Capybara head shape and color detail could be better ?

[Antonin]

Hi all, like many of you, I'm very happy with the new animals coming in our favorite animal game, great additions !
I'm just worried about the superstar of this pack : the Capybara !

Please, look at this comparison : https://gyazo.com/55d5a730349327c1510469c1df3f0f7c

Maybe I'm wrong, but this is the first thing that hit me when I saw the screenshots and video : I think the head of the Capybara is too rounded, not "square" enough, don't giving them this chunky impassive feeling.
Also the cute white color around their eyes is almost missing. I think this simple lacking detail make a big difference in the model quality.

This is clearly not a Bintuwrong situation, but for this emblematic animal, so much asked by the players, I'm surprised these head anatomy details are lacking.

Maybe I'm too strict, what do you think about it ?

 

[coatifan]

It's a bit odd, but honestly I'm not about to complain. Compared to the binturong, the tapir, this is hardly noticeable. In a perfect world they might fix this, but it seems doubtful to me.

 

[peafowl]

The only thing i noticed is that the eye looks flat, the upper eyelid (eyesocket) should pertrude.

 

[Markiz]

Nah, this one's fine

 

[Gauntlet]

something to do with frog DNA

 

[jcp011c]

I think overall it's a good model and I'm very excited for it. I'm not as concerned about the head shape as that could be the angle the pictures and videos are from, and it's very very close to completely accurate. I would be fine with a courser more bristly look of the hair though. But again, it's pretty close and it's obviously a Capybara. It's not like we can reach into our computers and feel how soft the hair is or not.

 

[Leaf Productions]

It's probably just the lighting - keep in mind we had this same thing happen when the North America Animal Pack came out, people were a bit critical of some of the animals, but as time went on and we saw more and more, they looked a lot better! I'm just surprised they even included the Scent Gland that the Males have, that's awesome!

 

[Utahraptor Arcanus]

It's probably just the lighting - keep in mind we had this same thing happen when the North America Animal Pack came out, people were a bit critical of some of the animals, but as time went on and we saw more and more, they looked a lot better!

i mean, the male California sea lion don't get bigger in different lighting.

 

[coatifan]

Honestly, if we're critiquing the (IMO overall very good) new models, I'm more concerned with the fact that the platypus in-game has a clearly defined neck, while the real version does not. (Also it looks really huge, but I think that's just the angle).

Also, will the platypus/otter be the smallest deep-diving animals yet? They're around the same size as the African penguin but idk, they might be a bit bigger or smaller on average.

 

[Antonin]

Ok ok, they look cool !!!
I would love to have juveniles with a more "baby look", but they still cute !

 

[Swiftie_Midnights_]

I definitely think the capybara looks great! And I'm so proud of the frontier for this excellent work! And also as we noticed capybara has all kinds of color variation so I also think there is a darker version and a more pale version so I just can not without looking at this over-sweetness!

 

[Antonin]

I'm sorry to talk again about this, but I'm surprised how everyone is complaining about the Malayan Tapir and not about the superstar Capybara with a totally different/failed head shape than the real life animal. I mean, look at this GIF, it's obvious : https://gyazo.com/20e63aa1e9f906f576ec258e0db7cd83
It looks a bit like a bear, with a too thin muzzle, not squarrish enough.
I mean, am I the only one who are so disappointed and thinking it would need adjustments on the models (tiny adjustments on the head shape would be enough to really look like a Capybara) ?

 

[Firestar97]

something to do with frog DNA

Those aren't Capybaras. Those are genetically engineered Theme Park Monsters

I'm sorry to talk again about this, but I'm surprised how everyone is complaining about the Malayan Tapir and not about the superstar Capybara with a totally different/failed head shape than the real life animal. I mean, look at this GIF, it's obvious : https://gyazo.com/20e63aa1e9f906f576ec258e0db7cd83
It looks a bit like a bear, with a too thin muzzle, not squarrish enough.
I mean, am I the only one who are so disappointed and thinking it would need adjustments on the models (tiny adjustments on the head shape would be enough to really look like a Capybara) ?

They could really do some Changes there. It's extremely obvious in that Comparisson

 

[Antonin]

Honnestly,I work in a game development studio and one of my job is to lead 3D artists and this is something I can't understand because this headshape is obviously pretty wrong and not that so hard to change to be really great. I don't undestand why anyone in the Frontier team didn't see that before and if yes : why they didn't change it. This is "only" displace some vertices to make a squarrish version, based on real side view Capybara photos. Frustrating for a superstar so much wanted like the Capybara.

EDIT : Something strange I noticed : the ingame image I shared compared to real Capybara is from the Zoopedia (because I can't start the game right now to verify)
But. In game model looks a bit diffrent and not THAT bad (screenshot takes from Youtube videos) : https://gyazo.com/bd5a3fb0bf76cf79922f23b409cd6995
Maybe the Zoopedia illustration is from a previous version of the model ?
If it's the case, it would be great to have just an update on the Zoopedia illustration (personnaly, I love to have amazing images to illustrate animals of Planet Zoo).

 

[Firestar97]

Maybe the Zoopedia illustration is from a previous version of the model ?
If it's the case, it would be great to have just an update on the Zoopedia illustration (personnaly, I love to have amazing images to illustrate animals of Planet Zoo).

I think the Zoopedia also shows a Picture of the Dhole from before they fixed it