Guild Wars 2

Hello !

I was pretty excited about these exclusive hairstyles that you could get through the makeover kits, it looks awesome.. ..but then once in-game :

I maxed out every graphic options.. Is it supposed to be like that ?!

Looks like the lighting. The lighting on character select is really wonky and almost never looks like it does in game.

on the left you have mid day light from the left, on right you have dawn light from the right.
Thats the difference

Are you trying to say that depending on the day time, you can have your high-detailed-hair turned into potato-quality-texture-hair ?
Because of “lighting on the character” ?

It doesn’t seem like it to me. (took another screenshot btw)

You sure all graphics are on max? Looks like your FXAA antialiasing is off, if so either turn it back on or install sweetFX or gemFX as a substitute.

not all graphics were maxed

Stand somewhere with better light. Choosing where to shoot screenies is important.

What about show characters high texture resolution option? i think is somewhere in options menu.

Definitely something in your graphics settings. Me female human has that same hair and it does not look like a potato in game.

Mmh.. I was missing the Character Model Quality option on Highest indeed, it was set on High only even by setting all the presets on Best Appearance

Still doesn’t look as clear as the “preview” but hey, it’s way better now I’ll take it ;D

It’s how the game interprets transparency in menus vs game instances. I’ve yet to see a screenshot from a player whose ingame hairstyle looks the same as in the character creation.