Flashlight

[Jorri]

Is the flashlight super dark for everyone, or just on the Quest Pro with its local dimming? If the latter, could you please make the flashlight a little more effective on the Pro? I don't mind dark being dark, but this barely illuminates anything.

[Vertigo Games]

We've had reports of some users that the game can be a bit too dark on some displays. You can make the game brighter by adjusting the gamma in the options menu, under video. Note, that a lower gamma value makes the game brighter. I hope this helps. :)

[Jorri]

Thanks. I lowered the gamma, but that just makes everything look washed out and defeats the purpose of the Pro's local dinming. It doesn't help with the flashlight not working well at all, and if I'm searching shop shelves it's a hell of a chore.

[The Real McCoy]

Originally posted by Vertigo Games:

We've had reports of some users that the game can be a bit too dark on some displays. You can make the game brighter by adjusting the gamma in the options menu, under video. Note, that a lower gamma value makes the game brighter. I hope this helps. :)

Had the same issue with Quest 3, but not on PSVR2. Turning gamma down may lighten it up, but at the expense of vibrant colors & clear details. It looks sadly faded out. Is there a planned fix for this issue?

[The Collector]

I can't see anything at all in the game, only just started but there's a lot of pitch black areas that I just can't navigate due to it being pure black, I end up just blindly rubbing walls until I find my way out. I've turned down contrast all the way in the Quest 2's settings and bumped up the brightness, lowered the gamma all the way down. Still struggling to see anything at all in most areas. The torch only just about illuminates whats directly in front of my face, like face to the wall. This is the only game I've had to quit out so early into a play session due to intense eye pain/strain from all the dark areas I can't see in. Even the ceiling lights don't illuminate anything in the game other than the light itself...

[Jorri]

I unfortunately refunded the game since that section wasn't playable for me and I learned there are more dark sections ahead, I'll get it again if there's a fix so I can play it again since I was having a lot of fun otherwise.

[Jorri]

I've played the game now on standalone Q3 and it's WAY better, I can actually see in these areas.

The flashlight itself is still pretty useless, though, and it seems almost arbitrary when it decides to turn on or not because there are plenty of dark areas where it doesn't and I'm looking at a dark countertop with dark pickups and I can't tell what they are.

[Zombra]

I was thinking of picking this up, but a friend reports that the darkness sections are awful even after messing with the gamma. I remember the dark sections of the original game weren't great either. What's the over/under on an upcoming patch/rebalance that addresses this?

[Orium]

My son and I purchased the game today, I am hoping the flashlight brightness will be improved. Even in the airport terminal solo, it is almost pitch black. I have to be on top of everything in order to focus the light enough to check for loot. Cheers

[gbh.sro]

Musím se také přidat k ostatním, když už tma tak ta baterka mohla víc pomahat je to skoro k ničemu. přrdavaním si GAMMA adjust je hra pak celkově strašně svetla tam kde naopak svetla dost!

[stephen2002]

One of the things I liked about Arizona Sunshine was so much of it was brightly lit. It wasn't relying on "I know what's scary, not being able to see!" that so many horror games lean on. Having such lengthy pitch black sections in this game are very disappointing.

I had to crank the gamma down to see, which let's me play, but it is washed out. Also have to keep adjusting it back for the brighter areas.

Why is it almost pitch black in the middle of the day in a room that has floor to ceiling windows? Why does the flashlight only work to about 15ft in front of you?

[heathenlamb]

Originally posted by Vertigo Games:

We've had reports of some users that the game can be a bit too dark on some displays. You can make the game brighter by adjusting the gamma in the options menu, under video. Note, that a lower gamma value makes the game brighter. I hope this helps. :)

You need to do something about the Flashlight ... I just bought the game and the flashlight barely illuminates anything. Why is it so dark? It may as well not be there. It' not the brightness of the game because the outside areas are super bright. Coming from ATF where the torch light is super bright and a great tool ... this is just utterly baffling.

[Jorri]

So no changes :(