Is Fallout 76 dark by default?

[JisooKM]

I've been playing for 2 days now, and I can't help but seem to notice the big difference between Fallout 4's brightness and 76's brightness. I'm not sure if it's just my settings, but my laptop can only perform the medium settings for the gameplay.

Is there a way (or even a mod) that would help with this issue?

[RomanXIX]

I don't know about others, but my game is dark as well and its especially rough in Skyline Valley. I set my monitor to the brightest and it only barely helps. It would be nice if there were some in-game settings because I'm pretty sure there isn't any.

[lockwoodx]

It's perfect here. Dark but not 'too dark' https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3443602380

I found that setting lightning and shadow quality from medium to high, then turning textures down from high to medium helps with minimal impact on frames.

edit: Also the colors you choose for your pipboy directly impact the brightness of your flashlight. Change your pipboy to the brightest colors possible for better illumination.

[perfectevil]

Originally posted by JisooKM:

I've been playing for 2 days now, and I can't seem to notice the big difference between Fallout 4's brightness and 76's brightness. I'm not sure if it's just my settings, but my laptop can only perform the medium settings for the gameplay.

Is there a way (or even a mod) that would help with this issue?

Flashlight is your friend!

[JisooKM]

Originally posted by lockwoodx:

It's perfect here. Dark but not 'too dark' https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3443602380

I found that setting lightning and shadow quality from medium to high, then turning textures down from high to medium helps with minimal impact on frames.

edit: Also the colors you choose for your pipboy directly impact the brightness of your flashlight. Change your pipboy to the brightest colors possible for better illumination.

From your screenshot, this kinda looked like Fallout NV xD But thank you, I'm gonna do this instead

[m142]

try reducing "dark corection" effect on screen option's.

[Jim]

before this seasons update it was not so dark, they must have changed something in that update.

[Krais]

when ever i went to a camp with weather stations in shenandoah it used to look like this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3443656947 i turned off weather machine effects in options an it's normal darkness/brightness now with the exception of the neurological warfare starting room which still looks like that

[lockwoodx]

Originally posted by JisooKM:

Originally posted by lockwoodx:

It's perfect here. Dark but not 'too dark' https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3443602380

I found that setting lightning and shadow quality from medium to high, then turning textures down from high to medium helps with minimal impact on frames.

edit: Also the colors you choose for your pipboy directly impact the brightness of your flashlight. Change your pipboy to the brightest colors possible for better illumination.

From your screenshot, this kinda looked like Fallout NV xD But thank you, I'm gonna do this instead

That's a compliment NV was the best one!

[Mooman]

Originally posted by Jim:

before this seasons update it was not so dark, they must have changed something in that update.

Bethesda didn't change something, they broke something...

The question was raised to the community manager on Reddit. The response was they didn't intentionally adjust anything so don't know what was broken...

This modern day Bethesda is in a bad place...

Edit: The quote: https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/comments/1h5ptsg/comment/m07wyd0/?context=8

tricententialghoul

Anyone see a mention of the lighting issue? Ever since 1 or 2 updates ago, the lighting has been way off. Color grading is messed up.

Ghostly_Rich

Hey! Please make let us know how things look after this update. The phenomena is real and it was an odd scenario as the team didn't make any visual changes during that October update.

When servers are back up, check your graphic settings to make sure they're set as you like them. I'm sure most of you already checked it when you first noticed that things were darker, but I have to say it.

[Zardvark]

I don't have too much to say about the over all brightness/contrast of the game in general. What I have a problem with is when (I) go into a place that's "dark" and turn on my lamp, ether PIP boy or PA, when I look at things up close the light completely washes out any detail in my view. So I must turn the light off then on again when I go back to darker areas in the picture.

[Global Rage]

Make it as dark as it was in the early days. It is way to bright and camps will look better,

[JisooKM]

Originally posted by Mooman:

Originally posted by Jim:

before this seasons update it was not so dark, they must have changed something in that update.

Bethesda didn't change something, they broke something...

The question was raised to the community manager on Reddit. The response was they didn't intentionally adjust anything so don't know what was broken...

This modern day Bethesda is in a bad place...

Edit: The quote: https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/comments/1h5ptsg/comment/m07wyd0/?context=8

tricententialghoul

Anyone see a mention of the lighting issue? Ever since 1 or 2 updates ago, the lighting has been way off. Color grading is messed up.

Ghostly_Rich

Hey! Please make let us know how things look after this update. The phenomena is real and it was an odd scenario as the team didn't make any visual changes during that October update.

When servers are back up, check your graphic settings to make sure they're set as you like them. I'm sure most of you already checked it when you first noticed that things were darker, but I have to say it.

I see, so I guess this is gonna stay like this until the higher-ups let the devs do something about it :/ Thanks for the source

[Moddzilla]

I fixed my Fallout 76 brightness problem, I removed all dark shadows, the game looks great and in dark areas its like I have night vision, no flashlight needed.

If you use an Nvidia graphics card there is a feature in the Nvidia app that adds customisable filters via the on screen overlay.

You can change the brightness, contrast, shadows, colors, everything and it saves the filters for each game. Its like a reshade mod that you can adjust on the fly to your own preference.

There are also some cool special effects you can add.

I don't know if it works on older cards, I'm using an RTX 4080 and the latest App version.

[Global Rage]

Dark? not compared to opening day, back then it was really dark and the complaints resulted in changing from a 12/12 hour day and night and making everything way to bright- the results were that some perception became obsolete. The game needs to be even darker than it is.

[Krumbleskin]

On a 3060 with old drivers and a 4070ti with new drivers have noticed sometimes rooms are lit up so bright they look like they are glowing. This even when it was night. Today was dark everywhere.