VIERA AND HROTHGAR COMPLAINT MEGATHREAD

[Yencat]

I looked at the picture on my phone, so I may be wrong, but I think they edited out the braid on top.

I'm kinda iffy about getting the hairstyle because of the braid. I was really hoping for Gyr Abanian Plait instead, but oh well.

Here's hoping we get Y'sthola's and Thancred's hairs!

I tried zooming in to get a better look as well but it's difficult to see because of the angle. If it has actually been removed I wonder why, the braid already goes under the ears from the sides so removing it between the ears doesn't hide anything. Is there some invisible texture between the ears that necessitates adjusting the hairstyle like that?

Gyr Abanian Plait might still be included though, they add around 6 every patch but only showcase one or two in the patch notes.

[ronibosch]

I tried zooming in to get a better look as well but it's difficult to see because of the angle. If it has actually been removed I wonder why, the braid already goes under the ears from the sides so removing it between the ears doesn't hide anything. Is there some invisible texture between the ears that necessitates adjusting the hairstyle like that?

Gyr Abanian Plait might still be included though, they add around 6 every patch but only showcase one or two in the patch notes.

I guess they wanted to make it look like the hair is braided on the sides? Hopefully, there isn't a weird crease on top like in the 2b hair, but it most likely is there.

I know they wouldn't make wild adjustments to the hair for Viera alone, but would it have been possible to put the braid in front of the ears somehow? I'm not a mesher, so this is coming from a total laywoman.

Now that I remember, yeah, Gyr will most likely be added too. I forgot that they add six hairstyles every major patch. Yay!

[Pip_Chick]

I guess they wanted to make it look like the hair is braided on the sides? Hopefully, there isn't a weird crease on top like in the 2b hair, but it most likely is there.

I know they wouldn't make wild adjustments to the hair for Viera alone, but would it have been possible to put the braid in front of the ears somehow? I'm not a mesher, so this is coming from a total laywoman.

Now that I remember, yeah, Gyr will most likely be added too. I forgot that they add six hairstyles every major patch. Yay!

3D modeller here! From what I have seen of this hairstyle it is made as 1 unit, which means the mesh has been baked to be a lower poly mesh. You do this by "baking" a high poly mesh with a low poly one, this will give the mesh the same amount of polygons as the low poly version while keeping the look of the higher poly mesh. The upside of this technique is that it causes a minimum amount of strain on the program to render it, the downside however is that it is a bee with an itch to modify or edit it afterwards. I don't know when exactly this hairstyle was added, but I know that I do not envy the person who had to go through the files just to find the hairstyle 3D file, un-bake it, do the edits necessary and then bake it again.