I'd love to be able to dye my elven hero costume...someone in the ESO art department has a fetish for greens. I'd like the costume to be dark like it was in the trailers...but then I'd like it without the pants on the female version so its a skirt with thigh high boots...you know...like the trailers.

Costume dyeing is something they have mentioned they'd like to do if I remember right.

The reason they can't because of how everything is layered. As far as I can figure it we have the following layers:

• Character
• Armor
• Dye
• Costume

The armor layer is the layer that gives players their stats... the Dye layer explicitly alters the visuals of the armor layer. The costume layer overlays a visual over the Dye Layer or the Character Layer. I think costumes technically alter the Dye layer and Tabards and skins technically alter the Character layer. This is why tabards and skins can be worn with dyed armor, but can't be worn with costumes, they occupy the same layer but are applied differently.

If ZOS were to add a second costume layer they could, possibly, allow players to have skins/tabards and then allow us to have costumes as well, but that wouldn't allow us to dye the armor. In order to do that ZOS would have to add a dye layer to the costume layer. So to get all the options we want, they would need to add the following:

• Character
  • Character Costume <- NEW
  • Character Costume Dye <- NEW
• Armor
• Armor Dye
• Costume
  • Costume Dye Layer <- NEW

So 3 more layers added to the 4 we have. I have no idea what kind of additional resources that would require... and I think there is a simpler way to give us what we want.

Personally, I think ZOS should just release motifs of costumes. Let us have the costumes but also let us craft individual pieces of costumes that would occupy the armor layer, like clothes & armor pieces do.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/258611/craftable-costume-motifs/p1

Gidorick wrote: »

Many of us want Dyable Costumes but there are some technical hurdles that prevent this. Here is a possible solution:

Just as we have Costumes of Existing Motifs, we should have Motifs for all non-polymorph costumes. All costumes that change what we wear (not what we are) should be available as a craftable items. Assign appropriate armor value to clothes and armors and allow players to create their own, mix and match, and dye these items.

Players could still buy costumes to change their look as they do now, but those that wear costumes can't dye their costumes. This is a choice the player has to make and that restriction should remain the same. If they want to wear awesome armor, but be wearing a wedding dress, then that wedding dress has to be white.

However, if a player wants to wear a heavy cuirass with a red wedding dress skirt and red/black jesters arms, they'll need the appropriate motifs.

TL/DR

In addition to costumes, ZOS should sell Costume Motifs so players can craft, dye, and mix and match pieces of costumes as much as they want.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

I'm sure if they could dye costumes they wouldn't give us that option, instead they will make an alternate colored version of the same costume then sell it in the crown store.

As much as I would loathe that option @phaneub17_ESO , it's the most realistic one to expect.

Oh well..

nordsavage wrote: »

Costume dyeing is something they have mentioned they'd like to do if I remember right.

Really? That would be wonderful if that was the case, but more importantly, if it actually happened.
ZoS has a track record of saying at one point or another almost everything is something they'd like to do or words to that effect.
Still fingers crossed, here's hoping!