Comparison of the cutscene ‘Parley on the Front Lines’ part #2 and #3, comprising the Ghimlyt Dark Negotiations cutscene.
Here’s my beloved Radiance in ULTRA 2K QHD 60FPS!
The new shader update makes him look a few years older and twice as insane, given the lighting and how his eyes pop with a brighter glow. Oh, we also have a canon reference in the game files for his eye color now as the baked diffuse is available through textools. Thanks Square!
I’m pretty sure they also added age spots to his texture, but didn’t bother upscaling it to any degree. An auto-conversion tool was used for Varis’s textures, and his skeleton does not have the new bones (which is why his facial movements are exactly the same as pre-7.0).
I have autism. 🙂
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This cutscene looks less dramatic with all the soft shadows
This lighting in their faces is cursed
Thank you for comparison
I myself can't play dt yet 😢
Besides… Is there a meaning in this without Zenos?
my nuts ache
He looks so weird without his inbuilt eyeshadow
wHErE fUnNy?
The lower DirectX version still makes the lighting shit.
At 2:39 on the left Merlwyb looks really serious and focused on the conversation,and on the right she looks high 😅
It's weird that the shadows were better before the update
Aww Varus…gone too soon. Yet he had to die so that Zenos could thrive!
while graphics have been improved, i feel like most of the scenes with darker shadows in Pre-DT look weird now. I hope they go back and fix the lighting in those scenes because new DT scenes look awesome just need to go back and readjust lighting on older content. And yeah, i also noticed how much Vari's eyes color pop out like LEDs lol
Pre-DT looked more CINEMA than DT.
New lighting here makes everyone look like plastic dolls
The new lighting graphical update was not meant for older cutscenes from older expansions but i've to say, in 21:59 that frame looks awsome.
~gasps and points at the tail~ Impure modder! /faints j/k
Such a dramatic difference in the lighting. It's great to be able to better see eyes and normalize light and shadow. Before DT looks so unnatural. Really strange to hear people saying they think the older was better.