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ATTENTION: This is NOT ok! Watered down textures!
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Xenuria
#1 - 2011-11-29 22:23:42 UTC
Before
After

Disclaimer: Both images above were taken on the same computer with the same hardware and the same graphical settings the nature of which was configured to the highest setting.

The evidence indicates that CCP has watered down the textures of the character model and made the lighting more dare I say "anime" then "EVE is Real guis".

I am NOT ok with this!

The makeup also looks less solid and more airbrushy going alone with the "anime" look that CCP seems to be gearing towards.

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Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2011-11-29 22:27:06 UTC
You have to wait several hours before a new portrait gets a high resolution render from the render server. You know this, right?
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#3 - 2011-11-29 22:27:11 UTC
The patch reset the character graphics.

If you haven't yet, reset them back to high in your ESC menu.

I did and the characters look 100 times better. Lighting has improved, skin tones are softer.

In all, I like it.

Mr Epeen Cool
Arthur Frayn
V.O.F.L IRON CORE
#4 - 2011-11-29 22:28:18 UTC
Looks like you widened the eyes a bit and changed their colour along with the makeup, then blamed CCP for it.
Cat Casidy
Percussive Diplomacy
No Forks Given
#5 - 2011-11-29 22:28:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Cat Casidy
uhmm...those aren't even the same characters

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#6 - 2011-11-29 22:29:29 UTC
If I were to guess, the “before” is the cached image from the server render; the “after” image is your local render just after a recustomisation, and thus done at lower quality by your computer.

Wait for the server render to finish and then compare, because chances are that, no, they are not rendered by the same hardware.
Kietay Ayari
Caldari State
#7 - 2011-11-29 22:30:24 UTC
This is normal. It happened to me before too. Every time you edit your character and take a new photo it appears really low quality with no AA. After a few days something happens and it will return to normal. Trust me!

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Xenuria
#8 - 2011-11-29 22:30:36 UTC
Resetting Graphics settings results in only the hair rendering..

I am a floating hair cut...

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Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#9 - 2011-11-29 22:30:53 UTC
And to think I had avoided your posts this long.

YOu actually put a disclaimer in your post Lol

Well, to join in.

Burn Them! Burn Them All!!!!



Slade
Mara Tessidar
Perkone
Caldari State
#10 - 2011-11-29 22:31:48 UTC
Unfortunately no amount of graphic rendering will fix your avatar or your "I'm an omniscient spymaster who's infiltrated everywhere wololol" problem.
Xenuria
#11 - 2011-11-29 22:35:18 UTC
Kietay Ayari wrote:
This is normal. It happened to me before too. Every time you edit your character and take a new photo it appears really low quality with no AA. After a few days something happens and it will return to normal. Trust me!


With the older build before today I had a much higher "local" render then I do now.

The lighting looks really glazy and the skin looks really ms paint and not so much omfg super real as it was before. I am right to be concerned...

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Kietay Ayari
Caldari State
#12 - 2011-11-29 22:44:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Kietay Ayari
How did I double post 3 posts down from my first one o_O

Second Edit: Why does it matter if the local render is worse? You only have to see it for a day or two. The final product will actually be improved!

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Xenuria
#13 - 2011-11-29 22:48:16 UTC
Is this a function of the new expansion pack or not? I don't remember there being any noticeable difference in quality between my local render and the server side. This is the first time I ever had any "quality" issues with character creation in eve. Normally the only issues I encountered were texture glitches.

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Ospie
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2011-11-29 22:49:10 UTC
Some of the local renders work out better than others, that's my own experience.

I'm not sure about the lighting in the avatar edittor, but the lighting in CQ is far superior to pre-crucible and we actually have specularity now, the combination of which makes our characters seem a lot less flat.

I dunno where you're getting anime look from... Maybe if your character were placed in a more interesting pose you'd find it looking a bit less boring (protip).
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#15 - 2011-11-29 23:26:24 UTC
Here's how it looks in my station.

Too sexy

You'd kill for this body
Xenuria
#16 - 2011-11-30 03:03:42 UTC
GREAT... Now look at my avatar..

Are you gonna ******* tell me that **** is natural?

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Asuri Kinnes
Perkone
Caldari State
#17 - 2011-11-30 03:10:54 UTC
Xenuria wrote:
GREAT... Now look at my avatar..

Are you gonna ******* tell me that **** is natural?

Birthmark?

Bob is the god of Wormholes.

That's all you need to know.
Xenuria
#18 - 2011-11-30 03:13:50 UTC
Not Funny..

This
Is
Not
Ok

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#19 - 2011-11-30 03:14:15 UTC
Scarf?

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#20 - 2011-11-30 03:14:36 UTC
I know its ccp trolling.

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