faces and equipment too dirty

[Kiljoy187]

Has anybody else noticed how dirty faces and clothing are now? Is this a bug? I little dirt yeah looks realistic, but my character looks like she's washed her face in the mud. Can that feature be turned off?

[SnarkOne]

There's no off button, but there are a couple of mods that have the ability to clean your character of all dirt

[Metallicus]

Create water spell will fix it and I believe there will be a toggle on full release to turn this effect off. It is probably being used as a reminder of sorts that your party has been pretty beat up and you should rest.

[id795078477]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

Create water spell will fix it and I believe there will be a toggle on full release to turn this effect off. It is probably being used as a reminder of sorts that your party has been pretty beat up and you should rest.

That's a pretty broken "reminder" then. The party can get dirty just from walking from the gates of the Grove till the inner chamber (all the while NPCs at the gates stay clean even after the showdown at the goblin siege).

[dolby]

yeah the more dirt mud - brown paint on your face the better. but i'm biased

[Tread]

Being out of short rests, all your long rest skills/spells that need a long rest to recharge and all your spell slots gone are all the reminder you need to take a long rest. We don't need our characters looking like they just rolled down a muddy embankment to remind us to take a long rest. Also the only time you even notice a character is dirty during conversation which is when you would think a your character would try to look presentable.

Side note: The act of going to camp should clean the characters up, not after we take the long rest. Astarion still has blood on him from Jergal's temple when I switch him for Lae'zel when I found her after.

[jinath715]

My characters constantly have blood and mud splattered on their faces. Not just speckled either. It is caked on.
I wouldn't mind it so much if there was a "wash face" action or something but it seems that long resting or casting "create water" on yourself is the only way to clean up.
Why would I need to waste a spell for this??
To top it off, every dialog scene is so distracting and unappealing to look at.

Sometimes realism in games is taken way too far.

[Tread]

Originally posted by jinath715:

Sometimes realism in games is taken way too far.

I'd argue It's not even realistic, it's so over the top.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

I didn't choose the filthy life, the filthy life chose me.

[Malterras]

At least give us prestidigitation.

[jinath715]

Originally posted by Malterras:

At least give us prestidigitation.

What do you mean? Sleight of Hand is already in the game.

[wraith_73]

On the upside, your hair is still styled to perfection.

[Kiljoy187]

Originally posted by wraith_73:

On the upside, your hair is still styled to perfection.

True, so very true.

[Kiljoy187]

Originally posted by SnarkOne:

There's no off button, but there are a couple of mods that have the ability to clean your character of all dirt

Yeah, Thanks. The game IS in early access after all.

[Kiljoy187]

Originally posted by jinath715:

To top it off, every dialog scene is so distracting and unappealing to look at.

I agree, for such a cinematic game it does break immersion a great bit for me.

[Cross]

Reviving this as I just booted up this game despite buying it forever ago and it's so over the top that every time the camera zooms to my character during a dialog scene its so disgusting and out of place. Searched through the options and no toggle.

Please give us a toggle or tone this dirt and grime junk down its more distracting than anything else tbh.