Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Shivi]

I am not sure what exactly happened that my WOL suddenly looks like he didn't sleep the last 6 months.
I am so sad - this makes him look so different.
I wish they would change the lighting or whatever it is causing this horror
I tried checking if make up is the problem but unfortunately there is nothing I can do to change it. It looks horrible in the character editor, even worse in the open world and I don't even wanna start about the cutscenes.

I feel like it is especially bad with mid-dark skin. Anyone else has this problem to an extend that ur character feels so different you don't know how to keep going?

I never changed him ever since male Viera are ingame. My whole ingame world circles around this bunboy and suddenly everything is changed and he doesn't feel like my WOL anymore.

I can't express how sad I am. I want my handsome bunboy back

Edit: Usually I never adress the forum but this time I am really so damn upset and I hope with my post this topic gets noticed T________T

[localareanetwork]

Idk I like it hehe

[lunartears]

Them using the Hyur eye textures for Roegadyn, Viera and Au Ra rather than remaking their previous unique eye textures.

I decided to make some comparisons, and I can infer that Female Au Ra and Female Viera (possibly also Male Viera looking similar to Male Hyur?) look similar to Female Hyur but the rest I think are more nuanced or have been edited. Generally, each race's eye texture here is mostly close to the original eyes save for the difference in the way the actual "colour ring" (for lack of a better term) around the iris looks or the bizarre decision of lowering the iris and/or pupil to give a death stare.

To me, the only glaringly different ones among these are Female/Male Hyur which now both have a notably terrifying death stare, Male Au Ra which has smaller pupils and super glowy eyes, and Female Au Ra and Female Roegadyn which have both been given larger pupils.

May add the other races to this picture in the near future.

[Eien713]

I decided to make some comparisons, and I can infer that Female Au Ra and Female Viera (possibly also Male Viera?) look similar to Female Hyur but the rest I think are more nuanced or have been edited. They're mostly close to the original eyes save for the difference in the way the actual "colour ring" (for lack of a better term) around the iris looks or the bizarre decision of lowering the iris and/or pupil to give a death stare.

To me, the only glaringly different ones among these are Female/Male Hyur which now both have a notably terrifying death stare, Male Au Ra which has smaller pupils and super glowy eyes, and Female Au Ra and Female Roegadyn which have both been given larger pupils. Honestly, i'd infer that Female Au Ra's new eye texture is an edit of Female Hyur.

May add the other races to this picture in the near future.

Looking at this makes me see that some other female races have also lost their long lashes. I chose the eyes I did for my female Elezen specifically for the longer lashes. It now feels like choosing those eyes was pointless

[lunartears]

Looking at this makes me see that some other female races have also lost their long lashes. I chose the eyes I did for my female Elezen specifically for the longer lashes. It now feels like choosing those eyes was pointless

I think it's mostly due to a rotation of the eyelashes, if you look at longer eyelashes from a low angle perspective, you can see the details that were there before (but even then they still have been edited)


(the image on the left is facing forward, the one on the right has the camera angled upwards)

[Eien713]

I think it's mostly due to a rotation of the eyelashes, if you look at longer eyelashes from a low angle perspective, you can see the details that were there before (but even then they still have been edited)


(the image on the left is facing forward, the one on the right has the camera angled upwards)

Yeah, you're right about this. I just have one question for the devs: Why? (T_T)

[lunartears]

I've created a comparison between eye textures for each clan/race:
(Sorry for the huge images and choppy editing)







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[DynnDiablos]

Every since the graphics update I get awful image ghosting on PS5 when turning the camera. It's really noticeable and was never there before.

[Doopliss]

I've created a comparison between eye textures for each clan/race:
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This is a really helpful image, thank you. It also makes it feel like they chose the brightness of the new eye highlights for certain races entirely at random, though... The difference in Veena and female Roegadyn eyes before vs. now is even more extreme than I remembered.

The change in pupil placement for Midlanders is also pretty damn uncanny, and I see they made male Au Ra pupils even smaller than before in their correction, lol. Though I still prefer that to what they had goin' on in the benchmark.

[Daralii]

I've created a comparison between eye textures for each clan/race:
(Sorry for the huge images and choppy editing)

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At the risk of sounding like I'm requesting work, it might be worth including a before/after for au ra with limbal rings. They're a unique customization option, and the update changed them a lot. They're dimmer in light, lost most of the hard definition and are more of a gradient, and now glow in the dark.