Greying and appaloosa pattern
I have noticed that in the game, greying overrides everything on a horse's coat, even appaloosa pattern itself. Shouldn't greying only affect the coloured areas of a spotted horse and not include the white areas?
Take this horse for example and look in the gallery:
She was born as palomino with a small spotted blanket. At around 10 years old she looks like a normal grey horse, no sign of any appaloosa pattern (the greying process makes the white part of the blanket the same colour as the rest of the coat). As she grows even older the fleabitten grey starts to set in, with small spots revealing her original coat colour "under" the greying.
Since the white areas of the appaloosa pattern is a much brighter white than the grey coat in the game, these areas that were originally white from leopard complex show up as bright white fleabitten spots. Shouldn't the white areas from leopard complex stay the same colour even after the greying process, or at least not show any white fleabitten spots?
Take this horse for example and look in the gallery:
She was born as palomino with a small spotted blanket. At around 10 years old she looks like a normal grey horse, no sign of any appaloosa pattern (the greying process makes the white part of the blanket the same colour as the rest of the coat). As she grows even older the fleabitten grey starts to set in, with small spots revealing her original coat colour "under" the greying.
Since the white areas of the appaloosa pattern is a much brighter white than the grey coat in the game, these areas that were originally white from leopard complex show up as bright white fleabitten spots. Shouldn't the white areas from leopard complex stay the same colour even after the greying process, or at least not show any white fleabitten spots?
Re: Greying and appaloosa pattern
You're correct - greying should only affect base color, and the spots should be the last to go.
Apparently Lp greys sometimes grey faster and are a whiter grey than normal, but I'd think you'd still see a difference in hair color. I agree fleabiting should probably not occur in patches that were already white, as that is the case for white markings.
A fleabitten grey with leopard markings should actually be a rather flashy horse!
Apparently Lp greys sometimes grey faster and are a whiter grey than normal, but I'd think you'd still see a difference in hair color. I agree fleabiting should probably not occur in patches that were already white, as that is the case for white markings.
A fleabitten grey with leopard markings should actually be a rather flashy horse!
Re: Greying and appaloosa pattern
I agree too, grey should be on base coat color, the white is already white like grey horses with white socks, the white socks/or blanket is shouldn't be affected the same as the base coat.