I'd like to see a character viewer... WAIT before people dog pile on me, hear me out, please.
I'm well aware of why the previous attempts are character viewers failed. Corrupted save files, the shear number of permutations needed, the hassle of trying to keep the character viewer compatible with the latest versions etc. etc. And honestly, I don't think that kind of character viewer would ever be feasible.
Which is why I propose an alternative. Awhile back I came across something called HeroMachine 3.
http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-3-lab/
I've been hemming and hawing for a few months in fact on whether or not to even suggest it because I didn't want to irritate people and get shot down for bringing up a character viewer yet again, but I haven't seen anything even remotely like this proposed as an idea yet.
Couldn't something like this be possible? I would think that it would be a bit lighter on the coding, or maybe not, I'm no coder myself. What I DO know, is that since it wouldn't be using any files from the game to "build" the character, it could technically be used to create characters for any of the FenCo games, CoC, TiTs, CoCII, even Fall Of Eden, so it could be an all-in-one. It would also be far easier to maintain once you have the core system in place I think, because you wouldn't have to constantly update it for compatibility and you wouldn't have to risk save file corruption. Instead, you'd just have to add more "items", i.e. bodyparts, clothes, armor, etc, for your character when they are added to the game. Could even make it a community based project where everyone can pitch in with art assets or what not to lessen the load.