Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Embran]

Not as plugged in to this stuff as a lot of the people here but I did quick checks on some of the biggest things I've seen like lip shapes for the Cirina au ra face and the female miqo'te face that had the parted lips/gap to see the teeth and those seem to be reverted back to the way they were.

[Tahli]

I checked my character fresh after the update and I see no differences other than that they fixed the semi-transparent ear hair bug, which is nice, but... Please, Square Enix, even just giving Face 2 F Miqo back the eyebrows from Benchmark 1 would be so much better... these eyebrows aint it.

[Hatsuoki]

TBH I don't see a difference on the face 2 female au ra and face 6 male midlander. The philtrum *might* be lightened a little? But I can't be sure because everything looks a little brighter atm compared to my screenshots from before.

Edit: I use the same face and mouth type as Cirina..

Edit 2: My au ra's under eye bags are less actually.

[lunartears]

It looks like the only major thing that was changed on Face 1 Female Au Ra was the eye shape and eyelash direction.



I appreciate the eyelash change and the sharper eyes, but as a result the upper lid seems to be more closed now? I guess this is a compromise.

Things I have also noticed:
- Lips (and mouth) have been widened
- Philtrum has been flattened
- Forehead modified? Angrier resting face now?

Nothing else seems to be much different, still huge duck-like lips, no changes to the pupil size, scales still look awful... I knew to temper expectations but I'm still disappointed.

Also, all of the facial expressions have been changed. Some look closer to the original version, but still have the dazed look.
I won't flood my post with expression changes, so I suggest having a look in-game on your own character. Looks meh on my character, my favourite expressions are less scary but they still look still off.
I imagine others will have gotten it better.

Overall, I'm still sad. The eye change is welcome but with the huge pupils it feels rather pointless.

I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I honestly feel quite numb.

[Argantaelle]

It seems like Au Ra males were deemed to be too insignificant to be included in the patch corrections. All issues I've written about are still present, starting from loss of true black colour and ending with mouth shape. Even transparent eyebrows and dirty chest scales haven't changed even a little bit.

Good job, SE! I guess they distributed fantasia potions just out of the kindness of their hearts, because it's not needed at all.

P.S. 4.5 months of waiting ended with nothing.

[Liamont]

Looks like they have tweaked the male elezen eyebrows! While I am happy that they look more similar to the old ones, but at the same time I am a little bit disappointed that they still do not have the same "feel". It's most apparent in eyebrows 4, where the eyebrows are still rounded and angled down still instead of almost an almost straight line across the top.

For eyebrows 2 (which I use, so I am obviously biased about this), the angle of the eyebrows is still "angrier", which I have to admit I'm still a bit disappointed about. The end of the eyebrows are still not tapered.

For eyebrows 6 it's very apparent that there is still no downward stroke at the ends.

I kind of wonder why the more "sharp" angles of the eyebrows seem to all been smoothed out still, I feel like this is part of a problem with the head mesh? I ran into this problem when I took matters into my own hands and attempted to recreate the old eyebrows myself.

But, I'm glad that there is progress and they actually finally tweaked the eyebrows! I hope though that they will continue to tweak it by taking a closer look at how the old eyebrows were shaped, along with the angle of the brows.

[Retropolitans]

What the hell did they do with the femhroth face textures

Logged in just now to check out the changes and as soon as my character passed a light source they turned into one of those hyper-detailed spongebob shock frames

Legit terrifying

[Sylvanae]

The lips are the biggest change I'm noticing for face 1 fem midlanders. Really not a fan of them right now.

[Anarnee]

Anyone peeked at Thancred or Femroe face 2? My files are still copying on PS4 and I'm so anxious.

Looks like they have tweaked the male elezen eyebrows!

Looking forward to seeing my Elezen boys with the changes. TY for showing these off so clearly!

[Argantaelle]

Anyone peeked at Thancred or Femroe face 2?

There is no more vanilla Thancred; he is dead. They replaced the ARR model with the new one.

This is Thancred now.