(bug? - SPOILERS!) my characters changed their portraits and hair colour after lvl 11

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is this a bug? is this supposed to work like this? is it because i consumed that tadpole which made me half-illithid? everyone has grey hair and especially Shadowheart's portrait changed a lot, a whole different hairstyle

before clicking on an arrow after hitting level 11: https://imgur.com/a/Z4qynIN
after pressing an arrow and spending my level: https://imgur.com/a/XQR36m6

what is this supposed to be

[Bastila Shan]

Yea shadowheart changes her hair to grey when you progress her story thats no bug.

[Lamp]

That's from eating the slug for sure.

Shadowheart will change her hairstyle in act 3ish, but she'l only go white if you turn her good. Or if she eats a special tadpole apparently...

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Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Yea shadowheart changes her hair to grey when you progress her story thats no bug.

that's not it.
she changes her hair to grey, but look at this: https://imgur.com/a/fM5Tfrf

and what about my other characters????? why did their hair changed to grey and their portraits changed?

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help!

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by have you seen my coffee cup?:

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Yea shadowheart changes her hair to grey when you progress her story thats no bug.

that's not it.
she changes her hair to grey, but look at this: https://imgur.com/a/fM5Tfrf

and what about my other characters????? why did their hair changed to grey and their portraits changed?

Is it bad that i prefer the second one lol

[fenrik07]

In act 2 some of my character's hair changed on their portrait too, but I always assumed it was because of the lighting in the shadowlands or something? Lae'zel is now kind of blonde, Astarion's hair became even whiter, when I had Shadowheart in my party because of a quest her hair definitely looked more greyish/lighter too.

[NeatWolf]

I'm level 5, act 1 and I have the same issue with my main character and Astarion.

All my detail settings are set to ultra (so articles claiming you can fix it by raising your shadow resolution do not matter).

It's like the shader of the hair material is...backlit? Also, it only happens when the level up screen appears (hair AND beard are ultra lit) - so as a result the portrait gets updated with the weird hair.

has anyone managed to fix this?

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Originally posted by NeatWolf:

I'm level 5, act 1 and I have the same issue with my main character and Astarion.

All my detail settings are set to ultra (so articles claiming you can fix it by raising your shadow resolution do not matter).

It's like the shader of the hair material is...backlit? Also, it only happens when the level up screen appears (hair AND beard are ultra lit) - so as a result the portrait gets updated with the weird hair.

has anyone managed to fix this?

a little late, but yes, i have the fix for it.
set your shadows to low, save the settings, and then set it to ultra and save again, and then click on character's portrait to level up. it should work then

[Meon]

It is about the gamma correction when you do the level up.
https://imgur.com/a/A6TvKjc