Updated benchmark

[FrechDax]

i dont like the new benchmarkt tbh.
the shadows are a complete mess. looking at the hair shadow on the neck. left one looks so smooth and the right one almost unhealthy.
left is 1.0 and right 1.1

[Wildsprite]

i dont like the new benchmarkt tbh.
the shadows are a complete mess. looking at the hair shadow on the neck. left one looks so smooth and the right one almost unhealthy.
left is 1.0 and right 1.1

check your settings, under graphics 3. under shadow quality. for me "Use low-detail models on character shadows. (LOD) was set on, I turned it off and the hair shadows improved a lot. please let us know if it fixes that for you or not.

[FrechDax]

check your settings, under graphics 3. under shadow quality. for me "Use low-detail models on character shadows. (LOD) was set on, I turned it off and the hair shadows improved a lot. please let us know if it fixes that for you or not.

i unchecked both LOD options and nothing has changed. it still looks low quality. on my picture both benchmarks have the exact same settings with LOD checked

[smitten_miquitten]

My WoL's eyebrows turned from white to grey. On the whole the changes are good but that's pretty jarring.

[BeoCat]

i dont like the new benchmarkt tbh.
the shadows are a complete mess. looking at the hair shadow on the neck. left one looks so smooth and the right one almost unhealthy.
left is 1.0 and right 1.1

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to post this one here as well.

Remember that if your game looks like the one on the right, stop providing feedback! You're doing us all a favor.

[FrechDax]

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to post this one here as well.

Remember that if your game looks like the one on the right, stop providing feedback! You're doing us all a favor.

excuse me? that has nothing to do with my case. there is no extra software used! stop having a false assumption instead!

[BeoCat]

excuse me? that has nothing to do with my case. there is no extra software used! stop having a false assumption instead!

Oh i wasn't accusing you of anything, it was targeted towards specific feedback that changed shadows from 1.0 to 1.1.

[Angelivia]

i dont like the new benchmarkt tbh.
the shadows are a complete mess. looking at the hair shadow on the neck. left one looks so smooth and the right one almost unhealthy.
left is 1.0 and right 1.1

That's exactly my issue, too. When the benchmark first came out, I didn't understand why people bemoaned the new lightning/shadows since I was very much pleased with the softened out look. But too many were complaining about how stark contrasts and low poly edges are missing and that the smoothing over took away their "charm points" and "sharp features" even though it was nothing of the sort but only an evidence for poor graphics. I could hold a flashlight under my face and it would have the same effect and I couldn't fathom that some were seriously preferring that over the way improved and more natural results.

The strong shadows were the reason why I set character lightning up to 50. Before the benchmark update I had hoped I could turn it off again because character models were now only reflected by environmental light - which was just perfect and beautiful - but in the end SE heeded the cryout and brought back artificial light to cast these exaggerated shadows... A pity.