Ability to preview a part in the Parts Selector Menu

Discussion in 'Ideas and Suggestions' started by Derpitron, Dec 24, 2020.

  1. Derpitron

    Derpitron
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    Hey all, I have a low-mid end computer and changing parts of the vehicle can take a few seconds, which gets annoying when I'm trying to build a car.

    How feasible would it be to display a small model of the part (e.g headlight, bumper, rims) when you hover over it in the parts selector, in the drop-down menu or in a separate UI element?
    It would help to preview the part you want to try, and I feel it would be less taxing then updating the entire car. It would help save a lot of time for some people, especially those of us who have low end PCs.
     
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  2. Kasir

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    It might get pretty cluttered to have a picture of the parts on the drop down menu, but this isn't a bad idea.

    Something that helps with the tedious task of clicking a part and having to wait 4 seconds every time you do so, you could uncheck "Apply Changes Automatically" if you haven't already. It allows you to just select everything you want at once and them you just click apply.
     
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  3. Agent_Y

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    That would be cool, finally you would be able to see all the wheels, but the game would either have to render these parts separately which would decrease performance or have images of each part saved which would increase the game size by A LOT
     
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