we need a high res texture pack as an optional download

[FFgame]

omg yes please.

[Fhaerron]

Don't worry guys.

It will be purchasable with Moogle coins soon enough.

But only if you have an active premium phone app plan active and also the full sub price (not the entry lvl).

If you ever stop paying the premium sub for the phone app the client will automatically revert to the old textures and the option to use the high ress will be graved out until you pay again.

[Penthea]

Ah, I have mixed feelings about this. Certain types of graphics cards are better at handling that sort of thing than others, I'd rather not have to do even more research every time I upgrade my pc to make sure a specific texture pack performs as well as possible. Secondly this would be something console players would be completely locked out of. They would essentially be punished for playing on a console.

I'd rather SE just update the base graphics where they need updating (such as 2.0 gear and hairstyles) than only cater to a small portion of players who could actually use hi-res texture packs.

[Fido]

Don't worry guys.

It will be purchasable with Moogle coins soon enough.

But only if you have an active premium phone app plan active and also the full sub price (not the entry lvl).

If you ever stop paying the premium sub for the phone app the client will automatically revert to the old textures and the option to use the high ress will be graved out until you pay again.

How very hyperbolic. Are you angry that they charge for cosmetic emotes, glamour items, minions and mounts in the Mogstation? Are you implying they give us nothing like this all of the time in game?

[FrenziedCanuck]

Absolutely!

The game is definitely looking dated these days. Although, with the player base split between PC and PS4 I can't see this option ever happening.

[Khanscott]

Hi-res textures hardly affects FPS when you have enough VRAM, because that's all it takes, VRAM.

I still think we should have an option with hi-ress textures!

I got a good frame rate in 1.xx with CF 6850s sporting a whole 1GB of VRAM@1920x1080. Heck, I could get the same frames on the lowest settings@4800x900 (back when Eyefinity was a legit thing). I have 8GB of VRAM now, I see no reason why this shouldn't be a thing.

[bass9020]

Ah, I have mixed feelings about this. Certain types of graphics cards are better at handling that sort of thing than others, I'd rather not have to do even more research every time I upgrade my pc to make sure a specific texture pack performs as well as possible. Secondly this would be something console players would be completely locked out of. They would essentially be punished for playing on a console.

I'd rather SE just update the base graphics where they need updating (such as 2.0 gear and hairstyles) than only cater to a small portion of players who could actually use hi-res texture packs.

Thats why its options for people who can benefit from them. Not everyone will be able to use them but withholding better options because not everyone is able to is a very selfish way to go. Not all platforms have to be equal.

[MsQi]

How very hyperbolic.

It's all hyperbolic till it happens.

[Kewitt]

I would pay for this.

[Alucard135]

They need to not just make it in higher resolution, but also add details to the diffuse map. The cape literally looks like it just used two colors; black and yellow. The shoulder pad texture looks better because it's a 1.0 model (when models actually had details in diffuse maps). All 2.0+ models seem to share the same issue; you have a bland diffuse map and normal map that has all the details in it (The normal maps are good but they also need to increase its resolution and not just rely on them alone for details).