7.0 Graphics Update - Midlander F feedback

The real question is why does my Middie have freckles by default? On the cheeks AND the chin. No face paint. This is face 1 but there are freckles on every benchmark face if I remember correctly. (I'm also not fond of the overly blurry mouth.)

Current vs benchmark:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...309f71372fa82&

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Erinellza

The real question is why does my Middie have freckles by default? On the cheeks AND the chin. No face paint. This is face 1 but there are freckles on every benchmark face if I remember correctly. (I'm also not fond of the overly blurry mouth.)

---

The wrinkles in the eyelids are also quite difference. Original face has subtle wrinkles at the upper and lower eyelids. On the new face those are mostly smoothed away.
And the lower eyelid was already very thick in the original face, in the new face it's even thicker. That isn't an improvement, and changes the shape of the eye.

This is a the shape and size (400%) upscaled) of the fleshy part of the lower left eyelid between the skin and the eye, on both faces.
https://i.postimg.cc/RC3yZCZC/eyelid.jpg

I hope they remove the goth eyeliner that was added to face 5 which I'm increasingly convinced is a bug, since it seemingly disappears under certain lighting conditions. Some Highlanders and Au Ra have it too I believe.

https://i.imgur.com/JXKt0Js.png

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Erinellza

The real question is why does my Middie have freckles by default? On the cheeks AND the chin. No face paint. This is face 1 but there are freckles on every benchmark face if I remember correctly. (I'm also not fond of the overly blurry mouth.)

Current vs benchmark:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...309f71372fa82&

---

I noticed this as well! I don't know if I'd call them freckles per say, but whatever you call them, they are REALLY noticeable when in shadow. If you go back to the first screenshot I posted of the close-up from the benchmark, it almost looks like a bruise on her cheek, on the side of her face opposite the light. I see it a little bit in Underscore's picture as well.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by aiqa

The wrinkles in the eyelids are also quite difference. Original face has subtle wrinkles at the upper and lower eyelids. On the new face those are mostly smoothed away.
And the lower eyelid was already very thick in the original face, in the new face it's even thicker. That isn't an improvement, and changes the shape of the eye.

This is a the shape and size (400%) upscaled) of the fleshy part of the lower left eyelid between the skin and the eye, on both faces.
https://i.postimg.cc/RC3yZCZC/eyelid.jpg

---

That's some great attention to detail! The eyes in general are a problem area, we seem to have gotten a lot of shape changes in general, and it's even more noticeable on midlanders with eyeliner (as in the face feature option, not the weird unremoveable stuff they put on face 5.)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Erinellza

The real question is why does my Middie have freckles by default? On the cheeks AND the chin. No face paint. This is face 1 but there are freckles on every benchmark face if I remember correctly. (I'm also not fond of the overly blurry mouth.)

Current vs benchmark:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...309f71372fa82&

---

I have a feeling that is an attempt to give the impression of the pore texture or unevenness of skin. Its obviously very low res so they may have exaggerated the contrast slightly to make it pronounced. They were probably going for a more natural/no makeup look and overshot it a little bit.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by JaellaArwana

I have a feeling that is an attempt to give the impression of the pore texture or unevenness of skin.

---

At first I thought so as well, but in the benchmark trailer I noticed they added some actual texture and unevenness to the skin so I wonder why they would need to double up on that.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Yencat

https://i.imgur.com/x0b2ZBk.png

---