Thread: 7.0 Graphical Update - Female Highlander Face 2 - Multiple Eye Issues

May as well repost my comparison here and talk about the issues I have with the benchmark.



Quick disclaimer; I used the default gamma setting on benchmark and 0 on live, so the duller shadows on benchmark are a result of a different setting.

For the eyes (thanks Aimed for pointing this out), I normally use eye shape 3, but would likely swap to 4 because I thought the shape looked... off. I'd like to see the shape reverted to be closer to the live version, the benchmark version makes my character somehow look tired and done with life (although the lack of the eye shine contributes most to that). The other thing about the eyes that annoy me is the added eyeliner, most prominent in the second image. I prefer my character with little makeup, using only the eyeshadow face paint, so the eyeliner feels very off, the eyeshadow in the top image is also different in the benchmark as I thought it made it look closer to live.

The skin is also very, very translucent, the subsurface scattering is too strong and doesn't react very well with light, especially backlit in the second comparison. It ends up looking very waxy and dulls the skintone.

The lips are also a victim of that dullness and the colour appears desaturated. The lack of a gloss when backlit is also disappointing.

The second image also very subtly shows a nasolabial fold. It's not super prominent in most lighting, but the backlighting does show the curve where one realistically appears and it makes my character look older.

I'm hoping the updated benchmark will fix the lighting issues, the SSS looks good in the benchmark proper and doesn't look anywhere near as waxy, but I think the eye shape needs to be tweaked, eyeliner needs removing, lips need more gloss, and more prominent eye shine to not look so dead or tired.