My Three Main Wishes for 7.0 Graphical Update

[Taliriah]

We need subsurface scattering for skin, and some form of global illumination (something cheap, precomputed, using proven and well known approaches, like global illumination probes). Those two things would go a long way to improve things.

Perhaps also some color grading improvements would not go amiss to make things look a little less drab in some places.

[Larirawiel]

Both are temporal image reconstruction tools, so they will also act as temporal anti-aliasers. They would produce superior image quality compared to FXAA.

OK, almost everything is better than FXAA. xD But DLSS/FSR/XeSS can also produce bad artifacts if the game has many particle- or transparency effects etc. It could be very hard to do it right in an existing engine.




Cheers

[CStrife912]

We need subsurface scattering for skin, and some form of global illumination (something cheap, precomputed, using proven and well known approaches, like global illumination probes). Those two things would go a long way to improve things.

Perhaps also some color grading improvements would not go amiss to make things look a little less drab in some places.

Well you can tell from the 1 month testing samples there is some form of subsurface scattering the skin looks way better with how it handles light and self cast shadows. I do agree they need to put a lot of work into those aspects as they are the predominately shown thing in cutscenes (close ups of faces I mean)

[HeyMcFly]

I do know they're fixing and improving many features!
The one I'm honestly concerned about are Female Elezen faces and some of the Miqo'te faces. Will the improvements go as far as to completely add more textures that they desperately need?

I made comparisons- the 1st miqo face is how it currently looks if you were to choose it
The 2nd face is my edit that I did in CorelPaint- I added mild improvements but something that face desperately needs. It looks unfinished, stale and needs a texture overhaul.
I gave the face shaded in nostrils, and darkened the inner eyelids.
Miqo Face before my edit



Miqo face after my Edit

[Arohk]

I do know they're fixing and improving many features!

It takes way too long, the fact is simple, the game running on console is holding back its potential.

[CStrife912]

It takes way too long, the fact is simple, the game running on console is holding back its potential.

Funnily enough it’s not console it’s low spec pcs. Look at the current minimum specs…. They are worse than a ps4 let alone ps4 pro. Plus consoles you get more performance due to one set of specs comparing to pc equivalent. Yoshi P even stated it’s not console holding it back. PS4 isn’t even getting a lot of the graphics upgrades either. 6.4 live letter he made a comment that he doubts it will run so it’s disabled unless this changes. I’m hoping hair gets more then just texture upgrades, I want more layers to it as well, give it some definition

[Rufalus]

I just bought a PS5 to be ready for FF XVI. It's given XIV a shot in the arm for me at the moment; looks so much better at max graphics and 4K compared to what my old PC could do. I didn't buy the complete game yet but I claimed the free Stormblood offer.

[Absimiliard]

Eyebrows.
For.
Highlanders.

More varied height options would also be nice.