Armor/Visualization Bug?

[Lestrad]

Just curious if anyone else has noticed that in the early chapters, your character's appearance does not appear to change despite what armor your wearing?

For example: Character is shown wearing the armory clothes, regardless of wearing either of the Academy or Villager outfits, Leather Armor or Blacklight Clothes.

It seems the only way to force the outfit to change appearance is to use the visualization screen. That doesn't seem right somehow.

[Rayne_2007]

If you're talking about during any of the scenes, that's normal...

If it's while you are actively in control of your character... The game seems to like constantly changing your gear to the default...

[Mokona]

You need to change it under visuallise attire in the top right of status page. they do not change in the cutscene though

[Lestrad]

No, I don't believe I mentioned cutscenes having anything to do with it. I would expect something like that given the game's protagonist. The issue is with the equipment itself.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r123/elizlestrad/Pic1.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r123/elizlestrad/Pic2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r123/elizlestrad/Pic3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

Also, no, the actual visualization screen has nothing to do with it. Actually, its unfortunately the only fix for the bug I can find. During gameplay itself, the game is literally forcing Kirito to wear a specific armor visually, despite what he has equipped.

Unless the devs were incredibly lazy (then why create armor models at all), I shouldn't be FORCED to use the visualization screen to get the armor I have equipped to show up visually on Kirito.

Unfortunately, the visualization doesn't fix every outfit since not all of them appear to be available for use. The Leather Armor is a good example of this. I can equip it all I want, but visually the game forces Kirito to wear the armory outfit. If I wanted him to wear the senior outfit for example, and have it show that he's wearing it, I have to equip it THEN go into the visualization screen and force the game to show the senior outfit.

Its ridiculous.

I've already run the file check twice and filed a complaint through Bandai's tech support. I even tried forcing a visualization for one of the DLC armors, changing areas, then the armor I was wearing, then removing the visualization and it still shows the armory outfit from the above screenshots. Just have to wait to see what they say. I'm going to be more than just a little annoyed though If I have to start all over yet again thanks to a major bug. That tutorial is too dang long...even skipping all the cutscenes...

I'm going to try uninstalling and reinstalling the game when I head off to bed and hope that fixes it (and doesn't remove my saves in the process ><)...

[Rayne_2007]

I saw what you were talking about right after I posted. I had not encountered that before today.

Visualization of course overrides the standard armors appearance, but the standard armor equipment should change visually for each 'class' or 'type' of armor, not every piece is unique though - at least according to my experience prior to today....

After initially posting, I tested it out in game again.... On the protagonist, every armor is visually as you said - the Armory Clothes.

I tested on Alice a bit too, all of her Visualization armor made her disappear, with the exception of the black robe.

Don't know if some progression point or random bug triggers it in the game, or if it has to do with settings.... My main mission is searching the map after the desert. I just changed a few settings in nVidia Control Panel, like forcing V-sync Off, and setting my refresh rate to Samsung - Preferred...

Either way, something is bugged.

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Edit: Actually... That may be as they designed it.... The armor equipment default appearance is whatever the last relevant piece of armor Kirito acquired in the story...

I realized I don't really have enough data to say... The only time I really changed my equipped armor was from the armor that was currently default in the story to Blacklight Clothes. I also mainly kept the initial clothes on as Visualization. And since I already knew what the previous armors looked like and what their stats were, I didn't bother to ever equip them again.

I did notice the other day that the Armory Clothes and the Blacklight Clothes were identical, but thought it was similar to Hollow Realization, like I mentioned before the edit....

[Lestrad]

Wow... I got a respose from Bandai and I gotta say...this has to be a first. They actually admitted, straight out of the gate, that it was a bug. I'm so used to customer service people always saying it is somehow my computer's fault no matter how ridiculous their excuse sounds:

"We greatly appreciate that you have taken the time to send us your feedback. We truly appreciate it, as it goes a long way to help the dev team in tracking down the issue. I have forwarded everything to them for further investigation.

Unfortunately due to the nature of the issue any improvements will require a patch. If any workarounds or solutions become available in the meantime, we will of course notify you immediately.

We want to thank you again for your understanding and especially for your cooperation in investigating the issue. Players like yourself help us catch problems and develop solutions and we are truly grateful for that"


It very well may be a canned response...we'll see...

And for the record, uninstalling and reinstalling did nothing to address the issue... It also doesn't explain though why some armors don't unlock a visualization more (like aforementioned leather armor).

[Shun]

If the leather armor doesn't have a neck in it's icon i think it's only Statistic Armor you need to put visualize over. I made Silverscale Chestpiece, which seems to do just that, when i wear it Kirito has his amory clothes.

I looked at every outfit my characters have right now and they all have a 3d model icon with a neck.

[Lestrad]

I would be inclined to believe that if the villagers clothes worked properly and, for example, the blacklight armor did not. But no, it is most definitely a bug.

[Basakai|Glitterkrieger]

I really hope that this is a bug that can be fixed. Hunting an armor just for the stats is kinda a let down compared to the previous games.

[LozoTrioxide]

This is still broken

[Lestrad]

...Yup... *sigh*

[ForThatB]

It not bug I feel like this visual thing for armor doesn't exist. You stuck with crammy Kirito look and stuff till you get armor skin from cube or story unlock.

Yes, it developer being lazy and trying profit with the cube because you won't spent money if great skins and armor already exist in the game so enjoy gacha of salt.

[Lestrad]

Except that isn't the case. Most of the armors I've seen have visual appearances. Other cases, like the Leather armor, nothing even shows up in the visualization menu. The bug is that in order to actually see the armor you have equipped, you have to go into the visualization menu and select the appearance of the armor you're wearing for it to show at all. That clearly shouldn't be the case. If you put armor on, that armor should show by default.

The visualization menu was ALWAYS only ever advertised as the solution for those ever common cases where you found better armor than you had, but did not like the appearance, and thus wanted to use your older armor's appearance (ex. Kirito all of first season only ever using one suit of armor that he received from the f;ppr one boss).