Coloured Dyes Removing: 'Shader effect'

[Camate]

Greetings,

We checked with the Graphics team to see if there was anything shady going on regarding this, and they wanted us to pass along their reasoning as to why the appearance of gear changes after being dyed.

Metal equipment was created to have an enamel-like look to it when it is dyed, just like if you painted something metallic in real life. Similarly, cloth equipment was also designed to function the same way as real life, so the texture changes when it is dyed because the cloth is soaking up the dye.

As both types of equipment were created like this intentionally, the team does not have any plans to change the textures.

[Razzle]

If it looks more realstic then sure! not like i noticed anything... lol

[Naunet]

I'll just put it out there that I think your graphics team chose a really weird feature to try and make realistic. I don't think it's that unreasonable in a video game to want metal to look like metal, regardless of color.

[Shioban]

Greetings,

We checked with the Graphics team to see if there was anything shady going on regarding this, and they wanted us to pass along their reasoning as to why the appearance of gear changes after being dyed.

Metal equipment was created to have an enamel-like look to it when it is dyed, just like if you painted something metallic in real life. Similarly, cloth equipment was also designed to function the same way as real life, so the texture changes when it is dyed because the cloth is soaking up the dye.

As both types of equipment were created like this intentionally, the team does not have any plans to change the textures.

That really is a shame that they'd be so finicky about something like that, seems like a total waste of the shader effects that are there in the first place ;--;.

Ah well...

[Knives]

Greetings,

We checked with the Graphics team to see if there was anything shady going on regarding this, and they wanted us to pass along their reasoning as to why the appearance of gear changes after being dyed.

Metal equipment was created to have an enamel-like look to it when it is dyed, just like if you painted something metallic in real life. Similarly, cloth equipment was also designed to function the same way as real life, so the texture changes when it is dyed because the cloth is soaking up the dye.

As both types of equipment were created like this intentionally, the team does not have any plans to change the textures.

Well, that is awful...

[Roris]

So why not add an option on the dye screen to select the type of finish you wish to give to gear after it's dyed like matte, metallic, etc.? More options are always great, or if you want to go with the overcomplicated and more work/timesink involved route add recipes to craft metallic dyes and what not.

[Nutz]

Greetings,

We checked with the Graphics team to see if there was anything shady going on regarding this, and they wanted us to pass along their reasoning as to why the appearance of gear changes after being dyed.

Metal equipment was created to have an enamel-like look to it when it is dyed, just like if you painted something metallic in real life. Similarly, cloth equipment was also designed to function the same way as real life, so the texture changes when it is dyed because the cloth is soaking up the dye.

As both types of equipment were created like this intentionally, the team does not have any plans to change the textures.

No offense to the team, but I think there's a pretty big consensus that the extra effort to make dyed equipment look different from undyed in aspects other than color was wasted. I suppose I can see where they were going with it, but it's an odd stance to take considering the real world impossibilities of repeatedly dying something or using the same dyes on any material you come across, even steel. Keeping the look of the shader the same should be easier than what they are currently doing and would produce results that I think most of the player base would find more appealing.

[Giantbane]

Greetings,

We checked with the Graphics team to see if there was anything shady going on regarding this, and they wanted us to pass along their reasoning as to why the appearance of gear changes after being dyed.

Metal equipment was created to have an enamel-like look to it when it is dyed, just like if you painted something metallic in real life. Similarly, cloth equipment was also designed to function the same way as real life, so the texture changes when it is dyed because the cloth is soaking up the dye.

As both types of equipment were created like this intentionally, the team does not have any plans to change the textures.

You should tell your graphics team that this is a stupid "feature"

[Kule]

Greetings,

We checked with the Graphics team to see if there was anything shady going on regarding this, and they wanted us to pass along their reasoning as to why the appearance of gear changes after being dyed.

Metal equipment was created to have an enamel-like look to it when it is dyed, just like if you painted something metallic in real life. Similarly, cloth equipment was also designed to function the same way as real life, so the texture changes when it is dyed because the cloth is soaking up the dye.

As both types of equipment were created like this intentionally, the team does not have any plans to change the textures.

Add a gloss item to the game so people can get the shiny look back. Problem solved and the art team can keep their rationale intact.

[Knives]

So why not add an option on the dye screen to select the type of finish you wish to give to gear after it's dyed like matte, metallic, etc.?More options are always great, or if you want to go with the overcomplicated and more work/timesink involved route add recipes to craft metallic dyes and what not.

Seconded, this would be an amazing idea! I find the current "enamel" coating to look pretty shoddy on pretty much all equipment, but other people might feel different. I would prefer the first idea personally, but having another style of dyes that are slightly more complex to make while adding a shiny look would also do the justice of granting crafters a bit more relevance! LvL 50 metallic-dye recipes... I think it's well worth bringing this to the devs.