Cal's hair lighting without RT is completely broken

[JulesWayne]

Basically title. Game performance is what it is, we are all aware, and deactivating ray tracing definitely helps.

Problem is Cal's hair looks terrible without it, lighting is wild. It seems to not be affected by the rest of the composition, contrast and brightness is extremely high, so it will look like a very orange, shiny radioactive thing.

Cal's hair movement, color and lightning on Fallen Order was very good, way better than it is here.

Just wanted to leave it here if some devs are reading.

[BastienFils]

I don't think I noticed an issue before yesterday's patch, but it's definitely one now. It's like every time you move, a strong flashlight is shined on the back of his head.

But it's not just his hair. I've noticed if I move too close to a flower, it's as if their lighting is REMOVED, and it becomes really dark, but without any shadows over it.

I also noticed a very faint line going up from the character in a fully dark space. So I think there's something wrong with whatever invisible light box surrounds the character model.

[JustMe]

It was definitely there pre-patch as well. I haven't played since the patch, but Cal would go super-ginger without raytracing for me, particularly in scenes on the Mantis.

It's a shame, because the game looks pretty awful without RT, and it crashes to desktop constantly with RT.

[itzCuzzy]

Is there an update on this issue? I just re-installed fallen order and noticed this issue, it's actually unplayable for me as Cal's hair is ridiculous.

[Wykydtron_2099]

Yup same issue here

[gorba]

I suggest giving Cal a buzzcut.

[JulesWayne]

Originally posted by gorba:

I suggest giving Cal a buzzcut. :lunar2019piginablanket:

That's an option, though Fallen Order hairstyle and clean shave look the best.

In the end I continued playing with RT on until I finished it, very manageable with the latest updates, and hair looked as it should. Highly recommended, the game looks like night and day.

[D()nkey]

Still an issue today. I'd love to play without RT but the hair is so distracting.

[AuTo*BK*]

The windswept look was a disappointingly awful immersion-breaking hair strand wave fest. SO distracting....unfortunately an RTX2070 super + 5950x just cant do RT, however I *could* set all visual settings to epic at 2560x1440, and get a solid 60fps. The choppy forward look doesn't wave around in the wind, so I went with that.

[Camellia]

This is still happening after patch 9 ffs.

[Merrydoc]

still there.