SE please please please do something about the clipping!

Some of the longer hairstyles in the game are simply not usable due to the terrible clipping.

For example: http://i.imgur.com/aR0RvUv.png

See how terrible that looks? As much as I like that hairstyle, there's no way I would ever use it. Half of it fuses through the collar of the gear, and into the yellow scarf. There really needs to be something done about the clipping in the game. The same thing happens with certain weapons when they're on your back. They'll clip through your armor and look terrible.

who cares about clipping I know you do and maybe some others but its a small issue.

I rather them fix stuff like this later on.

Get major projects done before they start getting into small issues like these.

Eh, they've already said time and time again that they won't :P

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Originally Posted by HeroSamson

who cares about clipping I know you do and maybe some others but its a small issue.

I rather them fix stuff like this later on.

Get major projects done before they start getting into small issues like these.

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FFXI had this same mindset. Took them 10 years before they finally went back and made QoL adjustments everyone had been clamoring for for years. Most responded with "Why couldn't you have done this 10 years ago?" Not that I care much about clipping issues, but still, best to nip these problems in the bud as early as you can.

If they're going to ignore the clipping issues, then just remove the hairstyles from the game altogether. The clipping is just a display of bad quality. If they're not going to fix the problem, remove it.

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Originally Posted by HeroSamson

I rather them fix stuff like this later on.

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1) It's been a year since they launched now. How much longer is "later on"?

2) How is your personal time frame more important than the OP?


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I would really like to see this fixed sometime as well. It would take some time and it's not something most other MMO's do but to heck with those as limitations as to why we can't have this.

And what about the people who would use those hairstyles happily and not care about clipping? The options should be removed? That's not very fair. My femroe has this exact problem with her warrior AF, and almost every other piece of gear she has, the front of her hair clips into it - it even clips into her body if she turns her head. And I don't care, because I love the style too much. I'd much rather have more long hair options than the ridiculous forced-ponytail that some other games have, or worse, removing the styles altogether.

I don't know much about coding, but I'd also be a bit concerned that if they tried to weight the hair around every piece of clothing, the sheer amount of extra data from constant hair weighting on every character onscreen would make the game unplayable for me, since the only way I can run it right now is on a laptop...I'm all for QOL fixes, and sure, I'd love a clipping fix, but only if it's really viable.

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Originally Posted by Raxion

If they're going to ignore the clipping issues, then just remove the hairstyles from the game altogether.

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Eh no, there's still plenty of equipments that look fine with long hair and a lot of people that enjoy it. It would be much easier for you to shave your head if you don't like it than removing the option altogether from everyone.

Just choose hairstyles that look good with your choice of glamours. It's the best we can do right now, really.

SE already warned that having new hair styles with longer hair would clip with a lot of the gear. People wanted them still, so SE added them

I use a similar hairstyle and I've learned to just bite the bullet and ignore it. =/ The only solutions I can think of, and have no idea how hard or easy it would be, would be to make the hair tuck into armor or lay on top of it. Saying it should be entirely removed is hardly a practical solution. It would be more practical for you to just not use it if you dislike the clipping so intensely.

I really like how TERA went about the clipping issues. Your hair would go into a ponytail or an updo to avoid clipping into the armor. All armors that had high collars would trigger this. However, they also added an option to disable the automatic updo so you could keep your hair long with the high collared armors since some of them didn't have glaring clipping issues and the hair covered the armor perfectly fine. It makes sense since even in other media, anytime you see someone wearing something with a high collar, they don't wear their hair long because it'll be a nuisance.

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Originally Posted by Raxion

If they're going to ignore the clipping issues, then just remove the hairstyles from the game altogether. The clipping is just a display of bad quality. If they're not going to fix the problem, remove it.

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Ya let's have less choices BC you don't lime the clipping.

