Bug #3363

Character Cosmetics and Animation Issues in Dead by Daylight

Status:	Open
Priority:	High
Added by:	j...5@gmail.com on May 10, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.6.1
Actual Result:	?
Expected Result:	Realm beyond pt2 / face animation fixes / cosmetic updates/ hair styles fixes
Severity:	Major
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Playstation 5
Additional Notes & Comments:	Was in response to the dbd report gmail

Steps to Reproduce

1. Many issues

Explanation

Hey hey thanks for the quick response as you see I can get pretty passionate about this game sorry if any came off rude or aggressive:]
But these are long time issues that are so ready for the spotlight
I will try to label all images in relation to their paragraph

A, Firstly I will start on the cosmetics ,
As you may know alot of the poc hairstyles are very dated or anatomical incorrect
And would really urge for fixes/updates to them, mostly aimed at claudette and elodie and hag
(Image of questionable poc hair below)

B, About the cosmetics I also heavily ask for either a clutter toggle (bags, cloaks, glows)as it is another issue that prevents cosmetic/characters pick/use/buy rates, think yui white/blue BRIGHT glowing 5 tails with a white glowing long hair, then alucards full body cape which blocks half the screen and gives away location.
(Image of yui rift cosmetic, alucards cape below)

C, Also I plead that you bring back the specific style and fave colors that the characters had eg the first years of zarinas release she wore mostly greens/browns/beige type colors in a very Streetwear but is now getting loud whites golds purples which do not fit her at all + and do not have any combo possibilities
(Image of Zarina cosmetic comparisons below)

Onto the main event sorry if this is long,

I will start on my theory of why the face animations break, I believe most use a universal face animation that gets adjusted to fit them...
And some characters like elodie, felix, yui weren't adjusted properly causing said issue below,
Lmk if im wrong or whatever might be up?

1 Elodie discussion
Firstly wanna start off with how i feel elodies character has been lost to time, In her lore shes presented as a lara croft type explorer with a rich family line but yet she is only shown in a experimental "rich" style which genuinely doesnt fit her in any way among the cosmetic guidelines bhvr has (no heals, no too long hair, no hard to run outfits)
And we also only have 1 exploration themed cosmetic being a rock climber fit,

But my main issue with them is how no outfit can be comboed without looking cursed which has caused alot of meme / discourse to characters such as haddie+jonah fedora, haddie monster hunter, stained glass rift amongst many others

And another thing being that elodie is supposed to be a high waisted character yet almost all fits are low waisted which doesn't fit the outfits and causes the rendering team to mess up designs to fit the low waist restraint
(Image of elodie concept art vs ingame below)

As said she only has 1 rock climbing outfit and I feel that her character references should be more aimed towards James bond girls, Lara Croft, current celebs and trends 🙏
I would genuinely love to help out if possible in the concept art category

2 Elodie hairstyles
Next is how outdated and rushed some hairstyles are for her as you may know theres alot of discussion and self fixes being made to said hair styles I feel if there isnt people available to fix cosmetic issue like this mabye reaching out to the community members to help fix smaller issues like this
People like https://x.com/by_quibbler https://x.com/Yui_simp02 https://x.com/whoaadrian
Who all work on cosmetics and rendering

3 Elodie interrupt animation
Elodie is missing her interrupt animations as seem in this lobby animation loop, every single other character has gotten these 2nd animations whether its pulling out a item, stretching, looking around etc,
My point is everyone else has it and as u know there was alot of backlash when this issue happened to another WoC michonne on release but she has been now fixed unlike elodie

I know its not but its a very bad look that 2 woc deal with this "we forgot to" type issue

(video of elodie vs michonne vs haddie lobby anim below)

4 Elodie Weight reduction
Another issue on elodie is that they have slowly been reducing her unique body positivity, freckles, belly, cheek fat, waist size, and paler
Below i will include images showing her on release vs current face aswell as how her waist size has been made thinner but the trouser models haven't
Again its just a kinda bad look and I find pretty side eye if yk what I mean

5 Face animations
As said im pretty sure most ppl use a universal face animation that gets adjusted to fit their face but these characters arnt, hence the face distortion on nose and eyebrow + other areas sometimes
(Image below)(video below)

6 Universal animations
On the topic of face animations from my knowledge theres only 2 different ones for survivors being universal and then orela and vee, but vees isnt adjusted to fit her face either which is why in some situations she looks very odd / distorted as they were made for orelas proportions, hence my theory of the main face anims jus being unadjusted :]

6.5 Outdated character models
Jus a side note but theres so many anatomical issues bc of the old standing/running animations like too long torsos/arms, clothes not fitting right etc which leads onto the next point
7 realm beyond
I REALLY encourage having a realm beyond 2 to properly go in to all these character issues and help them
The previous one was too long ago and has not been updated since which left alot of new issues etc

8 insensitive cosmetics
I dont wanna make this point too long but as seen in the related images they need desperate changes
Monster slayer - haddie kaur - insensitive and unrealistic costume of a culture, ugly colors, bad hair, pointless description/bio "she kind of liked purple hair", ill fitted robes, jittery bag, etc

Be forgotten - Jonah Vasquez - I dont think the cosmetic is the issue completely.. he DESPERATELY needs a lore re write to make him a new person, his lore is very touchy as of issues in USA, gaza, Ukraine etc
I point out this cosmetic specifically as in his lore he infamously killed civilians in an explosion and this outfit is explosion themed with them being all over the hat, suit and trousers
I feel the issue is jonahs lore more than this cosmetic so plz dont keep him on the back burner he deserves the love too

9 character vs fix speed ratio
Similarly too most my points there is a side eye moment going on with how quick characters like Steve Nancy wesker etc getting their issues fixed so quickly then characters like Houndmaster elodie and other Poc characters/issues
As a semi recent example that yuis Brazil hairstyle got alot of backlash for looking kinda ratty then got instantly reworked...
But characters like claudette and elodie are getting minimum/no updates to badly made afro hair styles
(Image of issued hair styles below)
Again its dont wanna believe this stuff but theres alot of community members who are upset by this lack of care for some

Finallyyyyyy...
Thank you for reading these, let me know if you need any more vids/pics
I apologise for all this yap but im autistic and lock into stuff like this so hard + notice sm small things like these :p
Cant wait to hear back though
Thanks again

Will include as many images and vids as possible

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