Viera Changes

[IndiXindehl]

Not sure if this is the place for it, but is anyone else running into an issue where the beauty mark turns into just a line? I'm also noticing that the eyeliner tattoo for this face (in red) isn't as clean-looking, or crooked somehow.

Overall I'm glad they've updated the clothing textures and hair, and the weird neck seam (in the first pic). But this face in particular now has some weird shadows along the cheeks/jaw, and my boy's eyebrows have nearly disappeared. Not sure how to feel about this update when it comes to Viera. I've been happy with all of my characters otherwise!

[IndiXindehl]

Not sure why my images aren't showing - The beauty mark for me shows up as just a small, straight line. It doesn't appear to be connected to any other facial feature, so I'm not sure what's causing the problem.

Here's a link in case pics still aren't working. https://imgur.com/gallery/pcXQPgB
I never post to the forum and this is why lol

[DiaDeem]

Not sure why my images aren't showing

You need to go to the three dots at the top right corner of your image (not the overall post), click and pick "Copy Link" and then add .png at the end.

Like so!

[IndiXindehl]

THANK YOU SM yes that's the beauty mark glitch i'm having!

[LastDream]

Crying, the journey really took its toll on my soul.
Why did my pupils shrink?

GIF : https://imgur.com/1Mcnzuz

[kuje]

I seem to have been hit with the reverse problem to that of many others': I find my character's eyelashes have been severely nerfed lol


Left side is the benchmark, right side is the in-game character creation. It was kinda shocking to see that the added lashes in the benchmark look sparser than if the character has no added lashes at all in the current build.


It persists through the character creation and into the benchmark proper. The dreaded dark half-moon of the eyes mitigates it, but the difference is still clearly there, at least to my eye. (Also somewhat visible in the left-side picture is the already well-documented weird in-shadow look, it kinda makes me feel like my GPU has broken and isn't rendering shadows properly. ETA: I should mention that the right-side in-game picture has some subtle gpose lighting in the shadows, since I took the picture mostly to compare the eyelashes. In terms of lighting, this definitely shouldn't be taken as a 1:1 comparison.)

I imagine this is at least partially a result of the new sharper textures, which would reduce the natural blending the more pixelated/blurry textures had. The same might apply to the eyebrow change, which was also pointed out earlier in the thread.

This eyeliner/eyelash thing is probably my main gripe with the benchmark's character graphics, since I really liked the ridiculously heavy eyeliner look. I can live with the benchmark version, but I'll sorely miss the softer look of the current build. It's truly a shame this graphics update has been so divisive, since I'm sure some people prefer the new lighter lashes in this specific instance, and many people prefer their updated character looks overall. A lot of these problems could probably be solved with a global makeup menu with more workable options than the face paints, so I'll hold out hope that something like that is in the works.

[DiaDeem]

I really don't know what to say. I'm delighted with how significant and huge the upgrade is.

My character has never looked better.




It's also hard for me because I think you guys have wonderful new buns.
Gale's in page one looks great, Declan, Nathaniel, Kira, Avi and Ackerman, and I also told Novarim in another thread.

Sadly, it doesn't matter how they look to me, but how they look to you guys, because it's your characters.

I can see a case being made for more significant eye glow, and darkening some skin tones a bit, but I honestly think SE did an amazing job with the update.

I don't know what else I can say.

[catjacket]

I really don't know what to say. I'm delighted with how significant and huge the upgrade is.

My character has never looked better.




It's also hard for me because I think you guys have wonderful new buns.
Gale's in page one looks great, Declan, Nathaniel, Kira, Avi and Ackerman, and I also told Novarim in another thread.

Sadly, it doesn't matter how they look to me, but how they look to you guys, because it's your characters.

I can see a case being made for more significant eye glow, and darkening some skin tones a bit, but I honestly think SE did an amazing job with the update.

I don't know what else I can say.

I'm really glad you like your bun in the new update! I honestly like how almost every other aspect of Declan looks in the update (especially when running the benchmark trailer) EXCEPT the removal/alteration of her hair highlights patterning. It's not a subtle change or something I can alter with something like gamma correction or any other client-side abilities, and is a significant change in her appearance that doesn't constitute a "graphical improvement" rather than a complete design change and is visible a mile away. Her braid and bangs highlights are really lovely to me and to have them wholesale deleted is pretty disappointing.

[DiaDeem]

EXCEPT the removal/alteration of her hair highlights patterning.

and is a significant change in her appearance that doesn't constitute a "graphical improvement" rather than a complete design change

That is true. I can see why the highlights are important to your character. I don't quite understand why change the pattern... Hoping that may be an old texture that slid into the benchmark?

Love your color combination btw, the dark skin and the bright green highlights look really nice.