Game is way too dark at night.

[Landshark]

I've got this weird issue. 3 computers playing together. 2 of them can see outside a room and it's plenty bright. The 3rd computer can only see the interior of the room, outside the room is super super dark (basically pitch black).

No special traits or anything. The computer that can't see anything outside a room is a surfacebook 2, not sure if that matters.

We can't figure out why the one computer is showing stuff so dark outside the room.

EDIT: So to narrow it down, it looks like the darks/blacks in the game are WAY too dark on that one computer. A shader issue? Not sure how to fix it. The lit/bright rooms and areas look totally normal.

[FragLeg]

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

[Thane]

raise gamma on monitor or grab the perk cat eyes

[hardy_conrad]

I have the same problem. However I might be able to narrow things down a little. It only changed when sprinters were added to the server I play on. It also coincided with the change from winter to spring, exactly when the snow melted away. I couldn't believe how utterly black it got at night. And it isn't a universal problem either. I'd say it was just me being crazy except there's at least one other player with the same issue. Have a feeling there are more who simply threw up their hands in frustration and left without saying anything. Some folks have claimed it's related to moon cycles, but that can't be right because it's been going on for months whereas prior to the sprinter and winter / spring seasonal change things were fine (yes I do have cats eyes, not that they do anything at all now).

I don't know much about computers, as some may have inferred. This gamma correction deal... I looked in options / settings for Project Zomboid and nothing leaped out at me. Is it some kind of broader thing, like settings for my laptop itself rather than the game? I'm hesitant to fiddle with stuff, my computer is so old it's technically under the minimum system requirements for the game and crashes any time I try driving fast for example.

[Death]

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

I have the same problem. However I might be able to narrow things down a little. It only changed when sprinters were added to the server I play on. It also coincided with the change from winter to spring, exactly when the snow melted away. I couldn't believe how utterly black it got at night. And it isn't a universal problem either. I'd say it was just me being crazy except there's at least one other player with the same issue. Have a feeling there are more who simply threw up their hands in frustration and left without saying anything. Some folks have claimed it's related to moon cycles, but that can't be right because it's been going on for months whereas prior to the sprinter and winter / spring seasonal change things were fine (yes I do have cats eyes, not that they do anything at all now).

I don't know much about computers, as some may have inferred. This gamma correction deal... I looked in options / settings for Project Zomboid and nothing leaped out at me. Is it some kind of broader thing, like settings for my laptop itself rather than the game? I'm hesitant to fiddle with stuff, my computer is so old it's technically under the minimum system requirements for the game and crashes any time I try driving fast for example.

It's (gamma) an option in your monitor's menu.

[hardy_conrad]

Thanks for the suggestions about changing gamma settings. Although if it were that, wouldn't it be all games / display that are dark? Everything else is fine, just Project Zomboid suddenly turned unplayable from 9 PM to 5 AM or so. And of course it's even worse if you're indoors. I notice in another discussion someone complaining about the game slowing down but it was always slow for me so I can't say much on that one.

[Death]

Originally posted by EnigmaGrey:

Originally posted by Death:

It's (gamma) an option in your monitor's menu.

If its a laptop, this'll be in the intel, AMD, or nVidia settings (assuming it's there at all).

It'll be called Gamma or Brightness and most likely be under Display or Desktop, depending on the software. You can't hurt your computer by changing this value.

You're right. I wasn't thinking about the possibility they were on a laptop.

Edit:

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Thanks for the suggestions about changing gamma settings. Although if it were that, wouldn't it be all games / display that are dark? Everything else is fine, just Project Zomboid suddenly turned unplayable from 9 PM to 5 AM or so. And of course it's even worse if you're indoors. I notice in another discussion someone complaining about the game slowing down but it was always slow for me so I can't say much on that one.

Not necessarily. Some games have their own gamma/brightness options. So while one game may be too dark at a certain setting, another might be just fine at that same setting.

[hardy_conrad]

Interesting, I was not aware of that... It occurs to me I should try playing on some other multiplayer servers just as test / basis of comparison too. Totally not because it's fun :D

[Reggit]

Gotta admit...
As much as I LOVE Zomboid...
If I'm playing a new character...and it gets really dark...usually - I'll just log off...
It's not worth the stress.

[Thane]

Originally posted by Tigger:

Gotta admit...
As much as I LOVE Zomboid...
If I'm playing a new character...and it gets really dark...usually - I'll just log off...
It's not worth the stress.

cat's eyes or increase monitor gamma

[Beaumont]

Cats eyes. I always get players complaining and crying its to hard. Its to dark. Accusing of using gamma hacks(gamma wont help u see at night. But makes that black shadow a grey shadow)I say buck the fk up
In short u cant gamma cheat in zomboid, it will not make that forest or interior any better.


Get a flashlight and/take perks for night . Thats all it is.(or change ur nighttime settings to the light night kitty setting)

[Thane]

Originally posted by BorkBeNoms:

Cats eyes. I always get players complaining and crying its to hard. Its to dark. Accusing of using gamma hacks(gamma wont help u see at night. But makes that black shadow a grey shadow)I say buck the fk up
In short u cant gamma cheat in zomboid, it will not make that forest or interior any better.


Get a flashlight and/take perks for night . Thats all it is.(or change ur nighttime settings to the light night kitty setting)

i gamma hack everything, ♥♥♥♥. rack city b*tch