Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Larirawiel]

Those dark shadows are messed up normal maps. I made a bug report here:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...e-Elezen-faces

But they closed it as "Insufficient Information". I still do not know why it is insufficient. But SQEX does SQEX things. Maybe it is too difficult for them to fix it.


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[Doopliss]

I don't play this combination, but I haven't seen it mentioned in a while, so I wanted to add that the nose smudge option for ♀ Dunesfolk Face 4 has still not been fixed.

Here's a comparison of the same option on the Plainsfolk variant of the face to show what it's supposed to look like:



I only feel a need to mention this again because, for some reason, the nose smudge issue had been fixed on every female Plainsfolk face, and faces 1-3 for female Dunesfolk, but not 4. So it feels easy to potentially miss.

I know ♂ Viera Face 1 is also having issues with its dark nose/nose smudge option's colors--particularly against dark skin--so please also look over these.

[Doopliss]

I don't play this combination, but I haven't seen it mentioned in a while, so I wanted to add that the nose smudge option for ♀ Dunesfolk Face 4 has still not been fixed.

Here's a comparison of the same option on the Plainsfolk variant of the face to show what it's supposed to look like:



I only feel a need to mention this again because, for some reason, the nose smudge issue had been fixed on every female Plainsfolk face, and faces 1-3 for female Dunesfolk, but not 4. So it feels easy to potentially miss.

I know ♂ Viera Face 1 is also having issues with its dark nose/nose smudge option's colors--particularly against dark skin--so please also look over these.

Just checked my retainer. Four months later and they still haven't caught this bug with female Dunesfolk Face 4, lol. I'll try to make a proper bug report on it later. How did they correct every face for each clan except this one...?

[Joralia]

Thank you for another update. I will be giving my feedback here.

Face 1 Raen, Eyes 6, Mouth 1, Large irises
7.0


7.1


Apologies for the angles/zooms being different.

I must ask, why are the limbal rings so bright now? Because my pupils are larger, the limbals overpower the irises. I can barely tell what colour my Au Ra's eyes are anymore. Also, the limbal rings appear white even though they are a light purple in the character creator...

I see the lips have been changed and it looks a little better, but they still look nothing like they did in Endwalker. Her smiles are still creepy. And in some lights, I still get the old Face 2 dimples as seen here:



Overall, it is an improvement, but I am unsatisfied. The limbal rings are the most egregious change with how much they overpower the irises and the fact that they lack colour now. The mouth is still the wrong mouth.

I will post again later after I look at my friend's Miqo'te.

[Rueby]

Those dark shadows are messed up normal maps. I made a bug report here:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...e-Elezen-faces

But they closed it as "Insufficient Information". I still do not know why it is insufficient. But SQEX does SQEX things. Maybe it is too difficult for them to fix it.


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I feel like you need to baby feed them information. At least I had some success having my stuff accepted. You're showing stuff but relying on the person to observe, which to you I guess is obvious. I think you can add coordinates of where you're standing for good measure too just in case. I haven't made a character related bug reports because I'm not sure they'd accept it...But mine either went into dupes or accepted/working on fix.

I'm honestly not really sure. You included alot of screenies and they were obvious to me, but I'm still puzzled what classifies as 'insufficient information' and it can be abit frustrating.

[Kaziek]

Those dark shadows are messed up normal maps. I made a bug report here:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...e-Elezen-faces

But they closed it as "Insufficient Information". I still do not know why it is insufficient. But SQEX does SQEX things. Maybe it is too difficult for them to fix it.


Cheers

Thank you! This is good information to have, even if SE doesn't act on fixing them.