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[Pyropete]

I was just wondering if they were going to let you decorate your mech how you wanted to in the terms of colors and such?

[Dirk Le Daring]

Looks like it...http://mwomercs.com/...blog-6-mechlab/

[Magneton]

I was a little wary about this at first since we could see a high level of immaturity in the designs, but the layout for it looks solid.
Stoked*

[Kazzamo]

It's not total "sandbox" though, you can't upload and use your own images. So no uploading your merc groups logo and having everybody in the unit put it on their mech. Hopefully it will be a sizable selection to start with, and I'm sure more options for mech paint jobs will show up in the cash shop.

[Absit invidia]

I cant wait until some goes crazy with the paint and puts a mona lisa one every single one of their limbs.

[Nakir]

Customizing Visual Appearance

Customizing the visual appearance of a BattleMech happens in various ways. Players can change the colours/camo/decals on their BattleMechs or they can apply an overall skin.

Figure 4
As seen in figure 4, there are a number of different sections that make up the custom appearance of a BattleMech. Players pick a primary, secondary and tertiary colour set, then apply camo and decals as they wish. The player can also choose a premade skin that takes care of all of the options in one button click.
Case Study 3 – Visual Customization

First, the player selects a primary colour. This is the base colour of the BattleMech.
This underlying colour also affects the primary colour in a camo pattern as well.
The available colours will vary based on default colours provided by the game and possibly purchased ones which are more exotic.
Players then select the secondary and tertiary colours. These colours can be considered the highlight colours of a pattern.
Note: Selecting bright pink as any colour level results in Paul’s weapon systems automatically locking on to your ‘Mech whether visible or not. Just a heads up.
Once the player has chosen their colour scheme, they can apply the colour scheme to any available camo pattern by selecting one of the camo swatches.
You will notice in this illustration that the primary colour is the main colour in the camo pattern. The secondary colour is the first level of highlight, and the tertiary colour is the last highlight level.
Not all camo patterns have 3 levels of colour so colour selection is determined by order of selection. i.e. Primary > Secondary > Tertiary
Next up, the player can select a decal to place on their BattleMech. Decals can only be applied to predetermined locations based on the BattleMech/chassis type.
The locations in which a player can place a decal will automatically highlight when a decal has been selected. The player then drags and drops the decals into the available slots on the BattleMech.
Now if this seems too much for a player to bother with, players can also simply just select a skin. Skins are unlocked via the meta game and can also be purchased from the Store. In the image below, the player has selected the Piranha Games theme skin. You will notice that decals are automatically placed and it does not matter what the player has selected for colours or camo.

Players can choose to place decals on top of a skin if they so wish by simply following the decal process outlined above.


I think this is enough to have a sufficient answer to your question.Topic closed.