I'm not sure how it works on the engine ESO uses so I could be wildly missing the mark here, however if this was the Creation engine which I am more familiar with that would involve:

- Creating a new skeleton with further attach points (possibly more than one? not sure if bestial races and humanoid races share skeleton).

Then

- Splitting the mesh.
- Editing the textures.
- Assigning attach points to the newly created split meshes.
- Rigging the meshes to the new skeleton.
- Adjusting the meshes and textures to minimise clipping/tearing etc.

For each and every single piece that has 'hip flaps' or 'crotch flaps'.

Then

- Developing the 'logic' (if is not built-in already) that allows showing/hiding these new meshes 'on the fly'.

Obviously these are game developers, they may have tools, knowledge and expertise that makes the process far less time consuming and 'trial and error' based than when modding but still, seems like a humongous undertaking given the plethora of styles currently in the game.

It would be nice don't get me wrong, I'd love it myself, but I just don't know how realistic a expectation it is.

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

I'm sure it would be a lot of work but, . . .

Problem is despite complains from player they still keep adding in new motifs.

yea i dream for the options to hide loincloths and tassets

merpins wrote: »

Okay, new thread old topic. I used to say, a long time ago, that this would most likely require a lot of work from the devs to remove the hip plates and crotch flaps from the game. For the plates, it's simple since they're not attached to the geometry of the clothing, but the flaps are so that would take a significant amount of time considering how many there were. I used to say that.

Before the hide shoulders option existed as an option, there was a PTS a few years ago, sometime around Elsweyr... Where hide hip plates and flaps were an option. It was there for a week in the menu, not something we could interact with but we could see it, and then the next week, it was gone. No word from Zos about it, like it was a dream. So like the hide shoulder option, which existed in the game outside the reach of the players for nearly 10 years, these options also exist and it's baffling to me that they haven't released them yet.

The irony is that if they just put this option (which already exists on their end) in the crown store they could rake in the dough.

I wear Assassins League. It has very tiny hips and a round collar for shoulders. In Legate Black and Gold it gets a lot of compliments. I liked it because it had a knee length skirt.

Yea this needs to be done along with updating several textures and styles throughout the game. Modern styles are so cool, high numbers of pixels, etc and then you look at base game race styles, and it feels like you’re looking at Morrowind graphics

merpins wrote: »

Okay, new thread old topic. I used to say, a long time ago, that this would most likely require a lot of work from the devs to remove the hip plates and crotch flaps from the game. For the plates, it's simple since they're not attached to the geometry of the clothing, but the flaps are so that would take a significant amount of time considering how many there were. I used to say that.

Before the hide shoulders option existed as an option, there was a PTS a few years ago, sometime around Elsweyr... Where hide hip plates and flaps were an option. It was there for a week in the menu, not something we could interact with but we could see it, and then the next week, it was gone. No word from Zos about it, like it was a dream. So like the hide shoulder option, which existed in the game outside the reach of the players for nearly 10 years, these options also exist and it's baffling to me that they haven't released them yet.

I cannot comment regarding the PTS appearance of the coveted option because I had no awareness of it until now.

However when it comes to hiding the shoulder piece, although they have probably implemented it much more gracefully, if one wanted a quick and dirty way to implement such feature one would only need to create a new shoulder item that is a null, untextured mesh.

In essence one wouldn't be 'hiding' anything, just equipping an 'empty' item on the slot.

However they have implemented it this is significantly less work than what I understand would be required to deliver what we are asking for in this thread.

The amount of crotch flaps, I ponder if Zos provides aprons to all of their employees.

merpins wrote: »

Okay, new thread old topic. I used to say, a long time ago, that this would most likely require a lot of work from the devs to remove the hip plates and crotch flaps from the game. For the plates, it's simple since they're not attached to the geometry of the clothing, but the flaps are so that would take a significant amount of time considering how many there were. I used to say that.

Before the hide shoulders option existed as an option, there was a PTS a few years ago, sometime around Elsweyr... Where hide hip plates and flaps were an option. It was there for a week in the menu, not something we could interact with but we could see it, and then the next week, it was gone. No word from Zos about it, like it was a dream. So like the hide shoulder option, which existed in the game outside the reach of the players for nearly 10 years, these options also exist and it's baffling to me that they haven't released them yet.

Atleast they'd stop adding it on new motif considering complains. But that doesnt seem to be the case

SilverBride wrote: »

I really don't understand why they keep making the hip flaps. I can't believe that anyone actually finds them pleasant to look at and it's been clear from the start that players do not like them.

It seems to be a style thing for ESO.

I actually don't mind* them.


* They have been there for so long that I no longer care that they are there.

Now interesting Khajiit and Argonians has no rear flaps, smart as it would clip badly with their tails but it point to at least the back flaps can be turned on and off.

If they haven't been fixed from floating and clipping after 10 years then maybe the best option is to just remove them.

zaria wrote: »

Now interesting Khajiit and Argonians has no rear flaps, smart as it would clip badly with their tails but it point to at least the back flaps can be turned on and off.

If I had to guess, I would suggest that they aren't turned off. Instead, they simply are not there in the first place. No rule says that the outfits are the same asset across all character models.

I hate the hip flaps so much I can't stand to use any outfit that has them. Which is a real shame because it is very limiting and I like to change up my outfits regularly.