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

[Loops]

I searched the thread and no one mentioned Gamma Correction.

A lot of people are having issues with the lighting on their characters. While I am not very happy with the actual model details and the seemingly Alpha state of the graphical update in the benchmark, you may be able to fix the lighting in the benchmark. In game you may have adjusted your gamma correction from the default 50 to lower. The Benchmark also defaults to 50, and you have to change it manually compared to in-game. If you think the lighting is especially bad and your character seems to glow or is "washed-out," please check the gamma and post.

Thank you for sharing, that fixes one of the issues I have! Unfortunately, my character still looks like a creepy Barbie because of how wet/plastic I look and how all of my features were rounded.

Updated slider comparison:
https://imgsli.com/MjU1NjA2

Updated base images:

EDIT: Please jump to this post for things I was mistaken about-

After a much closer examination of my character I have found that I was wrong, and there are fewer changes than I'd thought. I am not as upset as I was previously, but there are still definitely a couple of things that I think should be changed.

[Majestic_]

i'm pretty much happy with the changes. He looks a little more mature now
Gamma correction is at 20%
Before/After

[McHaggis]

[AirisRay]

When any light (any light at all) falls on her face, it seems that there is a thread stretched through her lips and cheeks that cuts into her face and creates this straight dent. And of course there is nothing like this on the old model of my character. I've seen opinions here that the character editor has bad lighting. No. This light is not bad at all for an old model. Yes, I understand that the lighting in the game has changed. But this new light also does not look bad for other races that don't have this dent. But I guess there's some way to change her face and get rid of that horrible hollow all over her cheeks? It's truly impossible to watch. She looks like a victim of a plastic surgeon.

To play like this... I don't want to exaggerate, but it will be extremely difficult. Because this defect is present not only in the character editor. It's perfectly visible in the benchmark itself. I can’t close my eyes in horror every time I see her face in cutscenes, in which the light is not always complimentary and we all know it.

I really hope, I don’t know what else to do if not hope, that this will be fixed.

UPD: It's also very visible here, in full comparison

[Thais]

I'm a bit less happy with the changes for my character, sadly. While I DO think the graphical update is a plus overall, there are some unfortunate issues with how some characters lost a bit of their charm. That said, my Midlander face 1 has a bit of an issue with overtweezing his eyebrows! It's a small nitpick but eyebrows do change the expression of a face significantly. However, I see other characters with a fantastic glow-up. So everyone's mileage will vary. I also wish the black hair was darker too, it'd help with some contrast. Though this is probably a limitation within the character creator to some degree. Still, I can get used to the changes.

[Roda]

I'm a bit less happy with the changes for my character, sadly. While I DO think the graphical update is a plus overall, there are some unfortunate issues with how some characters lost a bit of their charm. That said, my Midlander face 1 has a bit of an issue with overtweezing his eyebrows! It's a small nitpick but eyebrows do change the expression of a face significantly. However, I see other characters with a fantastic glow-up. So everyone's mileage will vary. I also wish the black hair was darker too, it'd help with some contrast. Though this is probably a limitation within the character creator to some degree. Still, I can get used to the changes.

Your dt character looks quite shocked! lmao

[Thais]

Your dt character looks quite shocked! lmao

He does, doesn't he! haha

I messed with the character creator a bit and changed his eyes to a slightly less shocked expression but them eyebrows still persist... XD

[GoatOfWar]

I'm a bit less happy with the changes for my character, sadly. While I DO think the graphical update is a plus overall, there are some unfortunate issues with how some characters lost a bit of their charm. That said, my Midlander face 1 has a bit of an issue with overtweezing his eyebrows! It's a small nitpick but eyebrows do change the expression of a face significantly. However, I see other characters with a fantastic glow-up. So everyone's mileage will vary. I also wish the black hair was darker too, it'd help with some contrast. Though this is probably a limitation within the character creator to some degree. Still, I can get used to the changes.

Old one looks better... Second one looks oily and shocked.

[Wasselin]

Yeah I think they need to do more work on the midlander male eyebrows and facial hair. Hopefully they can tweak it a bit. I thought my facial disappeared due to the light coloring, but even your looks a lot lighter.

My example with blond hair: https://imgur.com/a/VYjvbSW

[Thais]

Yeah I think they need to do more work on the midlander male eyebrows and facial hair. Hopefully they can tweak it a bit. I thought my facial disappeared due to the light coloring, but even your looks a lot lighter.

My example with blond hair: https://imgur.com/a/VYjvbSW

The eyebrows are the only thing I'm just sort of wincing at when it comes to certain Midlander male faces. It's the one thing that'll take time to get adjusted to although I certainly wouldn't complain if they did fix them!