Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[PolkaPolka]

While I've been enjoying the graphics update a lot in general, I have to say that I'm a bit miffed that they still haven't updated the textures at all on Viera ears. They now look to be of notably lower resolution than the various hairstyles.

[Larirawiel]

The new patch has some lighting and shadowing fixes. I am curious how it looks.



Cheers

[Lnemoh]

Another update and absolutely no fixes, and even worse, no communication in regards to anything that was brought up in the many threads across all of the official forums. My character is a huge part of why I liked and played the game, and Imho, their silence is unacceptable. So, in light of everything, I am voicing my protest with my wallet, and am unsubbing for the first time since I started playing back in stormblood.

It is pretty unacceptable to release a major game changing feature so obviously half done. This is not really a cheap game, and they aren't a small underfunded studio either. I refuse to pay to beta test a product.

Do better.

[Rueby]

I got Castrum Abania in roulette and we were sitting down waiting for someone at the last boss...so I decided to do what I do best, look at other people and I didn't expect to see this. Is there a hole in his hat? Where is this light that's falling on his eyes coming from. I'd submit a bug report but idk what piece of gear is that and yeah well.

[Iscah]

I got Castrum Abania in roulette and we were sitting down waiting for someone at the last boss...so I decided to do what I do best, look at other people and I didn't expect to see this. Is there a hole in his hat? Where is this light that's falling on his eyes coming from. I'd submit a bug report but idk what piece of gear is that and yeah well.

Possibly...

Isle Explorer: https://garlandtools.org/db/#item/38217

Straw Hat / Stablehand: https://garlandtools.org/db/#item/2658

Forager: https://garlandtools.org/db/#item/7522

Peacelover: https://garlandtools.org/db/#item/33667 (less likely)

[Larirawiel]

Every hat is affected by this. And this error was also before 7.x. Here an older picture of my bard alt:



It is the same behavior, that the hat is transparent to light sources. But i do not think, that they will fix it.


Cheers

[Rueby]

Every hat is affected by this. And this error was also before 7.x. Here an older picture of my bard alt:



It is the same behavior, that the hat is transparent to light sources. But i do not think, that they will fix it.


Cheers

Oh that's interesting...I never actually noticed and in your picture it doesn't look 'too jarring' to me...I never wore hats personally so I never took a closer look.

[Iscah]

Hmmm... so it's more just that the brim doesn't cast a shadow, and maybe in that screenshot the character chanced to be on the edge of a sunlit/shadowed area.

[Larirawiel]

Hmmm... so it's more just that the brim doesn't cast a shadow, and maybe in that screenshot the character chanced to be on the edge of a sunlit/shadowed area.

No. The picture was made deep inside of The Roost in Gridania. The door left is the entrance. There is a light source over my head and it ignores the hat completely. It seems, that SQEX forgot to create shadow maps for hats.



Cheers

[Iscah]

No. The picture was made deep inside of The Roost in Gridania. The door left is the entrance. There is a light source over my head and it ignores the hat completely. It seems, that SQEX forgot to create shadow maps for hats.

Yes, I'm talking about the other guy.