Graphics Update Discussion

[Mayhemmer]

Do we know if things like face paint options are also getting touched up? I would really hope so, because it's going to be very jarring on player faces if they aren't.

[CidHeiral]

If you have to squint to see the differences in what they've shown so far please schedule an appointment with your local optometrist immediately.

[Jeeqbit]

The differences include textures raising to 1080p (you know, how even in the latest custom delivery area, the textures in Labyrinthos have some pixelated areas). That itself is not anything special but it will remove a lot of the random low quality stuff that we see.

The material will look more realistic, more lights can be added to display more of what is already there, more objects can be added for detail (such as boxes, pipes and other detail), shadow rendering will be longer and shaders are being improved which is what will make one of the greatest impacts, because shaders are what make use of your GPU's modern capabilities.

It is pretty accurate to say that characters aren't changing much other than a slight shader improvement and 1080p textures and that's because they can't anticipate how many players will be in one area at the same time, so they have to change them with the assumption that a massive crowd of players is present with these changes (they showed in one of the developer panels a huge army of characters in their test environment). With everything else, such as the areas, they can set hard limits on how much they do certain things so that it doesn't exceed their Recommended specs. Other than that, they don't want to spoil the image you have of your character, so if they made it look realistic, you might be attached to how it currently looks.

So you're going to have to focus on improvements to things that aren't the player character in any future graphic updates tbh.

[Gemina]

I'm not sure how excited to be because I'll still be playing on PS4 come 7.0 and I am not sure if it will support the graphics update, and it's also difficult to justify the purchase of new hardware when I don't play much games outside XIV and the few I have for my Switch. However, I have thought about getting a PS5 for the short load in times alone. Load in times on PS4 are atrociously slow.

[Shougun]

I'm not sure how excited to be because I'll still be playing on PS4 come 7.0 and I am not sure if it will support the graphics update, and it's also difficult to justify the purchase of new hardware when I don't play much games outside XIV and the few I have for my Switch. However, I have thought about getting a PS5 for the short load in times alone. Load in times on PS4 are atrociously slow.

If you feel comfortable doing it I imagine you could upgrade the PS4 SSD for a few extra seconds, just googled it for the first link but it seems fair: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/upgrade...%20your%20SSD.

Fraction of the cost, though if you know you will get value out of the PS5 may as well.

[Gemina]

If you feel comfortable doing it I imagine you could upgrade the PS4 SSD for a few extra seconds, just googled it for the first link but it seems fair: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/upgrade...%20your%20SSD.

Fraction of the cost, though if you know you will get value out of the PS5 may as well.

Thanks! This is very helpful and I will definitely keep it in mind.

[PEANUT]

I'm not sure how excited to be because I'll still be playing on PS4 come 7.0 and I am not sure if it will support the graphics update, and it's also difficult to justify the purchase of new hardware when I don't play much games outside XIV and the few I have for my Switch. However, I have thought about getting a PS5 for the short load in times alone. Load in times on PS4 are atrociously slow.

I will say, when I upgraded to PS5, the UI switch alone on the PS5 from the PS4 is night and day. It's sooooo smooth and fast and beautiful, I was literally like "How they heck did I play on this potato of a console this long?!?" It's definitely worth the upgrade, especially since they revamped it and it's smaller now too and doesn't take up as much room You also have a lot of time to upgrade if you choose to since 7.0 doesn't come out till I think June of next year.

[mallleable]

I wonder if the crystal texture update will also apply to environments like the lvl 89 dungeon, or p9.

[PEANUT]

I wonder if the crystal texture update will also apply to environments like the lvl 89 dungeon, or p9.

True! I wonder if it'll apply to a major area like the Crystal Tower? That would REAAAALLY stand out incredibly if it does!