Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Rehayem]

Multibillion dollar company at work. What a joke.

[Doopliss]

Oh... In general I really, really was trying to be optimistic about this; but this is the amount of changes they're able to get done within a four month frame...? Admittedly I'm feeling kind of hopeless now.

I'm too tired to take screenshots, but a lot of characters I posted here with less popular faces are essentially unchanged entirely. My Face 2 ♀ Midlander didn't have her upturned eye-shape corrected at all. There was zero lip shape adjustment done to my Face 4 ♂ Midlander. My ♀ Viera still has holes in her hair. Face 2 ♀ Au Ra also seems to have had no lip adjustment done yet again (maybe it's insanely subtle like the Face 1 ♀ Midlander one? I don't know). The mapping for my Face 4 ♀ Roegadyn still feels really, REALLY wonky; there's a ton of random lines on her face that light still hits in unflattering, unnatural ways that didn't exist before, and the area near her eyes are still way too dark (I know they said face mapping stuff is happening in 7.2, so maybe I can remain hopeful for that). My Face 3 ♂ Au Ra still has a different lip shape and lips that are too dark.

My Face 1 ♀ Highlander still has her hair and (again, baked-in) makeup looking like this in most lighting, against her skin tone.

And if I'm being completely vulnerable and honest here, this one actually makes me want to cry at this point, now that I'm feeling less hopeful. I really want to play on her again... I was hoping this change was simple enough that I could in this patch...

[MaxL]

I think I found out why hair shading seems so inconsistent from place to place. You can easily reproduce this using GPose.



Seriously, what is going on here? It's like half of its shading contribution is a uniform term.

Happy to report that this is fixed! Awesome!

Can't really spot any changes on roes though. I feel like the ash nose might be darker again, but I forgot to take clear before/after pics, so someone else should confirm.

[Doopliss]

Happy to report that this is fixed! Awesome!

Can't really spot any changes on roes though. I feel like the ash nose might be darker again, but I forgot to take clear before/after pics, so someone else should confirm.

Oh, I will add that I'm really happy to see that this is fixed, at least... I was noticing that several of my characters' hair colors looked less affected by the blue in the character selection screen.

[ShiroLialeth]

I’m also really happy they didn’t change anything as I’ve gotten really used to my DT look. Agree that it would be better to have new options instead of tweaking the old ones too much.

[Argantaelle]

Well, after 4.5 months of waiting, I got nothing. Nothing has changed for my character. I'd like to ask if there are going to be any changes at all. How long have I to wait? More 4.5 months? Or maybe till 8.0? Maybe for the next 10 years, when Mr. Yoshida decides that another graphical update is necessary?

None of the issues with male Au Ra faces after the glorious "graphical update" have been addressed. Let's repeat it all over again.

1. Hair.
The black hair still has random spots of blue on it. This hasn't been corrected.

2. Eyebrows.
The eyebrows haven't been adjusted (face 2).

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3. Lines under the eyebrows (face 2).
This also hasn't been changed.

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All types of eyebrows have the same sharp lines under them in certain surroundings.

4. Light-haired eyebrows (all faces).
They are still transparent.

face 1

face 4

5. Eyes (face 2).
The eyes are still the same.

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6. Iris (all faces).
The iris still looks as if it has been corroded by acid, and the pupils blend in with the dark surroundings.

The pupils of the 4th face are still almost covered with the upper eyelids.

Full-face

7. Mouth (all faces).
And, of course, the mouth, the worst culprit. It hasn't changed at all.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6497195

8. Scales (Raen).
Even if Mr. Yoshida promised in his feedback to players' feedback that Raen scales are going to get better, they are as dirty as they have been at the start of Dawntrail.

9. Where has the bright blue Raen tongue disappeared?

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It's all extremely sad and hilarious. Gods, I was so worried that the 7.1 patch would ruin something, but I didn't expect that the patch would change nothing at all, haha.

[Tsumdere]

They removed male Duskwight dark circles.
Thank you thank you thank you!

*will update with photos later*

[Jangles]

So looking around at NPCs and other player characters, all the miqote seem to have enlarged lips in this patch for some reason? I've also seen some female midlanders were hit by the issue too.

[FateweaverAlpha]

I'll be back with other images later as I have IRL stuff to take care of but uhhh this is not better... His skin is even MORE shiny than it was in the past update and I still see eye bags and puffiness.

[Rin_Sato]

The issue is with the new eyebrow shape itself, for all Face 2 brow options. The "eyebrow" face paint not lining up is a side effect of this, but not the root problem, so I'd focus on pictures of the eyebrow shape before/after 7.0 and how different they are.

Is that how it comes off? I shall take this into account for sure the next time I make a post, should this one also be rejected for "insufficient information". Thank you for your observation and suggestion.