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Revision as of 11:00, 16 September 2010

Paper Doll, April 2009.

The term "Paper Doll" refers to the human figure seen in the Inventory window, which players dress up with various items. In Diablo III the paper doll is part of the Inventory menu.

This interface has undergone numerous revisions during the game's development. The most recent, seen in August 2010, was said by the D3 Team to be nearly-final, and unchanged during the past six+ months of development.

Changes from Diablo II

Annotated Inventory, August 2010 .

The Diablo III version of the inventory/paper doll is changed in a variety of ways. The Inventory page details the improvements to the inventory and character storage space. Other differences include:

There are two more item slots in Diablo III -- Shoulder Pads and Pants are new item types, joining the Helm, Amulet, Rings, Chest Armor, Belt, Boots, Gloves, and Weapon slots of Diablo II.

There is probably not going to be a weapon switch hotkey in Diablo III. At least not in the initial game. Thus no tab to select it.

The Talisman is a new type of item/function about which many mysteries still remain.

The Adventurer's Pack is out of the game as of 2010, and will probably stay gone. In earlier builds this was an item slot that determined the size of a player's inventory.

Paperdoll Evolution

Annotated Inventory, June 2008.

The Inventory Window and most of the other game interface screens have changed many times during the development cycle. And can be expected to continue evolving. Here's a view of the much less polished paper doll/inventory from the WWI Gameplay movie. This is how the interface looked back in June 2008, when the game made its debut.

During the GamesCom 2010 Artisan reveal video, a new updated avatar was seen. This is probably not the last iteration of the inventory.

See the inventory article for more on the changes to this interface during game development.

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 [[Image:Paper-doll-annotated.jpg|thumb|250px|Paper Doll, April 2009.]]
 The term "Paper Doll" refers to the human figure seen in the Inventory window, which players dress up with various items. In Diablo III the paper doll is part of the [[Inventory]] menu.
+This [[interface]] has undergone numerous revisions during the game's development. The most recent, seen in August 2010, was said by the [[D3 Team]] to be nearly-final, and unchanged during the past six+ months of development.
 ==Changes from Diablo II==
+[[Image:Paper-doll1.jpg|thumb|250px|Annotated Inventory, August 2010 .]]
 The [[Diablo III]] version of the inventory/paper doll is changed in a variety of ways. The [[Inventory]] page details the improvements to the inventory and character storage space.  Other differences include:
 * There are two more item slots in Diablo III -- [[Shoulder Pad]]s and [[Pant]]s are new item types, joining the [[Helm]], [[Amulet]], [[Ring]]s, [[Armor|Chest Armor]], [[Belt]], [[Boots]], [[Gloves]], and [[weapons|Weapon slots]] of [[Diablo II]].
-* There's no space now for weapon switch slots. It's assumed that feature will return, but just hasn't been worked into the graphics yet.
+* There is probably not going to be a [[weapon switch hotkey]] in Diablo III. At least not in the initial game. Thus no tab to select it.
-* The [[Talisman]] is a new type of item/function.
-==New or Missing Features==
-[[Image:Paper-doll1.jpg|thumb|250px|Annotated Inventory, August 2010 .]]
-There's no visible slot for the weapon switch. At least not yet.
-The [[Talisman]] is apparently back in the game. It was disabled at Blizzcon in October 2008, but the graphic looks just the same in this new shot, six months later. Nothing is known about the function.
-The empty square on the lower left is presumably reserved for a future feature. Or perhaps a feature that's already in, but that the D3 team didn't want players to see just yet.
+* The [[Talisman]] is a new type of item/function about which many mysteries still remain.
-The left and right hands of the character are switched; what looks like left in the paperdoll actually appeared on the right, at least in the WWI gameplay movie. This switch doesn't seem likely to have any game play importance, though.
+* The [[Adventurer's Pack]] is out of the game as of 2010, and will probably stay gone. In earlier builds this was an item slot that determined the size of a player's inventory.
-The whole inventory window is narrower. In Diablo III, it only takes up 1/3 of the screen width. It consumed half the screen in Diablo II.
-Items now show a small image of themselves on their hover display, as seen in this thumbnail.
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 During the GamesCom 2010 Artisan reveal video, a new updated avatar was seen. This is probably not the last iteration of the inventory.
+See the [[inventory]] article for more on the changes to this interface during game development.
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