Benchmark/Graphics Update - Show your WoL's before and after

[Pip_Chick]

Since you claimed that people sharing their thoughts as I wrote in the original title was derailing the thread and are now derailing the thread - Are you going to post your character's before and after or not?

Of course, I just need to get home for that. Sorry for the derailment.

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Edit: Seems like I reached my post limit, oh well.
I'll just edit in the before/after here:

This one is not my main, because the cat-girl I use is a fancy placeholder until I can fanta in Dawntrail. But I can post my Alt bunny and my favourite retainer!

Bun bun Before:


Bun bun After:


I like her more now, her eyes are more sparkly, I love dynamic lighting in games, in the right light it looks really magical. I hated the static white dot, it looked like a toy's plastic eyes, not lively or fun. Very happy with the change, her eyelashes seem fuller, but at the same time softer. Her lip shape changed, but I can see that being done to make the animator's life easier. I hope we will get some nice animations from it. Overall happy with my bun.


Duskwight Before:


Duskwight After:


Unacceptable! It should NOT be legal to be this handsome!!! I mean he went from a 10/10 to an infinite/10. How is this even fair? I am so tempted to say bye to my bun from above just to make him my alt instead!

[Iscah]

I've gone into more detail in a post in the Au Ra feedback thread, but here are the comparison images I did of my character. I still need to do similar comparisons for my other characters - my Duskwight and Miqo'te were the others worst hit.


Specific core issues with this face are the exaggerated shadow under the eyebrow, changed shape of the eye itself and changed shape of the mouth which has altered a slight smile into a definite frown.





Relevant character settings:
Face 3
Jaw 4
Eyes 2
Iris L
No limbal rings
Brows 2
Nose 1
Mouth 1
"Other Features": cheek scales and thicker eyebrows turned on; extra eyeliner turned off.

And an attempt to photoshop the changes back:

[Iscah]

Another comparison and edit - I hope to get these done for all of my characters, but it takes a surprisingly long amount of time to get it sorted out.



Character settings:

Character settings:
Face 2
Skin 24,4
Hair 1,3
Jaw 4

EYES
Shape 4
Large irises
Colour 13,6
Eyebrows 4

EARS
Shape 3
Length 25

Nose 4
Mouth 4
No lip colour

Features: (4) scar on left cheek

Tattoos: (1) right
Colour: 19,8 (RGB 28,32,39)

Facepaint: none

Edited version:

[SamSmoot]

I don't really see much difference. Also, the only times I see my character's face that close is in cut scenes, and then I'm reading the text.
I'm more interested in finding out if the changes will result in FPS improvements.

[hexxxx]

There are lots of little details I'm ambivalent about, but I'm mostly satisfied.

[Iscah]

Character settings:

Face 4
Skin 9,7 (RGB 82,60,43)
Hair colour 17,8 (RGB 54,37,47)

Jaw 2

Eye shape 4
Small irises
Colour 6,7 (RGB 112,83,40) ----- benchmark: 4,7
Eyebrows 4

Nose 1
Mouth 1

No additional features

Cheek stripe tattoos
Colour 3,5 (RGB 179,167,133)

No facepaint

Edited version:

Only minor differences this time but it still affects the character.

[FlatLined]

Something is way off and it bothers me. He just feels so different in a wrong way....That or I am insane.

[OgruMogru]

Something is way off and it bothers me. He just feels so different in a wrong way....That or I am insane.

From an outside perspective he looks really good! I like the textures around the eyes and bridge of the nose but I can see that it does alter the overall shape of the nose - his nostrils are more defined as well and they look more flared. I think the shape of the chin jaw and cheekbones is really close tho! His eyes definitely look different too! I'm not saying this to diminish your feeling of uncertainty because the way you feel about your guy is what matters - I also think you got really lucky with the eyebrow facepaint because while the angle is a touch more severe [which i personally like] they don't seem to be floating unrealistically high up like they do on a lot of faces XD

[FlatLined]

I can see that it does alter the overall shape of the nose - his nostrils are more defined as well and they look more flared.

THATS IT! That is what's bothering me! the nose feels so different! I knew something was off but I just could not put my finger on it. Thank you for helping me find out what it was.

[Rikizza]

I looooove the graphics update. Imo every character here looks so much better. And mooncat get good lashes!!!!! Finally!!!
I have been sad about their lashes forever. Even contemplated changing to suncat just for the lashes.(but i couldnt do that bc mooncat is my love)