From the post Shadowbringers MSQ. (SPOILERS?) Some changes were made in 7.1, most notable is the glow is back in the crystals. Seems to me antialiasing is now doing its job on the floor, most of time. G’raha’s and Alisaie’s outfits seem to have been updated. The pixelated textures seem to have been changed in some places. G’raha’s nose has been changed a bit. I think the lighting is better overall.
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From the post Shadowbringers MSQ. (SPOILERS?) Some changes were made in 7.1, most notable is the glow is back in the crystals. Seems to me antialiasing is now doing its job on the floor, most of time. G'raha's and Alisaie's outfits seem to have been updated. The pixelated textures seem to have been changed in some places. G'raha's nose has been changed a bit. I think the lighting is better overall.
The changes are so minuscule the average person won't even tell. 😅
The little changes are interesting. At 0:55 they changed Graha's expression to be a bit softer compared to 7.0 where its a little scorful. Wonder why. Maybe 7.0 was still using an older Graha model then the 7.1 one was the Dawntrail one? If they made a new model for him at all? Putting back the glows is welcome though. Maybe this affected the Au Ra Limbal Rings too cus apparently the rings are brighter now? Read your description just now and yeah there generally seems to be some choice texture updates.
Came for the Glow, stayed for the Feels
I don't expect them to properly and manually touch up Crystal Exarch for a while yet. They just got to the ARR leaders and a chunk of the Scions in 7.1 (Nanamo, Raubahn, Kan-E-Senna, Merlwyb, Minfilia, Y'shtola, Thancred, Urianger, Cero, and technically SB Raubahn with the cape as well; I assume it was easy enough to update him while they were at it), and not even the villains like Gaius, Livia, Rhitahtyn, Nero, Varis, etc. yet. I do hope they get a move on with both NPC and gear updates as well, doing them in minor patches and not just major ones.
It does seem like they touched up quite a bit of lighting in the cutscenes. Not entirely there yet, but notably better than in 7.0, and it proves they're working on it, so that's positive. If you have any footage of ARR zones, it might be worth doing a comparison there too, since most of them got updated quite considerably in 7.1 with the exception of Mor Dhona and Coerthas (which I assume will be done in the HW push since both versions of Coerthas are fairly similar and probably use mostly the same assets).
This looks fantastic. This also makes me miss Shadowbringers so so much. What a fantastic story.
GLOW IS BACK PRAZE THE 12!
Gods his nose really does look better since the graphics update. But of course since the Exarch is its own model he didn’t share G’raha’s good fortune until now. Too bad his clothes are still so pixelated 😂
Raha has nicer teeth? lol
RAHA IS MORE CUTER NOW 😆😆😆😆😆
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