[Dawntrail Benchmark 1.1] Lines on the ears of certain hairstyles (male miqo'te)

Date & Time: 18/06/2024
Frequency: Ongoing
World name: FFXIV Dawntrail benchmark V1.1
Area and coordinates: Character creation while using the benchmark

Steps:
1. Load the new Dawntrail benchmark V1.1
2. Create a male miqo'te (face type doesn't matter)
3. Observe lines and seams in the ears of some of the hairstyles

There's several lines and seams in the ears of specific hairstyles for male miqo'te. All faces are equally affected by this, as ears only change depending on the haircut used and are the same across face types:

The first picture below belongs to patch 6.58:

https://i.imgur.com/A4nm5Jz.png

The red arrows point at two different lines or seams in the ears. The texture of the hair is also different and it looks like the ear is made of three different shapes with distinct textures connected by said lines.

In 6.58, the haircuts affected by this are just a few, marked with a red diamond in the screenshot.

The following picture is from the original Dawntrail benchmark:

https://i.imgur.com/XniSgr3.png

As we can see, the ear lines are still present on this specific hairstyle.

Finally, consider this third picture from the 1.1 benchmark version:

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

The issue has disappeared for this haircut and the hair texture is smoother.

However, many haircuts that were not affected in 6.58 now have this problem in the 1.1 benchmark, although it appears to mostly be a single vertical line that runs through the entire ear.

You can see the issue in the two exhibits below. The red arrows point at the aforementioned lines:

https://i.imgur.com/jPJkNmT.png https://i.imgur.com/uMxMcY3.png

Other haircuts however continue to be unaffected, such as the next one:

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

The amount of haircuts that show these ear lines has increased in comparison to 6.58.

Therefore, I would ask the developers to go through all the hairstyles to make sure that these lines are removed and that the hair textures of male miqo'te ears become smooth again for all the affected haircuts.