Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[GreenLeafy]

After a few days I finally braced checking my WoL with the DT updates and , honestly my motivation to play just tanked entirely.
I can appreciate the increased fidelity of hair , clothes , backgrounds but I just don't feel like I'm logging in to the same character I was for the past 9 years unfortunately. And ultimately above else he was the tether that really kept me playing.




Nose looks smaller/more narrow , lips look different ( corners of the mouth feel even more sunken in ) , the exagerrated philtrum is extremely distracting , the eyes are so much more dull , the scars are for whatever reason longer , etc...

I really wish I could enjoy the update to the fullest like I see some people do but its just not the companion I had accompany me on the journey thus far and I kinda don't care on continuing without him.

[Doopliss]

Yes, that's where my character looks the worst by far. The eyes are especially terrible in those. All my portraits look so different because of the eyes, the lighting and the skin's tone being washed out in them. The change to several facial emotes is definitely another factor for portraits.

This is so strange to me because I feel like my Elezen actually looks more accurate in my equipment window... It's not 1-1, but it's helluva more close than any game lighting that isn't nighttime for her, and basically good enough for me.

I took screenshots of all my characters in the equipment window before the 7.0 maintenance, so, for reference, the ones with the Facewear tab are from 7.0.



On the other hand, I feel like in the equipment window, you can actually make out my Roegadyn getting less detailed in the 7.0 one, lol.


It seriously feels like the issue in the equipment/portrait window manifests differently for every race/character... It's so bizarre that I just don't understand it.

Sorry also that these are small, niche images. Sometimes it just actually helps me looking at certain details from far away. Opening them in a new tab might help, haha...sorry.

[Daralii]

It's noticeable in hair colour and eye colour but has anyone else noticed colour discrepancies on gear/npcs?

For example, I noticed that Alphinaud's clothes seem less blue and more like purple now (in the CG illustrations it's always been shown as a blue)

*I know that lighting can affect the colours but it looks purple even in the dark

It's something I've noticed with a few NPCs while playing catchup on post-EW MSQ, but I haven't tested to see if the sets have the same issues on player characters. The gold trim on Estinien's armor turned orange and Urianger's gold jewelry turned green.

[gllt]

I was grumbling looking at the eyes on one of my characters.
One of my Hrothgar looks like it's just checked out.

But then I noticed no matter what settings I changed, the game just looked wrong.

Then I realized. Glare (Bloom lighting) is forced on.
I appreciate that glowy lights make the game pretty..
But now it hurts my eyes to play. I can't even hang out in the gold saucer.

So my characters have wonky looking eyes and mine feel wonky from trying to play them.

Sub cancelled. Ridiculous changes. I hope they actually look at the forums and do something about this.

[Eilous]

Opened up all my portraits and Elezens' eyes are extremely dark. Since we only have 2 sources of light, it's impossible to brighten the eyes. Please do something about it Square Enix...

6.5


7.0

[MaxL]

I have that same exact hairstyle on my Seawolf alt and the issue is the same as yours. It seems like the lighting and color issues are specific to certain hairstyles for some reason. That particular hairstyle now looks even flatter with lighter colors, too, because it hardly has any shadows anymore.

Yep, there's something seriously wrong with hair shading in general, see my earlier post:

I think I found out why hair shading seems so inconsistent from place to place. You can easily reproduce this using GPose.



Seriously, what is going on here? It's like half of its shading contribution is a uniform term.

[Print_Screen]

Female Highlander
Face: 1
Jaw: 1
Eye Shape: 3
Eyebrows: 1
Nose: 3
Mouth: 2
Lip Color: none
Facial Features: 1, 2, 3

Screenshots from PC version, max graphic settings of their respective versions. Taken inside the Innocence trial instance.





I am unhappy with the changes to my character's eyebrows, eyeshadow and upper lip. The eyebrows are smaller, and the outer edges of the eyeliner have been turned downwards. In my opinion, it changes my WoL's piercing look to one of boredom.

I'll link the full images for better comparison:
example A - 6.x
example A - 7.0
example B - 6.x
example B - 7.0

[Larirawiel]

The pizza was way too hot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ctly_with_the/



Cheers

[Aco505]

This is so strange to me because I feel like my Elezen actually looks more accurate in my equipment window... It's not 1-1, but it's helluva more close than any game lighting that isn't nighttime for her, and basically good enough for me.

I took the opportunity to take some pictures to show my case. I think the difference between the character information window and a recent screenshot I took in a cutscene is clear:



The second picture looks pretty similar to how things were in 6.58, minus very specific stuff such as the mouth being wider of course.


The next two pictures show the same portrait before and after 7.0:



The expression on the new one simply does not convey the same feel as it used to do due to the way the face emote has been changed and because of the lighting, as well as the faded eyebrows and stubble. I do apologize for how small the 6.58 portrait looks, I didn't take screenshots of these so I had to cut it from a video I recorded.

[Eilous]

It is impossible for me to take the exact same picture with the exact same lighting and background for comparison. 7.0 Female Elezen smile is different. Her sharpness is gone. Her expression looks concerned (I used "simper" for both 6.5 and 7.0). It really feels like the developers have altered the animations and facial features so much that they do not look the same anymore, in a bad way. This is so upsetting.





Ingame Portraits