7.0 Graphics update to SKIN

[Somnolence]

I definitely have noticed that the skin is more plastic-like in the newer graphics. I feel like the skin looks less detailed and more like a barbie doll. And along with baked in character model shadows being lightened or removed, it gives off a very strange illuminated feeling compared to the original.

New Meteor is a great example of this

You can see from this



that the skin has pores. However it is very uniform. Overall its not that bad.

The issue is that with barely any lightning it looks overly exposed. Maybe tweaking the shaders would fix this somewhat.

Subsurface scattering would reduce the plastic look as well.

[MsQi]

You can see from this



that the skin has pores. However it is very uniform. Overall its not that bad.

The issue is that with barely any lightning it looks overly exposed. Maybe tweaking the shaders would fix this somewhat.

Subsurface scattering would reduce the plastic look as well.

the cheeks are a little flushed, but that's in game now. I don't see pores.

[Yencat]

the cheeks are a little flushed, but that's in game now. I don't see pores.

The lighting in that shot definitely overexposes it to the point you can barely see it, but adjusting the contrast makes it more obvious that the skin has (more?) texture now.

[MsQi]

The lighting in that shot definitely overexposes it to the point you can barely see it, but adjusting the contrast makes it more obvious that the skin has (more?) texture now.

That's a different picture of a different character. There may be a little more texture in that model, but the is no next to no texture on the Miqo'te nose, where pores should be obvious. There is some shadow distortion. Those are still kinda bad. But saying just turn up the contrast is not really legitimate. That can bring out things that aren't really intentional.

[Yencat]

That's a different picture of a different character. There may be a little more texture in that model, but the is no next to no texture on the Miqo'te nose, where pores should be obvious. There is some shadow distortion. Those are still kinda bad. But saying just turn up the contrast is not really legitimate. That can bring out things that aren't really intentional.

I'm not suggesting everyone should turn up the contrast to be able to see it at all, just that that particular shot on the boat is very overexposed and not indicative of how it looks otherwise.

While the Miqo'te does look somewhat smoother, it's still visible to me even without any editing, particularly on the characters right side of the nose where the light ends.

[Somnolence]

the cheeks are a little flushed, but that's in game now. I don't see pores.

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[MsQi]

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I did

/10char