Thread: FFXIV 1.0 graphics

Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

'Graphics' is FAR to ubiquitous a term.

Yes, it is!

I admit that I don't have the knowledge or background to specify what I preferred from 1.0. Unfortunately, my husband doesn't either. Perhaps if I give you my impressions you can tell me what aspects of the graphics I'm missing? (sincere question here, I know that sometimes over the internet it can seem like I'm mocking you or being sarcastic, but I'm not!)

I feel like the world is smaller and plastic, instead of vast and weighted.
Whether I'm zoomed out, or in first person, it feels like I'm in the bottom of a concave bowl, but 1.0 felt more convex, where the scenery around me spread out and seemed farther away.
Also, you know when you watch cartoons, how you can tell the difference between the background and things that actually move? Because there's a different quality to the color or something? I see that in ARR. In 1.0, you could turn off labels, zoom out all the way, and not see a difference between the world and the mobs/people, including your character. In ARR, even with the labels off and zoomed out all the way, the people and mobs stand out, a lot. They look like little colorforms (wow, I'm old >< ) laid out over a drawn background.
Also, the scale or perspective seems off. I can zoom out farther in 2.0, but it just makes the world look even smaller. I don't know if my character is placed in a different spot on my screen, or if it is a difference in scale, but sizes just seem off to me.

So, what aspect(s) of the 'graphics' am I missing?

Originally Posted by TrystWildkey

So, what aspect(s) of the 'graphics' am I missing?

From what I see, your feedback is more focused on Design rather than graphics... specifically 'Environmental Design'.

And I agree with many of your points. ^^

In 1.0 I feel like I left the camera behind me and I saw the sky a lot more often, and it was pretty. In ARR I feel like I'm always staring at the ground, maybe the camera is different or I'm just used to watching for AOE markers. Or both.

Originally Posted by Fawkes

In 1.0 I feel like I left the camera behind me and I saw the sky a lot more often, and it was pretty. In ARR I feel like I'm always staring at the ground, maybe the camera is different or I'm just used to watching for AOE markers. Or both.

AOE markers. I do the same thing all the time, so used to spending a few hours in a fight trying to watch for markers on the floor and enemy positions that I forget I don't need to do it when i'm walking around the town/field.

As for camera weight, try adjusting 3rd Person Camera Angle. (As shown below) Sometimes setting it higher or lower can change your perspective view.

Originally Posted by Shioban

neat tip

Thank you! I will try this later

I was one who couldn't get 1.0 to run even though I had a very high end machine. It caused me to quit the game(aside from the gameplay issues). But now I'm back with 2.0 and am enjoying it very much. One thing I can say is I'm sort of happy they made the character design more cartoony and less realistic. I think there is a balance you have to match before you get so realistic that the fantasy elements start to look fake. i.e. to me the realism of 1.0 was so great that instead of seeing character in a fantasy world, it looked more like people dressed up in a cos-play. It was immersion breaking I guess you could say.

i prefer to bring back the animations

Even FFXI supported custom RES textures but ARR No... is really disappointing. They MUST add in DX11.

Low RES textures = 512 x 512
Medium = 1024 x 1024
High = 2048 x 2048
Maximun = 4096 x 4096

Yes adding this option to pc, will cause the ps3/ps4 version looks terrible outdated but why the PC users HAVE deal with the consoles limitations?

The best example for the people see this. Go to Middle la noscea and close up the Vegetation there, that looks HORRIBLE not even reach 512 x 512 res texture.