Bug #3401

Character Hair Texture and Physics Issues in 'Dead by Daylight'

Status:	Open
Priority:	High
Added by:	pinkslothbride on May 11, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.6.1
Actual Result:	"Strawberry Waves" - Visible bald spot, poor shading in darker lightings, and poor quality overall. "Elegant Simplicity" - Extremely poor physics, strange or poor shading that appears flat in many lightings, and poor quality overall once again.
Expected Result:	Fixed Bald Spot + Proper Fixed Shading in the "Strawberry Waves" hair. Fixed Physics + Possible Fixed Shading in the "Elegant Simplicity" hair.
Severity:	Cosmetic
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	Both of these hairs are paid and are way too low of quality + broken in their current state to be considered worth the price, I personally would play them a lot more if they were given the proper treatment and fixes. Additionally on my own preferences, her "Strawberry Waves" hair is way to orange/red in tone compared to how it is accurately in that respective outfit during the show, and in her "Elegant Simplicity" in itself deserves more hair density over all especially on the back of the head. My most unrealistic wish is for both hairs to be revamped the same way her "Flowy Ash-Brown Locks" and her "Bun of Curls" hairs were redone, especially with how iconic these two hairs are.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Equip either "Strawberry Waves" or "Elegant Simplicity"
2. Load into a match with one of the hairs to view their respective individual issues.
3. Her "Strawberry Waves" in most lightings will very much show the bald spot making it appear thin and low quality, and in darker settings certain strands turn completely black.
4. With her "Elegant Simplicity" hair, the hair stays awfully stiff and often can stay on one side more than the other rather than flowing naturally. In certain lightings the way light is casted onto the hair looks almost unnatural and very low quality.

Explanation

Nancy Wheeler's "Strawberry Waves" + "Elegant Simplicity" hairs both have individual issues. Firstly, in her "Strawberry Waves" hair, in most lightings there is a very visible stark bald spot on her head. Her hair also seems to appear to have what was supposed to be shading appearing as completely black strands in darker lighting, looking very weird and completely unnatural. In Nancy's "Elegant Simplicity" the physics are so stiff that in most cases it sticks to staying on one side of her shoulder, and when her head is lowered during healing it sticks straight up completely. I have also seen in other reports she may be missing the texture of her earrings in this specific hair as well. The shading on her "Elegant Simplicity" hair also appears to look very low quality and almost strange in many lightings.

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