[ Graphical Update Feedback ] Examples of Darker Skinned Characters/Darker Lighting

[xieathe]

I feel this in my bones! All the UT examples are exemplar of the issue, but Pandaemonium was just as bad for dark-skinned characters, and that whole questline featured dark-skinned NPCs! Trying to find my dark-skinned lalafell in any Pandy or UT story sequence was a lesson in frustration.

I would really love to see more examples of darker-skinned characters in the preview builds, and not just in bright lighting.

[mercvry]

YES especially in Endwalker which seems to have a lot of dark environs this problem seems to be the worst. It brings to mind how todays movies are sometimes just too dark and you don't have to make the set dark in order to bring across that the place is dark!



(Saddest scene alive. Local Elezen can't even see his boyfriend.)

I would also like to say that having a character creator with a neutral background would help a lot because the light sources in the CC are just plain awful.
F'ceeshe's skin in the Limsa background is fine but in the actual palette his skin color is sort of washed out and does not accurately display what his skin will look like in game.

[Freiha]

adding my voice to the thread, as someone with a dark-skinned viera who blends into dark environments

two examples, using just ambient lighting + a reshade preset that... only kinda helps brighten things up lol





it's not the hugest deal in gpose, but even the lighting there can make my girl look a bit washed out