WIll the character shadows get fix soon?

[Coldfire]

I think I found the exact problem as I was able to reproduce it with my own engine. It's the "fudge factor" for the floating point error. This is basically a latitude for the depth value. If the factor is too small there will be ugly shadows(this is what we got in this game).
"if shadowdepth-0.03 > ourdepth then shade"
Where -0.03 is the factor. This is done in the pixelshader.

[Vaen]

THREAD NECROMANCY!!!!!

I really hate this damn character shadows bug.

The ONE THING that ff14 has over other MMOs are the top-notch character graphics, but they're completely ruined when all the characters I see are covered in crazy stripes instead of functioning shadows. It ruins all the cutscenes for me.

Has anyone found a fix yet?? Do some people not have this issue?? Have the devs talked about it at all??

WHAT CAN I DO TO BRING IT LOUD AND CLEAR TO YOSHI-P's ATTENTION?

[Mug]

I'm psychic so I know what SE will say. It will all be fixed in 2.0, so please look forward to it!

You're welcome!

[Answa]

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...ser/index.html

[Catapult]

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...ser/index.html

Well referenced.

We will see what happens with the new 2.0 graphics engine...

[Laraul]

While I've noticed this problem I hesitate to say it's a problem. It appears irregularly and doesn't distract from the game. I've always assumed the appearance of characters, and how they are lighted, is deliberate.

[Choyi]

Even with max settings, in the current game shadows on character models looks absolutely awful 90% of the time, makes the game graphics look alot worse then they realy are sadly, and it very much does distract from me enjoying the game at times.
Like others said for example showing of the game to a friend trough screenshots will make them ask "why are the graphics so bad?" due to this.

Alltho I belive this is hopefully something that wont show up in 2.0

[Supergroovegear]

While I've noticed this problem I hesitate to say it's a problem. It appears irregularly and doesn't distract from the game. I've always assumed the appearance of characters, and how they are lighted, is deliberate.

When I first saw that shading I wasn't pleased with it but now i consider it rather artistic in a comic book kind of way.

[Brigandier]

I seen a similar issue on another game recently, but it was caused by anisotropic filtering being set too low or off. Not logging out to look at the config to see if XIV even has an AF option, but you might be able to force it directly in your graphics card's config.

[Vaen]

While I've noticed this problem I hesitate to say it's a problem. It appears irregularly and doesn't distract from the game. I've always assumed the appearance of characters, and how they are lighted, is deliberate.

When I first saw that shading I wasn't pleased with it but now i consider it rather artistic in a comic book kind of way.

I think you're saying the lined shadows in FFXIV are supposed to be intentional like the Valkyria Chronicles manga-style graphics?

I really don't think so... If only I could take screenshots during cutscenes I could show you how bad it looks during EVERY cutscene, and not like Valkyria Chronicle's awesome graphics at all.

SCREENSHOTS FORTHCOMING!