Originally Posted by
Edward Lewis
(Source)
Hi everyone,
We really want to give you as many options as possible when creating characters. Unfortunately long hair is something we are unable to support from a technical standpoint.
Creating realistic looking long hair that behaves credibly both in normal gravity and in zero g, would take a lot of time and resources that we felt were better spent elsewhere.
It simply wouldn't have hit the quality bar that we want to achieve with everything we put in to Elite Dangerous.
From a lore perspective, a lot of spacers would have short hair to fit within their helmets, and to behave in zero g so they don't have their vision blocked.
That said we would like to add further styles in future releases that convey pinned-up hair, or long hair tied back.
Also - In the current build both genders have a pony tail, and there is a shoulder-length bob for females.
Thanks.
