Changing Outfits (City of Heroes)
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A good outfit looks even more impressive when using a scripted outfit change. This guide contains tips and tricks for changing your costume, and lists some binds for doing it.
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Changing Costume
Your costume slots are numbered 0..3. You can use the /cc # command to change to a specific outfit.
Setting Supergroupo mode
Supergroup mode can be toggled with /sgmode. You can set supergroup mode with /sgmodeset 1 and turn it off with /sgmodeset 0.
Setting Badge Title
If you know the number for the bade title you want to use, you can set it using the /settitle command. This command takes a numeric argument. If you have the badge in question, it will change your badge title. If not, the badge title will be cleared. Using a negative number always clears the title. I use /settitle -1 to clear the title in my binds.
Example: /settitle 1 sets your title to Positron's Ally if you have that badge.
Special Effects
Using a special effect when changing outfit can look very good. For my Martial Arts Scrapper, I have used Buildup (Focus Chi) and Dragon's Tail. A nice temporary power is the Wedding Band you get from Stephanie Peebles on Striga Isle. It lasts 2 hours and each costume change only uses a few seconds.
Putting It All Together
I use the following method to change outfits on my heroes.
- Numpad0 is used to start the change sequence, perhaps using a special effect or saying something in local chat.
- Numpad1..4 is used to select a costume slot (0..3).
- Numpad1..4 with CTRL key selects a costume slot (0..3) in supergroup mode.
Put this in your keybind file:
NUMPAD0 "local Time for a change of style!$$powexec_name ..." NUMPAD1 "cc 0$$sgmodeset 0" NUMPAD2 "cc 1$$sgmodeset 0" NUMPAD3 "cc 2$$sgmodeset 0" NUMPAD4 "cc 3$$sgmodeset 0" CTRL+NUMPAD1 "cc 1$$sgmodeset 1" CTRL+NUMPAD2 "cc 1$$sgmodeset 1" CTRL+NUMPAD3 "cc 2$$sgmodeset 1" CTRL+NUMPAD4 "cc 3$$sgmodeset 1"
If you enter the binds in the chat window, add /bind at the beginning of every line:
/bind NUMPAD1 "cc 0$$sgmode_set 0" ...
Advanced Example
The outfit changes for Fury are fairly complicated. Supergroup mode only looks good on her in outfit 3 (business suit). Her ordinary leather catsuit (0) has a clone in supergroup colours (1). Her normal badge title is Explorer (43). This is changed to Scholar (114) for her civilian outfit (3). The badge title is always Agent (25) in Supergroup mode.
Complicated? Perhaps. I only needed to set this up once, at it made changing outfits much easier. The example below uses the Wedding Band as special effect. The outfit change turns it off to save charges.
Notes: Outfit 2 (button 3) does not change to supergroup colours, but does change the badge title to Agent, presumably for undercover work. Change to outfit 0 (button 1) in supergroup mode actually changes to outfit 1.
NUMPAD0 "local Time for a change of style!$$powexec_name Wedding Band" NUMPAD1 "cc 0$$sgmodeset 0$$settitle 43$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band" NUMPAD2 "cc 1$$sgmodeset 0$$settitle 25$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band" NUMPAD3 "cc 2$$sgmodeset 0$$settitle 43$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band" NUMPAD4 "cc 3$$sgmodeset 0$$settitle 114$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band" CTRL+NUMPAD1 "cc 1$$sgmodeset 0$$settitle 25$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band" CTRL+NUMPAD2 "cc 1$$sgmodeset 0$$settitle 25$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band" CTRL+NUMPAD3 "cc 2$$sgmodeset 0$$settitle 25$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band" CTRL+NUMPAD4 "cc 3$$sgmodeset 1$$settitle 25$$powexec_toggleoff Wedding Band"
Changing outfit for Fury is now simply a matter of pressing NUMPAD0 to start the special effect, waiting a second or two (timing is important) and pressing another key to change the outfit and disable the special effect. Is it not nifty?
