Updated benchmark

[Irishfae]

It's so weird but across the races Face 4's seem to have taken the most dramatic changes. I can see it really clearly here on your au'ra that the whole head/face is squashed vertically by like 5%. My miqo has the same problem. T____T

I was seeing the exact same thing with female face 4s across races too. Very strange.

[programcanaan]

It's so weird but across the races Face 4's seem to have taken the most dramatic changes. I can see it really clearly here on your au'ra that the whole head/face is squashed vertically by like 5%. My miqo has the same problem. T____T

It's probably because they got to the face 4 types last... I do hope they polish them up to standard. Some of the 3s are affected as well.

[Kanemano]

The updated benchmark is harsh on Roegadyn. Above is Endwalker > Benchmark 1.0 > Benchmark 2.0

1.0 is impressively lifelike with softer shadows and what almost could be mistaken as sub-surface scattering and fleshy tones in the cheeks and nose cast shadows (looks like warm bounce light).

Benchmark 2.0's lighting is harsher with a stronger main light and no (or less pronounced) bounce light, resulting in harsher shadows and more angular features. Benchmark 2.0 is almost a step back toward Endwalker vs 1.0.

Beard texture is quite pixelated.




Some pretty bad clipping where the hair meets the beard. If following Endwalker, the beard should be over the hairline where they meet.

[LlymlaenGreene]

I am very glad that the developers took into account the feedback and made corrections. But I only want to speak out for my hyur 1 and I wish I was really happy with this change, but... I got the impression that they have their own artists for each race, and some races do look very similar to the original, and some, in this case I'm talking about hyur 1 and hyur in general, look completely different. It's like they're being created by a new artist, and *I'm not trying to offend developers and artists* he sees these changes and the character differently than the creator of the original race. And he changes the little details that end up changing our characters. I hope they will continue to make changes based on feedback and make us happy :3

[Shikhu]

With new lightning, Lalafell got a very visable neckseem, too. Please fix it.

[KonCarne]

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

[KonCarne]

Didn't your dad teach you about the birds and the bees? When it's our "special time", our heads pop off! Then, over a period of a few weeks, the head sprouts several new clones, and our body grows a new head.

My father never gave me the lala talk. I'm not ready for my head to pop off yet.

[Astronis]

I can't stop admiring the new iteration of eye reflections. Sclera vs cornea reflecting differently is making me so, so happy.

Anyhow, here's my WoL in chargen, live, benchmark 1.0, and A Benchmark Reborn. He seriously looks like he needed a very long nap and a couple showers in the middle there and I am glad he got them.


(Yes, his nose is different, and no, I don't care, his original nose looks too much like Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon got to him. The added polygons did my WoL good.)

[Cat1234567890]

I thought this would get addressed in the update, but since it hasn't I wanted to mention that male miqote face markings are much lower res in comparison to female ones. Aside from that, I'm loving the rest of the changes!