ffxiv FFXIV - Dawntrail Benchmark Update From Yoshi-P!

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Players from all across the world have responded to the recently released Dawntrail benchmark, with both positive and negative feedback. This led Yoshi-P to address the issues and provide additional information. Here is what you need to know!

Character Creation System Concerns:
Yoshi-P said that the character creation system in the Benchmark, created over ten years ago, is still based on "A Realm Reborn." While it employs the same processes as the actual game, certain aspects, such as weather, were combined to create conditions unique to character creation. These were based on the texture resolutions and shaders of the standard quality at the time of ARR, including the PS3 version. Unfortunately, this approach did not adequately showcase the upcoming graphical update.

Moreover, Yoshi-P acknowledges that updating the character creation environment was overlooked due to the prioritization of Dawntrail's development and extends his sincere apologies.

Upcoming Improvements:
The FFXIV team is currently reworking the environment and light sources for character creation in both the actual game and the benchmark. Once completed, the benchmark will be updated, and the following issues will be addressed:

• "Lifeless" eyes due to a lack of highlights in the pupils.
• Facial contours appearing flattened due to incorrect lighting conditions caused by backlighting.
• A lack of gloss or excessive appearance of gloss due to character creation-exclusive weather conditions (i.e. the use of thunderclouds).

Additional Issues:
Players have also identified issues related to specific data and processes. Yoshi-P assures that these are being addressed during the finalization of Dawntrail’s development. However, these issues will remain in the Benchmark due to data-related errors, including:

• An issue with unimplemented high-resolution textures, including those for certain playable races.
• An issue pertaining to special data processes.
• An issue with necklines for playable races under certain circumstances.
• An issue with uncorrected scaling for the mouth of certain playable races

Yoshi-P asks for players' patience as the team works to resolve these issues, which will be corrected for Dawntrail's release.

Benchmark Replacement:
As stated, the Dawntrail benchmark will be replaced once the issues are resolved. Further information on the benchmark's replacement will be released in the future. 

The FFXIV team is actively incorporating player feedback to refine Dawntrail's release version, so please continue to share your thoughts across various social media platforms!

If you want to read Yoshi-P's full statement, head here: An Update on the Dawntrail Official Benchmark

And if you have not done so yet, we recommend you download the official benchmark software to ensure your PC is ready for launch!