WIll the character shadows get fix soon?

[Evangela]

It's look too rough and being the only issue in the graphic category, the only problem when I want to show the screenshot to my friends, alway make me scare if my friend will ask me "what's that garbage shadow?"

[viion]

Hmm I dont have this problem, my shadows are crisp and clean, you go it on highest?

[Grit]

It does look like garbage. And I'm sure they know what we're talking about..

The shadows that show up on your character model. Not the one projected on the ground.

Character shadows within the game need to be turned on for you to see this effect. And it is more noticeable while playing at low resolution.

Here's an example that was posted on Eorzeapedia:

http://img27.imageshack.us/i/98050058.png/

[Xatsh]

my shadow effects from my character look pretty good, at least as good as every other mmo out there.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

shadows are not that easy to make. Trust me on this.

[viion]

This is an old img:
http://viion.co.uk/upload/files/ffxi...5-01-55-95.jpg

But it looks fine to me, can see it sharp on her face, even the glasses have a little shade.

[Akumu]

My shadows don't look choppy like that but it does seem like just half of my body turns darker.. Then again maybe its just be the time of day when i notice it..

[Kilta_Firelotus]

no video game ever made has perfected shadows yet. Its not that easy to do since you need it to be casted from artifical lighting effects. All we see is a lens flare effect. Teamed with lighting effects. The one who said shadows are garbage with pic. Thats normal for any video actually if you look extremely close. Its a clipping thing. Since the shadows are just a layers on the character. Some times layers clip.

You try to make a shadow, I can tell ya this, it is not easy to do.

[Kittra]

I've had this same problem ever since the beta.

I realize this is a hardware issue and that not everyone gets it, but it seem for the people who do, it is impossible to simply change some settings and get it to go away.

This problem is a "major" source of stress for me since every single cutscene in the game that has "high" lighting casts these ugly shadows over my character and others as well.

I've gone through 5 different nVidia cards trying to fix it, changed the settings in the nVidia control panel, the FFXIV control panel, and still I cannot get these ugly lines off of my character.

Then when I go online I see screenshots and videos of people without the problem... It makes me want to throw my video card against the wall in frustration.

SE, I realize this is not the most pressing problem on your plate at the moment, but I humbly request that it be looked into at some time. Even if it means just listing the compatible hardware specs that do not experience this problem, that would help out enough so that we all know what "works."

[DoctorMog]

The shadows are that way because the geometry for the arm, legs, face and other areas include "flat" polygons. Those are not "round" like your mind thinks.

The Crystal engine can not shade them the way you are expecting because DX9 does not support it.

TLDR:
DirectX9 Limitations