Begging for an arachnophobia filter

[Iscah]

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[Kohashi]

Because I am being reminded a lot of this being a long shot. I knew when I posted this it could well be. What would you suggest for a PS5 player to do in situations where they end up in places like weeping city or fell court.

You could leave the instance and abandon duty. It's not a big issue.

[freshavocado]

Replying to boost visibility.. im sorry OP honestly if its not a savage dungeon or has a dps check i don't mind if you stay behind n let others kill them ahead of u. I cant imagine how hard it is for you n i bet you tried all possible affordable solutions.

[Infindox]

Honestly for Weeping City I'd tell them why, then try to not look at the screen and determine when the fight ends. It's up to the healers if they actually want to keep you alive. Maybe try to move the camera so it views you close up in a corner so you can see the chat only, so you can keep an eye on it (I have no idea if your phobia also includes the sound as well)
Also tbh, all the dungeons that have them I'd just leave if they come up. Only thing you will have issues with is the DD, but I'd just be honest with the people you are playing with on that one.

[Alicat]

Ah thank you. I’m new to the forums so still finding my feet here.

[Alicat]

You could leave the instance and abandon duty. It's not a big issue.

It’s not just those listed the new deep dungeon supposedly has them. So I’m locked out of that effectively. Which is really sad as I like achievements and mounts.

[RedLolly]

Arachnophobia filters are becoming more common in games because of how common it is as a phobia.
I don't see any reason against it. It's just a toggle to switch models, right? I think having a few enemies and concepts that freak me out is good for immersion and horror but I also don't suffer from any phobia that put me into fight/ flight/freeze at the sight of it.

[Mikey_R]

It's just a toggle to switch models, right?

Not necessarily. If the enemy is using an animation to highlight where an attack is going to land, you would need to make sure the new model can account for that. If the new model doesn't have that limb, it will not show that tell. Depending on how the swap happens, it could cause issues in the code itself. Without knowing exactly how the game renders enemies, if the skeleton is embedded into the model, and you replace it the model and skeleton with one with less limbs, if the game calls for a limb to move and it doesn't exist, it could cause errors and all sorts of nonsense. If the model and skeleton are separate, it goes back to what I was saying before, where a tell might happen on a limb that doesn't and so you have no idea why you got hit.

It would mean you either need to make another model with the same characteristics so it can mimic all the same movements, which just puts you back to square one, or, you could have a special effect to mimic the 'phantom limb' to highlight what would otherwise be invisible, which is another special effect that needs to be made. Then there is, do you want the replacement model to follow the theming of the area still, or, do you not care that it sticks out like a sore thumb in most areas. Some people will not care, but others will.

I'm sure there are many other obstacles that might need to be considered and this isn't to say it shouldn't happen, but to say it is 'just a toggle to switch models', I feel, downplays that thought that is needed in the background before they even start to consider this as a possibility.

[FudoMyoo]

Knowing Square Enix . . . this won't happen.

Might as well pay some money and ask someone (modders) to reskin spiders into something else.

[Alicat]

Might as well pay some money and ask someone (modders) to reskin spiders into something else.

clearly haven’t read the og post. If I could use a mod only for this I would but I’m a PlayStation 5 player with not option to move to pc.

Yeah it’s a long shot in asking but as I’ve previously mentioned don’t ask don’t get still might not get but the idea is out there.