#1stworldissues

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Originally Posted by Kikosho

I really like how TERA went about the clipping issues. Your hair would go into a ponytail or an updo to avoid clipping into the armor. All armors that had high collars would trigger this. However, they also added an option to disable the automatic updo so you could keep your hair long with the high collared armors since some of them didn't have glaring clipping issues and the hair covered the armor perfectly fine. It makes sense since even in other media, anytime you see someone wearing something with a high collar, they don't wear their hair long because it'll be a nuisance.

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Remember tho that option to undo the forced updo was only added bc some people complained for 2 yrs since a lot of high lvl gear had high collars.

Also that option is only client base and not server side so only you see it

This is probably what they do at their developer conference.

Players talking about clipping issue do we wanna do that or finish up dark knight plans.

Dark knight plans

clipping issue comes up again.

Do we wanna finish up golden saucer or clipping issue.

Golden saucer.

it will always fall under something bigger because clipping issue isn't hurting anything or causing the game to break.

That's why I said what I said and maybe in the future when someone actually says hey lets get to that clipping issue then it will happen.

I think they even stated clipping issue would happen with long hair, also don't get me wrong not having a clipping issue would be nice but life goes on.

There's far too many actual important issues that better be addressed before anyone touches this...

I can't even believe this is a thing... Honestly, how much time do you spend staring at a close up of the back of your characters neck?

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Originally Posted by Spetsnaz

There's far too many actual important issues that better be addressed before anyone touches this...

I can't even believe this is a thing... Honestly, how much time do you spend staring at a close up of the back of your characters neck?

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By the small few that bring it up... EVERYONE!!!!!

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Originally Posted by DefendPopPunk

FFXI had this same mindset. Took them 10 years before they finally went back and made QoL adjustments everyone had been clamoring for for years. Most responded with "Why couldn't you have done this 10 years ago?" Not that I care much about clipping issues, but still, best to nip these problems in the bud as early as you can.

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And there are still weird things that still remain undone to this day. Like, AFAIK, losing chat when zoning.

That said, one thing that the FFXI developers usually were on top of was making sure equipment didn't clip through your character when standing still. XIV makes most Western games look like their have excellent art QC regarding clipping.

If they can't fix long hair then how about stop making gears with back hood? add some cape or scarf will look better anyway.

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Originally Posted by Zileth

By the small few that bring it up... EVERYONE!!!!!

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Everyone: pronoun
1. every person; everybody.

I don't think that means what you think it means.

Honestly, it's the pettiest of the petty. You don't like your hair clipping through your outfit? Well, guess what? We've got an aesthetician to change your hairstyle to something that won't. You don't like your robe clipping into your leggings? Well, we've got solutions for that in the glamor system.

Seriously... does SE need to be bothered about every tiny fashion-based combination that you personally choose? Some items will clip. Get used to the idea, because there isn't a game in the universe which doesn't have clipping issues. Not one. Never has been, probably never will be. Leave the dead horse alone. It's been flogged for long enough.

One would think that the former leader in the industry for hair effects would have a little more pride then this, it's just tacky.

Lol once they begin focusing their resources on fixing hair/clothes clipping, there will be fewer new hairstyles/clothes that will be released. And people will begin complaining about the lack of such things. Again. All over again.

It's not gonna happen and you know it. With an MMO there's other, more important things to work on. Clipping most definitely isn't one of them. If this were a singleplayer game then yes, but it's not.

To those that keep thinking that fixing this would somehow halt development on the next big thing you want: Development doesn't work that way. You don't pull your team off of content creation to work on other stuff. You have other people that handle the little QoL updates. And you certainly don't take programmers and writers away to have them make some art edits.

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Originally Posted by Rhysati

To those that keep thinking that fixing this would somehow halt development on the next big thing you want: Development doesn't work that way. You don't pull your team off of content creation to work on other stuff. You have other people that handle the little QoL updates. And you certainly don't take programmers and writers away to have them make some art edits.

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Maybe not big projects, but they will definitely slow down on designing new hairstyles and glamour gear.