Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[HyoMinPark]

Personally, I’m very happy with the graphical update to my character. My complaints are very mild, and I’ve gotten used to the changes since early access started.

The biggest changes I’ve noticed are the eyes and the mouth. My character’s eye color looks a bit darker, but I’m considering using the free Fantasia to lighten the color a shade to see if that fixes it. The pupils are also a little bit large, so I was going to see what she would look like with the small iris size versus the large. The mouth is just, in general, a different shape (Moon Miqo’te, Face 3, Mouth 4) — but I don’t dislike it. I originally chose this face 1.) because of the cheek whiskers, and 2.) it looked like my character’s resting face was a subtle smile/upturned lips, which I felt suited her. I still have this with the new graphical update, just the upper lip is slightly different in shape. But not jarringly so.

Going to add to this after I spent some time examining my character more closely last night:

The only thing I will say about the new mouth is that I wish my character’s “angered” expressions looked more like a frown. It still looks like she’s kind of smiling/trying not to smile or laugh while looking angry. I rewatched some of my favorite cutscenes in the game and compared them based purely off of my memory to come to this conclusion. I did have some pictures for comparison, but as I got a new pc recently, I did not have immediate access to my old library of screenshots.

I think adjusting the shapes of the mouths to something closer to their previous look while keeping the upscaled textures and readding more gloss/gradient might help alleviate my complaint here. It’s not a game-breaking change for me, personally—but it is a change/reversion I would like to see.

[RepairCat]

Soo, this is what happened to my Au Ra... not really sure where to go from here because the changes are pretty massive imo. I already adjusted some colors here, especially lip color which was way too dark in the original 7.0 version. Also emotes and some cutscenes seem a little off now. A lot of expressions feel dulled down compared to 6.5.

[noumen0nn]

Soo, this is what happened to my Au Ra... not really sure where to go from here because the changes are pretty massive imo. I already adjusted some colors here, especially lip color which was way too dark in the original 7.0 version. Also emotes and some cutscenes seem a little off now. A lot of expressions feel dulled down compared to 6.5.

This au ra mouth in particular is probably the most egregious example of the mouth shape changes across the board. I don't understand how people can't see the difference. The other changes are significant too, but that stands out to me the most.

[Nebty]

Soo, this is what happened to my Au Ra... not really sure where to go from here because the changes are pretty massive imo. I already adjusted some colors here, especially lip color which was way too dark in the original 7.0 version. Also emotes and some cutscenes seem a little off now. A lot of expressions feel dulled down compared to 6.5.

I'm genuinely envious of everybody else's characters because the mouth change is the only thing that I cannot get used to. It looks completely different for no reason and it affects all of the emotes too. Just so heartbroken right now. If they wanted to change the mouth this drastically then why not just add the new one as an option in character creation?

[RepairCat]

I'm genuinely envious of everybody else's characters because the mouth change is the only thing that I cannot get used to. It looks completely different for no reason and it affects all of the emotes too. Just so heartbroken right now. If they wanted to change the mouth this drastically then why not just add the new one as an option in character creation?

Thats the thing that puzzles me the most about all of this. Why did they feel the need to change mouth and eye shapes at all? Or the noses on Roes? They could have just improved shaders and texture detail and called it a day. Or as you said, add them as additional options. Its not like we have a ton of options in the first place.

[Stapler-san]

I'm genuinely envious of everybody else's characters because the mouth change is the only thing that I cannot get used to. It looks completely different for no reason and it affects all of the emotes too. Just so heartbroken right now. If they wanted to change the mouth this drastically then why not just add the new one as an option in character creation?

i feel the exact same way
ive spent ages in the character creator trying to fix it but there really is nothing i can do about it
but for face 3 elezen its not just shape but color too
im really sad about it
just want an option to go back to the old face

[Plasmaspy]

Soo, this is what happened to my Au Ra... not really sure where to go from here because the changes are pretty massive imo. I already adjusted some colors here, especially lip color which was way too dark in the original 7.0 version. Also emotes and some cutscenes seem a little off now. A lot of expressions feel dulled down compared to 6.5.

Same here

[FuwafuwaMii]

Been playing through the MSQ on a new character, and Papalymo is still rocking his old self.
Needless to say, he stands out with his blurry, blocky, washed-out face and corners everywhere.

The upgrade was the best thing to happen to this game, and people got a free Fantasia to make adjustments.

[Plasmaspy]

Been playing through the MSQ on a new character, and Papalymo is still rocking his old self.
Needless to say, he stands out with his blurry, blocky, washed-out face and corners everywhere.

The upgrade was the best thing to happen to this game, and people got a free Fantasia to make adjustments.

You can't use fantasia to adjust it back to your character though.
A fantasia won't give me back my character.

[FuwafuwaMii]

You can't use fantasia to adjust it back to your character though.
A fantasia won't give me back my character.

Right. It won't turn you back into a blurry pixel mess.