Nights are very dark?

[Murky]

Dont get me wrong, I like the darker nights but without any proper light source, its extremely difficult to see. The lighter or the flame stick barely lights up the surrounding.

[Nethiuz]

The guys i am playing with keep complaining it's black as at night, Yet i can see perfectly fine without fire.
HDR yo.

[Dugunthi]

I can tell none of the people smacktalking OP ever actually went out at night for more than 5 seconds. After a bit of accomodation you can see way beyond the hand in front of you in the night in the forest, moon or no moon. Also the night sky would be bright with stars thanks to the complete lack of light pollution in this environment. It's clear modern people have completely lost touch with the world around us after dwelling in cities for too long.

Caves are also too dark. Or rather: light sources are too weak. The torch is pathetic, doesn't radiate more light than the lighter. This needs fixing.

[Murky]

Originally posted by Dugunthi:

I can tell none of the people smacktalking OP ever actually went out at night for more than 5 seconds. After a bit of accomodation you can see way beyond the hand in front of you in the night in the forest, moon or no moon. Also the night sky would be bright with stars thanks to the complete lack of light pollution in this environment. It's clear modern people have completely lost touch with the world around us after dwelling in cities for too long.

Caves are also too dark. Or rather: light sources are too weak. The torch is pathetic, doesn't radiate more light than the lighter. This needs fixing.

This is very true. I have lived good portion of my life outside the city, I used to often venture out in the night with no lights and had no trouble finding my way. Many times the nights are very bright under the moonlight, even those weak of eye sight can easily step out.
This is not the case with the game. The lights dont bounce around trees or grasses. Caves are only feasible if you have several friends with lights.

[ParadiseBurn]

Yea its a design decision - this coming from someone in a pretty forested place with fairly low light polution. Even on moonless nights when your eyes adjust its not complete pitch or coal black lol - Personally I think they could have made it a little brighter on default - Gamma and Brightness changes def help tho.

Default .5 Gamma/Brightness - Full Moon

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2939259887

Max Gamma/ Brightness - Full Moon

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2939259896

[Justinyl]

When its night, quickly go to sleep. Once enemies start raiding / spawning near you, GG.

[Alchemy]

The amount of worthless condescending replies...

[indigo]

Originally posted by Murky:

Dont get me wrong, I like the darker nights but without any proper light source, its extremely difficult to see. The lighter or the flame stick barely lights up the surrounding.

Man, I just can't stand when I can't see in the complete darkness. It's so realistic.

[Carogirl]

Originally posted by Murky:

Dont get me wrong, I like the darker nights but without any proper light source, its extremely difficult to see. The lighter or the flame stick barely lights up the surrounding.

is your settings you can change the gamma its a little better than pitch black

[Tman5024]

That is what happens when the sun goes down

[veey.]

Maybe it helps: Settings - Graphics - Style - Color correction. Otherwise the settings in the display (gamma, brightness).

[PieceKeeper]

Don't be ridiculous with your "wElCoMe tO teH NiTe" replies.

Your eyes will eventually adjust to the darkest nights. the proper approach here considering the scaling of in-game time would be to gradually increase visibility by a couple points to around 40 feet in the span of 3-4 minutes when darkness falls, or if you are near a light source and walk away.

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by ParadiseBurn:

Yea its a design decision - this coming from someone in a pretty forested place with fairly low light polution. Even on moonless nights when your eyes adjust its not complete pitch or coal black lol - Personally I think they could have made it a little brighter on default - Gamma and Brightness changes def help tho.

Default .5 Gamma/Brightness - Full Moon

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2939259887

Max Gamma/ Brightness - Full Moon

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2939259896

Perfect example right here, the bottom looks cool but the top is just too dark. It's literally nothing but a black screen and doesn't look or feel good.

Problem is if you turn up the gamma and brightness, the day doesn't look good and you'll find yourself going in there to change it twice a day. The default should be brightened up just a bit.

[grinsekeatzchen]

Originally posted by sqwanchy:

Pretty realistic, if you ever been in the woods with no light and the clouds cover the moon, you legit can't see your hand in front of your face

Sorry but this is absolutly not true. Also in Sons of the Forest, the Sky is not always covered with clouds.
I lived my whole live behind a densely vegetated forest in Germany, had to walk trough it to get home and to school. And even on nights whitout moon, youre eyes adapt to the darkness. Sure it's still dark, but it's not pitch black, even when the moon gets coverd ...

[Metroid]

nights is supposed be nights, and the game is doing a good job at that :)

[Machin Shin]

it forces you to get a light source, so, good!