Character graphical changes are NOT in an acceptable state, please make it optional

[lunartears]

Honestly idk if anyone pointed it our, but scales on au ra look so... butchered. It's as if the were saved in JPEG and then cut out using magic wand. There are some weird artifacts and pixels here and there too..

Noticed some scale loss on F Au Ra, I haven't looked at the entire body yet but I'm sure there's some other instances.

[NanaWiloh]

Male viera here, and other then the fact I can't truly use the hair I want to in the benchmark (I mean I can, with the copy paste method, but its not updated). I quite like how my character looks, and how most looked when I played around with the creator.

What people have to keep in mind is that this is NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT.

If you notice clipping, or pieces of texture missing, POINT IT OUT. Remember when bun boys slouched like 50% more in the benchmark and they fixed it based on feedback? They still slouch of course but not nearly as bad as they did in the benchmark.

Right now they are going through their QA process, and this is frankly part of it. They aren't collecting your screenshots from the benchmark just because they want to reward people. They are collecting information to make sure their estimations on minimum and recommended requirements are accurate, or if they have to change them. The media tour will also be part of this, they will take feedback from the people that are a part of it. They obviously can't make MASSIVE changes at this point, but small things can be tweaked, if not in time for 7.0 itself, then for a hotfix or later patch.

But also... not everyone is going to be happy. Not everyone WAS happy with how it was before. I'm sure most of us will adjust soon enough.

Very on point, changes wont happen now. They will happen later down the road..

[Rueby]

I want to add the way some characters have a shine along their nose makes their skin look/seem oily/greasy/waxy which lends to that uncanny look..? I'm really puzzled, something doesn't look right to me if I compare people's pre/post benchmark pictures. Some lips feel like they got a lip job done; bulging outwards and plump???

Also giving characters defined Philtrum when there were none makes it look really strange. Adding matte where there was gloss...Adding gloss where there was none...

[vhsgod]

Okay, again, I know the benchmark is not 100 percent final and there are changes to be expected. But I did comparisons with my main (face 1 male Elezen) and the difference is drastic. DT graphics gives me a character that I don't recognize at all. The thinning of the eyebrows and lips makes this a whole new character. I do like that the nose they have is more angular, but that's about it.

I sincerely hope there will be an option to use the old graphics. I'm not sure if I'll be happy with the new graphics if this will end up being the final outcome.

Top is current graphics; bottom is benchmark.

[Gemina]

Okay, again, I know the benchmark is not 100 percent final and there are changes to be expected. But I did comparisons with my main (face 1 male Elezen) and the difference is drastic. DT graphics gives me a character that I don't recognize at all. The thinning of the eyebrows and lips makes this a whole new character. I do like that the nose they have is more angular, but that's about it.

I sincerely hope there will be an option to use the old graphics. I'm not sure if I'll be happy with the new graphics if this will end up being the final outcome. The only thing I like more in the Benchmark is the skin appears to have more texture, but the lighting and shading is horrendous. His ear also appears to have been stung by a bee. In both versions they also really need to work on how hair parts over the ears, and can hopefully get neckwear to contour better. It's very polygonal.

Top is current graphics; bottom is benchmark.

This is one where I see little to no improvement

[NanaWiloh]

Breasts are still low polly

As for textures, they were all upscaled with AI. So it will take a lot of time for humans to go trough everything that does not look right and manually fix.

It will be very awkward if modders will fix the issues faster

Modders will do faster cause for most its hobby not a job. Their not being told what they can and cannot work on.

[DiaDeem]

Besides racial traits (Keeper Fangs) and obvious visual bugs like Hair/Beard clipping, it's really hard for me to see the changes as anything other than a massive upgrade.

Sadly, it's not up to me to decide what people like or dislike for their own characters.
I don't think most people are complaining in bad faith, but I also don't know if people are just too attached to the PS3 look because how long it's been with us.

I guess I hope they can maybe tweak eye glow a bit to accentuate it, even if there's little light, and tweak dark skin tones a bit.

I said this before, and I need to stop posting because I'm just repeating myself, but I really just hope the best for everyone.

I know we all love our characters.

[hiedra]

Besides racial traits (Keeper Fangs) and obvious visual bugs like Hair/Beard clipping, it's really hard for me to see the changes as anything other than a massive upgrade.

Sadly, it's not up to me to decide what people like or dislike for their own characters.
I don't think most people are complaining in bad faith, but I also don't know if people are just too attached to the PS3 look because how long it's been with us.

I guess I hope they can maybe tweak eye glow a bit to accentuate it, even if there's little light, and tweak dark skin tones a bit.

I said this before, and I need to stop posting because I'm just repeating myself, but I really just hope the best for everyone.

I know we all love our characters.

I think it depends on what face you are using. For a lot of the female characters the changes are minimal.

But males have some faces with more distinct/harsher features and those features were lost to the update since the update made everything softer/smoother.

[DiaDeem]

But males have some faces with more distinct/harsher features and those features were lost to the update since the update made everything softer/smoother.

I really can't argue with that. I don't have a male character so I can't really speak for experience.

If anything, I'll agree with the general sentiment that a more liberal/artistic eye glow may go a long way in winning people over. Obviously eyes wouldn't reflect light from every angle, but we're still dealing with stylized graphics. It's ok to break the rules.

Other than that (and darkening some skin tones a bit)... I really don't know what they can do realistically. I love what they did, but not everyone else does.

[XorgateNia]

I would also agree that some changes completely change look of character and would either appreciate more customization to keep original look or have optional switch to new character models.