Old, grizzled with a beard and wearing some Carhartts and Xtratufs.
2 Likes
More models would definitely be welcome, also an option to turn models off such as a co pilot would be nice to have the option to only have the pilot visable and maybe passengers in back seats. Just wishfull thinking. Definitely room for improvements
4 Likes
I’d also like one that looks like a person that posts angry stuff on the avsim forums.
4 Likes
How does an average grumpy avsim user looks like?
1 Like
Hm this might be an explanation why many old men are grumpy:
But yes we need more adventurous pilot avatars.
They all look so almost painful boring that I have a difficult time decide for an avatar.
They should look like this:
Hm but when I fly the Fenix I can´t see Indiana Jones or Michael Knight sitting on the sidestick through these tiny windows anyway… so maybe this is only important for GA flyers 
2 Likes
The avatar settings allow for a ton of options for race, sex, build, clothing, and appearance, but I think they forgot one, age, and it would be very easy to fix. All that’s needed is a gray hair option.
I’m 62, and I’ve found an age-appropriate face, build, clothing, and glasses, but all the hair options are really ridiculous for an older person. I look like I’m wearing a toupee or dyeing my hair to look younger. I’ve noticed that my age peers are choosing bald or capped avatars, and I imagine it’s because they’d rather hide their hair or cut it short than look like a stick figure that refuses to age.
Please put in at least a respectable head of gray hair, don’t marginalize the elderly in the community! I don’t know our market share, but our enthusiasm doesn’t wane with age. Old pilots never die, they just fly higher.
Edited: thanks to @CharlieFox00 and @BinaryFiddle for helping me to find the option in the sim: you can select the hair color between eight options. The hair textures are still very strong and young, but I’am happy enough with my avatar, now.
I was able to find the gray hair option for my avatar. I actually wish they had some salt and pepper options - haven’t seen a game that does that well yet.
Also, be sure to vote for your own wish!
4 Likes
Thanks for your answer, @CharlieFox00 . I am very curious: how could you find the grey hair? I think I have tested all the available hairs whitout exit.
Regarding my voting, thanks for the suggestion, but I am afraid the system doesn’t allow me to vote myself 
.
1 Like
Hi @Hester40MT , thanks for the tip. Done!
1 Like
I am also 62,but i dont mind looking younger than i actually am.ps I dont have grey hair yet.
1 Like
I don’t remember and I’m not at that computer, but I think it’s another box like “change color” that appears in the lower left when you’re in the hair selection screen.
1 Like
Lucky you, @mercvrivs1760 !
I am 75 and my hair is white, so I went with that. It is available in the color selection. Unfortunately a grey or salt and pepper does not seem to exist. I also have a beard (had it since I was 30) but no option for that.
4 Likes
Yes, there’s a wishlist for beards as well. Much needed, as many of us aren’t trying to mimic the airline or military lifestyle and it’s a big part of a lot of people’s identity. That, and it doesn’t seem like it’d be hard to implement.
2 Likes
Found and done, @CharlieFox00 . Thanks a lot. I think we have solved a critical issue of the sim, today!
1 Like
I definitely voted for beards.
1 Like
62 ain’t elderly, but take my vote!
1 Like
I wish they’d use an avatar designer like many games have done for the past 20 years, with sliders to adjust size, shape, color, etc. rather than just forcing us to choose from a set of predefined appearances.
Something as simple as this would have been fine.
4 Likes
Yep. Eldin Ring’s character creation is perfect, made a character that looked pretty much like me. A simple color wheel would work for skin, hair, and clothing colors. The light bleed through some of the clothing is pretty annoying too.
3 Likes
Well I watched Neil and Buzz on the moon at junior school on a black and white tv.
So can we have an astronaut career/challenge option please, with white-ish hair that blends nicely with moon dust. We can skip the jet pilot training.
Light up Saturn V and off you go, one orbit then fire the boosters towards the moon. Separate lunar lander and command module. First challenge is to dock them carefully with a joystick.
Then at a random time, bang! Oxygen tank gone, fuel everywhere and shes spinning like a cork screw. Hand flying for the next 5 minutes is mission critical. Better make sure she sticks to the flight plan: look dead ahead into the HUD (etched permanently on the glass), can you see the moon in the sights?
A few moon orbits then hit the auto descend. Don’t try and park on the edge of a crater, you might fall in. Oops, computer started the main engine reverse thrust 30 seconds to early, not enough altitude, 20 seconds of fuel left, so grab the stick and get her onto the other side of the rocky crater onto the dusty flat area. If you survived the logbook will look impressive and you can name your reward price.
2 Likes