Ponytail issues Follow

/sigh

Yeah, unfortunately that's pretty common with current 3d modelling.

Making hair behave like hair is surprisingly difficult to do. If you want a solid example of hair done well, check out the new Tomb Raider game; although turning on the hair effects in that game requires a pretty beefy machine just because rendering that in real time is really hard.

It'd still clip through tall armor or capes.

Personally, I'd rather have options for long hair and just understand that it's going to do that, rather than having only short hairstyles available and then they STILL do that on hats.

An issue I have had is when I have a shield on my back. Can't stand how the hair just goes right through the shield. It literally just ruins the mood and the hair for me. I am thinking I will just choose a shorter hairstyle. /sigh indeed

I want the time I spent reading this thread back.

Welcome to 3D gaming, people, stuff clips into other stuff. It's pretty much the norm unless you do like FFXI did and never have anything that can possibly clip into anything.

Those are your options. Right now, it's just not possible to make hair physics that are meaningful because of the amount of resources it would take to ********** render hair alone....[/b]

I believe that this falls under issues they know about, but are not planning to address.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Test/threads/36485-FFXIV-A-Realm-Reborn-Player-Feedback-Status-List?p=643281&viewfull=1#post643281

specifically the hair type has it's own resolution issue, where they stated that they designed the Hair so that they all fit into the same memory standards. and the issue with armor clipping due to them wanting unique silhouettes.


Could be wrong though, and it's not like it hurts anything to post feedback. It's a more productive post than 90% of what's been on the English Beta forums lately.

You don't need to animated every individual strand. You just need a designated "bend point" and an animation for the hair to bend, such that if it hits armor it bends to where gravity allows it to fall. This could work both ways for long hairstyles, as when your character leans forward or nods currently, all the hair moves with them like a giant block.

I want highlights, or streaks.

Another option would be to have the hair style change depending on the armor being worn. If the hair is going to cut through the armor, there should be an alternate style where the hair is put up rather than just hanging down. It probably wouldn't be too much work to add in, and it wouldn't really require any additional resources.

On a similar note, I wonder if the mage staff still pokes right through the pointy hat when it's strapped to your back.

I feel your pain, It's VERY distracting.

Beautiful graphics as far as the eye can see, and a huge graphical glitch right in the center of the screen to ruin it all.

http://imgur.com/sCTg32r

this one shows the staff going right threw the hood.

I don't blame them. I wouldn't waste time with such a non-issue either. As for the person who stated 'All you have to do is make a bend point'. While true, do you think someone who is finicky enough to consider minor clipping an 'issue' to be satisfied with that, cause it certainly wouldn't look 'good', by any means? Safest thing, as mentioned before, would be to do what Tera does, and pin the long hairstyles up when it would clip into something.

If enough people complain about this, it could have the exact opposite of the intended result. Chances are they won't take the phenomenal amount of time to tweak every single customization/armor model/weapon model just right, they'll start removing stuff. They could exclude certain customization options or models in the future due to the aesthetic (again, not an issue for me, as I understand how 3D works) 'issue' certain people may have with it. Be careful what you wish for and all that.

Edited, Jul 9th 2013 6:04am by DragonBourne

I don't see why some people are getting so upset over all this. Yea most games have clipping but Im sure most players would love for the character to look flawless and not have hair in them and staffs in there necks and such. Everyone crys immersion when teleporting and df and lightning were put in the game but if we try and make our characters more real with less clipping were talking crazy.