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

[justausername]

Okay. Reading through this thread is a trip and a half because I literally don't know what half of you are talking about...
Black hair is grey? I was literally asking myself why my character (with black hair) had so much darker hair in the bench mark then live game. His hair is PITCH BLACK, so dark I can't even see the detail of it.
Perhaps you should all check the settings you are using the benchmark. Check your gamma. It's probably way off from your game settings. A lot of you would probably be a lot happier if you imported your settings directly from the live game, gamma and all, in regards to the already existing settings.
I also commented about how much more life was in my character's eyes now, and how much more expression he had in the race specific emotes in the creator. Male viera look bored and dead in the live game, but in the benchmark they actually look like they FEEL something.

It's not perfect and yes there are issues with some textures they need to fix. But some of you do really need to take a step back and double check your settings.

90% of the 'my character looks like a different person' I'm seeing, they literally look like the exact same picture, or lighting position is causing all the issues they are pointing out. I get it, you're emotional about your characters, but take a step back, take a deep breath and reallllly look at it and think about it. Some of you, yeah okay... there are rare cases where WTF happened? but most of them are really not that different.

[decomposer]

Okay. Reading through this thread is a trip and a half because I literally don't know what half of you are talking about...
Black hair is grey? I was literally asking myself why my character (with black hair) had so much darker hair in the bench mark then live game. His hair is PITCH BLACK, so dark I can't even see the detail of it.
Perhaps you should all check the settings you are using the benchmark. Check your gamma.

I'm not replying to argue, but to show you that my characters with black hair no longer have black hair. My settings are the exact same. I have included color swatches, and the swatches are picked from the same place. I think it's quite obvious that the hair has been lightened. This was also an issue with black hair in Baldur's Gate 3 ; it's not uncommon in these newer "realistic" takes on hair despite not being realistic at all.



I am genuinely happy for those who experienced the exact opposite of me! In some cases, I have seen skintones darken rather than lighten, and in others I have seen hair darken rather than lighten. It seems very hit or miss.

[CidHeiral]

I'm not replying to argue, but to show you that my characters with black hair no longer have black hair.

You're definitely correct that it looks lighter. Not sure if that's the actual color or just the new lighting playing off of it.

Personally I always use black hair and I really like the change there. In the retail version black hair is often just a big black glob unless you put highlights in it. In the benchmark you can have fully black hair and still make out all the details.