Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Kaziek]

I don't recall people complaining specifically about shadows in the first benchmark - rather, the lighting in general was broken because it was making characters look translucent. At least, that was my primary issue with it.

This is what I recall as well. Unless I'm misremembering, the complaints about the first benchmark were more about changes to the models themselves and the weirdly waxy looking skin that almost seemed to glow, rather than the shadows. It's why I'm still confused about the radical changes that they made to them going into the second benchmark.