Okay I wasn't clear. Sorry.
Yes - you can replace costume elements and even whole characters if you like - that's how Samuraiko does many of her films. She'll film someone doing an action, then replace them with Statesman or something. Or change a particular element to her liking (one type of sword for another etc.)
And yes - it would record all the particulars of the code behind the base.
What I'm saying is that none of this stuff in the demo-reocord function is anything which you can port BACK TO THE SERVER. It's ONLY Client side!
So yeah - you can do stuff and make films etc.
But you can't re-upload the stuff back to the servers and have it "Stick".
That's what the Sentinel program is supposed to be able to do for characters. It records EVERYTHING about the characters - including the way that the SERVER END talks to and confirms that information - in such a way that one of those Sentinal save-files can be sent to (emailed to) whoever runs a server (whether private server or a new company that picks up City of Heroes) and the back-end stuff about the character that ONLY is server-side is plugged back into the SERVER SIDE ENGINE.
THAT is why running the Sentinel program is so CRUCIAL if you're really interested in SAVING your characters on a permanent basis. It's NOT just a mids build or a visual record. It's a recording of everything about the character on BOTH the client AND server ends!
If City of Heroes is saved - either on private servers or a new publisher - that means that you can have your EXISTING characters - AS THEY ARE including all Incarnate powers. You wouldn't have to start from scratch and do everything all over again.
The demo-record does not do those things. It only records the basic client side VISUALS.
Thus as a record or memento of the base it's a great tool. It would also be a good tool for rebuilding a base on any new server in the future (once a new supergroup is created and prestige is earned etc.) But it does NOT do the back-end server stuff that would allow you to plug the base details in and wave a server wand and VOILA the base back into existance.
Is that more clear?
Yes - you can replace costume elements and even whole characters if you like - that's how Samuraiko does many of her films. She'll film someone doing an action, then replace them with Statesman or something. Or change a particular element to her liking (one type of sword for another etc.)
And yes - it would record all the particulars of the code behind the base.
What I'm saying is that none of this stuff in the demo-reocord function is anything which you can port BACK TO THE SERVER. It's ONLY Client side!
So yeah - you can do stuff and make films etc.
But you can't re-upload the stuff back to the servers and have it "Stick".
That's what the Sentinel program is supposed to be able to do for characters. It records EVERYTHING about the characters - including the way that the SERVER END talks to and confirms that information - in such a way that one of those Sentinal save-files can be sent to (emailed to) whoever runs a server (whether private server or a new company that picks up City of Heroes) and the back-end stuff about the character that ONLY is server-side is plugged back into the SERVER SIDE ENGINE.
THAT is why running the Sentinel program is so CRUCIAL if you're really interested in SAVING your characters on a permanent basis. It's NOT just a mids build or a visual record. It's a recording of everything about the character on BOTH the client AND server ends!
If City of Heroes is saved - either on private servers or a new publisher - that means that you can have your EXISTING characters - AS THEY ARE including all Incarnate powers. You wouldn't have to start from scratch and do everything all over again.
The demo-record does not do those things. It only records the basic client side VISUALS.
Thus as a record or memento of the base it's a great tool. It would also be a good tool for rebuilding a base on any new server in the future (once a new supergroup is created and prestige is earned etc.) But it does NOT do the back-end server stuff that would allow you to plug the base details in and wave a server wand and VOILA the base back into existance.
Is that more clear?