  While this offers players many options for making a unique looking character, do not go overboard.  Remember that you need to stay realistic.  Maxing out sliders here can result in a fully two dimensional character model, or a completely round Dr Robotnik, neither of which are permitted.  Keep in mind that you will need to be given the OK by staff before you can venture out into the world, so if you end up looking unrealistic,
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> we will tell you to go back to the mirror and you will need to start from scratch.  So don't waste your time and use common sense when customizing here.
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> No pencil-thin legs/arms
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> No unproportional limbs
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> No chibi-looking characters with massive heads
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> No long spines with short legs
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> C O M M O N   S E N S E
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> If you end up getting lost-in-the-sauce and have gone too far, scroll down to the bottom and click here to restart
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> There are many different heads, fins, feathers, ect  found in this section.  There are a few things to keep in mind while creating your character:
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> Refer to the parts list for your race. Most parts will be restricted anyway so will not appear for you unless it belongs to your race. SHOULD YOU FIND SOMETHING NOT ON THE PARTS LIST THAT IS THERE, OR THE REVERSE. OPEN A TICKET AND INFORM A MEMBER OF STAFF
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> DO NOT CONTACT STAFF ASKING IF YOU CAN USE SOMETHING THAT IS RESTRICTED because we will say no.
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> Half-breeds are not permitted when it comes to customizing body parts with this mod.  You cannot be a human with cat ears, or a lizardfolk with merfolk fins.  Sure, maybe your mom was a tabaxi and your dad was a lizard, but one race always takes dominance. There is no overlap.
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> Choose the human looking head called "No Ears" if you intend on having elf or goblin ears
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> When you click on one of the heads, it will open up options to change the color regions
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> Use the rgb color codes to match your skin color as best you can
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> Click the small box in the top left of the head selection to attach it, remember to only attach one at a time, you will see a green checkmark if it is attached.  No, you cannot have two heads. I have tried this. It doesn’t work.
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> The eyes are shaped to fit human faces for the most part, use them with caution when making a lizardfolk head, as they will probably not fit correctly onto your face
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> Correction: Drow and Orcs are also able to use the pointy ears seen below
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> The mod doesn't allow you to remove the ears that come with the Druga animal heads, that is why you are not able to use the additional cat ears Otherwise you’d have two sets of ears.  REMINDER: YOU CANNOT BE A HUMAN ANIME WAIFU WITH CAT EARS, DON'T DM STAFF ASKING FOR THIS
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> Please keep in mind that some parts do not look good with gloves or boots, take this into consideration when choosing these parts. There is clothing in the docks for you to try on
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> We are not allowing half-breeds when it comes to part customization.  Some of you may not like this rule, but it is in place to prevent ridiculous concoctions such as lizards with cat ears or humans with cat tails.  We made this decision to uphold a sense of immersion and believably for the server, not to staunch your creativity.
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> Keep in mind how clothes will look on your body when playing around with the sliders and heads.  We will provide some simple clothing for you to experiment with.  Some of the heads may clip into hats, you can adjust the location sliders on the head itself, lowering it down until it looks natural.  It may take some trial and error, but it's worth the extra time it may take.
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> "AH HELP, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THE HAIR!"
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> Worry not. While in the Body Customization tab, you will notice two boxes
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> Clicking on either one of these boxes will select it, once either one is selected, you can remove it by clicking the "Hide Part" box
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> If you are having trouble with Cosplay Evolved and need assistance or have any questions about how to make a realistic looking character, feel free to ask a member of staff.  We will try to be available, but keep in mind that we can't be everywhere at once.  So stick to the guidelines presented here and keep it realistic!  It may seem like much of the mod is blocked off from use, but this is for the health of the server.
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> Once again; please do not ask permission to use anything that has been restricted.  We discussed everything that should or shouldn't be implemented and our minds are made up. We spend hours debating and testing this in order to make it all work cohesively. You can post a suggestion in #suggestions but we DO NOT HAVE to make it a thing.
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> When you are finished, you must submit a ticket with screenshots of your character so that staff may approve of the cosmetics you chose. This is mandatory. Please include a screenshot from the front AND back of your character. If you have made your character look unnatural, neon green, or somehow have managed to have mixed parts from different races, you will not be permitted to leave the Tavern and Docks.  Once you have done so, you will not be able to change your character after this point.   If you attempt to swindle us, you will be teleported back to the room by an administrator until it is changed to fit within the guidelines stated above. Refusal to change your character to fit guidelines can get you removed from our server.
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> For those that do not know, there is a quick way to take a screenshot using windows key+shift+S
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> Character Creation
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> Once you've loaded in for the first time you DO NOT touch your character on the character creation screen for anything other than your name, gender, hair and skin color. Do not touch size, it will cause weird floating errors.
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> 1) You will automatically spawn into the ‘character creation room’ where most of the weary travelers find themselves. From there go to the Altars to select your race and then to the Cosplay Evolved mirrors and make your character. Make sure to follow the guidelines in #character-creation! Review the Races page and acquire all the Cosplay Evolved specialties your race provides: Race CE Options. Please remember that any member of whitelisting can request changes to your character should the need arise.
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> 2) You will need to create a template when you're done. Head downstairs to the barrel with the height arrow readouts and stand against it to take a screenshot. This will be required in your ticket to be approved. There is a reason we have set heights for both balancing and mechanic issues. Too small and you can’t climb ladders or stairs. Too tall and you hit your head on doors a lot.
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> 3) You are allowed two different templates upon first spawn. One must be the one you will use day to day to represent your character. The other you may choose between two functions. These functions are:
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> This is the only two reasons for having a separate template upon first spawn. Some things like wild magics grant one more but should you be found with more than the allocated amount it will result in an enforcement strike against you.
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> 4) We need screenshots of your character and the template tooltip. This appears when you are in the mirror. A template means you can apply your current cosmetics again should something go wrong. The tooltip is the panel that appears when you hover over it. If it's not appearing, press Q, that's the default tooltip button. Please specify your race as well!
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> 5) Once the screenshots are submitted a staff member will review your character. You'll receive a Discord embed outlining the key to the door along with further instructions. Make sure to close the door behind you and welcome to Glyph Rp.
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