Does anyone else have this problem? Why is it during the day, my Sylvari’s eyes look completely black unlike the other races whose eyes seem to glow 24/7. I know its not a big issue, but it just looks creepy. Especially when she smiles. o-o
Her eyes were suppose to be light pink. This happens with any Sylvari I make, during the day they just look creepy. But at night you can see their eyes much better, as well as their glow.
Do you turn light on/off in creation? Make sure to check what the eyes look like in both? I do that when I play around with sylvari creation, because a few eyecolors have big difference for night and day.
Life doesn’t stop being funny just because the dead can’t laugh.
I’ve had the same problem since I made my toon, they should be bright pink (chosen with the day filter on) but ingame they are always two black soulless pits. Tho at night you can see them in the glow. First picture is my toon at current, second is from the last Beta weekend when the problem wasn’t so bad but was still kinda there.
Unfortunately it’s not just pink. I reported this bug the first week after launch and its not been changed yet. My sylvari had blue bell eyes which I love but they went pitch black. I changed them to white, which still dims to barely visible but at least it’s there.
It looks like it’s because you’re facing away from the light source during the day, so your eyes are getting shrouded in shadow and looking much darker (OP also has a much lighter color scheme than your eyes, which is making them contrast heavily). Other race’s eyes aren’t really brighter (well, purple seems to glow for whatever reason), but human and Norn have a white sclera, which contrasts against their skin/iris/hair and looks brighter because it’s surrounded by darker colors. Asura have very large eyes that can catch more light, and a much smaller brow that doesn’t cast as much shadow over their face. Sylvari’s eyes can be much more dramatically affected by light/color scheme, because they can have skin and hair lighter than the whole of their eyes, no white sclera (unless you pick the white one), and some of the faces can have really large pupils, too.
Syrlya | Sylvari Mesmer
Arabelle Jones | Human Engineer
Stormbluff Isle
When I created my Sylvari, I gave him pink eyes that, for a while, showed up very well during the day.. he was made on launch day. But at some point, his eyes stopped lighting up during the day, and now he has two soulless black pits in his face.
And I usually look at him turned -toward- the light source so I can actually see his features well. It isn’t that. Plus he shares what seems to be a problem eye color, and his eyes used to be bright all the time.
The topic has received developer attention in the bug forum. If you can get screen shots of the eye bug where sylvari eyes darken to black during the day, post them please.
