Updated benchmark

[Rugno]

Unfortunately viera is low priority for Square enix; or that's the impression I always get. Let's hope they fix it. You're gonna have to spam the change you want in some of these threads.

Suppose I shouldn't be surprised, given that the race was a begrudging concession to begin with. Still is frustrating to know that, though your issues are just as legitimate, the character you play is always going to be a lower priority than something like a Miqote or Au'ra. (No hate to those players, mind. I'm happy that they're getting the changes they need) But please, I beg of you, a crumb of love. I'm going to have to tell people that a run-in with temple bees went south during a qarn run.

[Kartoshka]

My character nose ridge looks a lot more narrow now. It wasn't so noticable in previous bencmark. There are gaps between scales and face itself and i think it's causing these weird shadows to appear.


There are also a couple of minor complaints. Eyebrows are more upturned and eyelashes are not so bright as before. Limbal rings overpower eye color.
Face shape overall has become oval. Before it was more angular. Mouth corners are different and becаuse of that mouth looks more narrow.



I highlighted all changes that I think are noticeable



Face - 1, Jaw - 2, Eye shape - 2, Eyebrows - 5, Nose - 4, Mouth - 2

[Kacho_Nacho]

At first, Kacho's features seemed off and his eyes were soulless black pits.

Then, I realized that the Benchmark has a fisheye lens effect when you zoom in and the harsh lighting was casting very dark shadows over the top of his eyes. So, I zoomed out.



There's my boy!

So, overlooking my brief moment of panic, I think the devs did a great job on plainsfolk lalafell and I like how Kacho looks. Anyone who knows me in game would recognize my character instantly.

The only thing I found off was the hair. Now, it looks great close up. It's a definite improvement.

But, when you zoom out, it gains this weird appearance. It's like someone opened a screenshot of my character in Photoshop and used the smudge tool to blend the hair. I'm not sure if that's caused by the Benchmark or if that's a issue with the actual hair texture CBU3 is using.

[GrizzlyTank]

Am i allowed to call the eyes too "detailed" now?

Old ones were kinda clean, sharp and cartoony. New ones are somewhat foggy and with the lighting it's clear that theyre these gooy veiny orbs in our head.

[Alleoth]

Please clean up Fem Highlander's cheeks on face1 and face2. It looks like someone spit on their faces with dirt.

[OliverQ]

I still think I like my current hot Middy better than the new benchmark. It depends on the picture and lighting. Some look really bad in the new one, some look decent.

[Windfire]

It really bugs me that the lower chin scales aren't even attached.

[Ath192]

Im going to post this here too, more centralized on the general topic.

The transition in this hair is WAY too big, as you zoom in things become more defined, I understand that for saving resources, however, with this hair the difference is TOO big, I would make the zoomed out hair a bit more defined than this because I actually do enjoy this style a lot and it won't look as good like this.

Barely zoomed out:


Barely zoomed in:

[Kacho_Nacho]

Im going to post this here too, more centralized on the general topic.

The transition in this hair is WAY too big, as you zoom in things become more defined, I understand that for saving resources, however, with this hair the difference is TOO big, I would make the zoomed out hair a bit more defined than this because I actually do enjoy this style a lot and it won't look as good like this.

Barely zoomed out:


Barely zoomed in:

Ah, it wasn't just on the lalafell hair. Everyone's goes from slightly oversharpened to a smudged blob with little change in zoom.

Maybe an issue with the resolution chosen for the texture map?

Is it just me or do lalafell have a weird line around their neck like their head is detachable?

Didn't your dad teach you about the birds and the bees? When it's our "special time", we dig deep in the dirt to make a burrow and fall into a deep hibernation.

When the time is right, our heads pop off, and over a period of a few months, the discarded head sprouts several new clones, while our body grows a new head. When the process is completed, we all spring up from the earth as a new generation of lalafell with all the knowledge of the original mother brain in ours.