Character Texture update

AllenaNightWood · June 12

@ZOS_Kevin i know the zones are getting updates to textures and appearance is it possible to have the DEVS look at doing that to character models to specifically lower res stuff like hands and feet

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · June 12

And why are hands so big? They look like hands wearing gloves made of hands!

SkaiFaith · June 13

Also, I would love for in-game characters to look like they appear on character selection screen, but my understanding is that as soon as you are playing the quality of the models drops.

NoticeMeArkay · June 13

SkaiFaith wrote: »

Also, I would love for in-game characters to look like they appear on character selection screen, but my understanding is that as soon as you are playing the quality of the models drops.

It's not the model changing, it's the light of the environment that makes your character look different. Your character model looks exactly as you set up the sliders, but the relation between shadow and light on your characters face will differ in the open world to an enclosed space with specifically setup neutral light.

Thorncrypt · June 13

AllenaNightWood wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin i know the zones are getting updates to textures and appearance is it possible to have the DEVS look at doing that to character models to specifically lower res stuff like hands and feet

+1

the better the characters look the more outfits you can sell on the cash shop. everyone wins.

WuffyCerulei · June 13

Yeeeeaaaaah the character creation graphics are over 10 years old. They were like that in Beta too. Definitely the time to refresh the CC with better textures and models. I assure you, ZOS, that some more polygons on player characters won't kill the game.

karthrag_inak · June 13

BUT BUT BUT ... ESO must remain compatible with Ye Olde SteamBoxe Gaming Console! There are, perhaps, 7 or 8, retired elementary school teachers who still game on it, along with playing Tetris and attempting to balance their check book.

Elsonso · June 13

karthrag_inak wrote: »

BUT BUT BUT ... ESO must remain compatible with Ye Olde SteamBoxe Gaming Console! There are, perhaps, 7 or 8, retired elementary school teachers who still game on it, along with playing Tetris and attempting to balance their check book.

Hey! I am not retired, or an elementary school teacher, and I don't play Tetris, and what's a check book?

My PS4 wishes to have words with you. However, I ask that you wait until it boots. Please be patient.

ArchMikem · June 13

karthrag_inak wrote: »

BUT BUT BUT ... ESO must remain compatible with Ye Olde SteamBoxe Gaming Console! There are, perhaps, 7 or 8, retired elementary school teachers who still game on it, along with playing Tetris and attempting to balance their check book.

I want to be considerate.

But I also want them to drop support for the base Xbox One and PS4 models by this point.

Gaebriel0410 · June 13

Updates are always good! Though I think the models still look pretty nice. Admittedly I use a subtle shader that slightly lessens the yellow-ish bloom (probably not actually bloom but I don't know what it's called), which brings out the textures much better.

I think the animations need updates instead, they often look stiff. I read somewhere that they were actually working on that, so hopefully in the future.

The character creator needs some updates though! In addition to different lighting previews, it would be nice if you could preview your unlocked collectibles (hair styles, makeup, tattoos, etc.) on them!

Nothing more annoying than having to screenshot your sliders every time when making a character, to avoid redoing everything again once you find out the hairstyle you imagined looked good, looks terrible because the eyes look too high with a fringe, or something.

Speaking of sliders, it would be nice if they were numbered, and for the triangle sliders to show the XY position.

tomofhyrule · June 13

I don't have a problem with the character models as they are.

But let's remember: the 'retexture' of the old Redguard armor. The 'retexture' of the old UI. ZOS certainly has a habit of 'retexturing' things to make them look completely different.

Also the one thing I'll point out is Ithelia - she was designed with a more detailed model than the current characters, and as a result fell right into the Uncanny Valley since she didn't fit into the game anymore. If you update the characters without updating everything/i] else, then our characters will no longer visually fit into the game... and "oh, just update literally everything!" is essentially saying "can we get ESO2?"

The_Meathead · June 13

I don't say this to be contrarian, but sometimes it's best to just appreciate what we have - because it can always get worse.

The_Meathead · June 13

Gaebriel0410 wrote: »

Speaking of sliders, it would be nice if they were numbered, and for the triangle sliders to show the XY position.

I'd love to be able to save our sliders to some in-game folder but just numbering them clearly would be a very nice help.

LunaFlora · June 13

i like how my characters look and i do not want them to be changed by an update.

expanded sliders would be nice though, so i can make my characters less skinny.

Danikat · June 13

I'm fine with the character models, and as other people have said concerned that an "upgrade" would also mean some form of redesign that would make at least some characters worse.

Two examples I've used before are: someone who had to push sliders to the maximum to get the look they wanted, then finds the upgrade has increased the available range of those sliders, so now their character looks wildly distorted, and someone who wants their character to have hard features getting an increased polygon count (a commonly requested form of upgrade) which softens all those hard edges and makes their character look nothing like they intended.

If they did it I think they need to give everyone a free appearence change token for each character to enable them to make any necessary corrections to the "improved" model.

But honestly I've never seen a game which forced changes on characters appearence after they were created which was well recieved. Even Pokemon Go had people quit because their characters were ruined forever and it was hardly known for great character customisation before then.

bmnoble · June 13

Just think of all the appearance change tokens they can sell when they screw everyone's characters looks up, sure they might give us one or maybe 3 tokens as compensation, which does next to nothing for those of us with anywhere up to 20 characters.

TheMajority · June 14

I'd leave this game if they change my chars. Too many games do this and new models are always souless and look like plastic. NO THANKS.

cmetzger93 · June 14

I just wish they would finally fix balding but distinguished hairstyle. It's has visible polygons and is hard to look at

Elsonso · June 14

LunaFlora wrote: »

i like how my characters look and i do not want them to be changed by an update.

I don't expect the character models or textures will ever be changed. The Boob-Window debacle that was part of Update 6, for historical context.

Pixiepumpkin · June 14

cmetzger93 wrote: »

I just wish they would finally fix balding but distinguished hairstyle. It's has visible polygons and is hard to look at

Ya, this one always pains me because there are other "bald" hairstyles that have a smoother round head. I have worked in 3D software in the past, it's not a hard thing to swap out and I highly doubt the increase in polygons is going to crash consoles.

cmetzger93 · June 14

Pixiepumpkin wrote: »

cmetzger93 wrote: »

I just wish they would finally fix balding but distinguished hairstyle. It's has visible polygons and is hard to look at

Ya, this one always pains me because there are other "bald" hairstyles that have a smoother round head. I have worked in 3D software in the past, it's not a hard thing to swap out and I highly doubt the increase in polygons is going to crash consoles.

Exactly! Regular bald doesnt have the visible triangles. @ZOS_Kevin can you pass this on to be looked at? We've been waiting for 11 years

noblecron · June 14

I'm on the fence if I want a character model update

FF14 did this and it did not go well and a lot of characters where changed appearance wise

Pixiepumpkin · June 14

Character texture/resolution updates would be great, but it will never happen.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · June 15

I would be happy with if they just removed the sharp angles from male characters chests. They got sharp polygon angles on their pecs!