Flashlights are worse after update

[Hypo]

Before the latest patch, I felt the flash lights worked well, but at times were a bit too dim, but did their function. I feel after the patch, the lighting is very opaque and using the flashlights indoors is pretty much blinding yourself.

[Strelok]

Do you have any evidence to help the developers? Video or screenshot?

[Lukas]

Originally posted by Strelok:

Do you have any evidence to help the developers? Video or screenshot?

I took this screenshot last night:
The flashlight is ON (all settings on ultra)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045694448
The issue seems to be happening only on some buildings and is dependent on the amount of dust present in the room. I took the screenshot after my friend (who played the game for the first time last night) pointed out how the flashlight was useless in that room. It's not exactly blinding, tho, but quite the opposite.

[AmperCamper]

Originally posted by Lukasoss:

I took this screenshot last night:
The flashlight is ON (all settings on ultra)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045694448
The issue seems to be happening only on some buildings and is dependent on the amount of dust present in the room. I took the screenshot after my friend (who played the game for the first time last night) pointed out how the flashlight was useless in that room. It's not exactly blinding, tho, but quite the opposite.

Thanks for sharing this. Was this taken while playing on Sandstorm? Does this look similar when playing on Flares, too?

[Lukas]

Originally posted by AmperCamper:

Originally posted by Lukasoss:

I took this screenshot last night:
The flashlight is ON (all settings on ultra)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045694448
The issue seems to be happening only on some buildings and is dependent on the amount of dust present in the room. I took the screenshot after my friend (who played the game for the first time last night) pointed out how the flashlight was useless in that room. It's not exactly blinding, tho, but quite the opposite.

Thanks for sharing this. Was this taken while playing on Sandstorm? Does this look similar when playing on Flares, too?

No, it was taken at the bottom floor of the target building in Jolan Public Park. Weather conditions were: Noon and Clear.
I would need to try again for night and sandstorm and report back on that.

[Strelok]

Originally posted by Lukasoss:

Originally posted by Strelok:

Do you have any evidence to help the developers? Video or screenshot?

I took this screenshot last night:
The flashlight is ON (all settings on ultra)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045694448
The issue seems to be happening only on some buildings and is dependent on the amount of dust present in the room. I took the screenshot after my friend (who played the game for the first time last night) pointed out how the flashlight was useless in that room. It's not exactly blinding, tho, but quite the opposite.

Wow! It never happened to me. Can you share your setup and quality presets?

[Lukas]

Originally posted by Strelok:

Originally posted by Lukasoss:

I took this screenshot last night:
The flashlight is ON (all settings on ultra)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045694448
The issue seems to be happening only on some buildings and is dependent on the amount of dust present in the room. I took the screenshot after my friend (who played the game for the first time last night) pointed out how the flashlight was useless in that room. It's not exactly blinding, tho, but quite the opposite.

Wow! It never happened to me. Can you share your setup and quality presets?

I already said all settings were on Ultra. It was actually my friend who pointed out the flashlight wasn't illuminating anything, and yeah, I was clearly seeing the same thing. I'm guessing it's related to the dust effects (or not, who knows :) ).
I'm on a Ryzen 5 1600 and RX 6700 XT, my friend was on a Ryzen 7 (don't know what series) and a 2060 super. His settings were the High default settings the game comes with.

[Gr33n]

Unfortunately for us tracking down this issue as players (and the devs) is going to be quite hard unless we get a test area with a default building that does not change, then we all use the same settings (time of day, weather) and post what our setups are doing with the lighting in all scenarios.

I can't see any other way of tracking down if this is a game issue, driver issue, settings used problem or a specific GPU/model issue. We do need a default test building that will not change in one part of a map or a test area.

My screen can be exactly the same in certain buildings as what Lukasoss posted yet my friends when I spectate are not even using a flashlight!
I feel like I need a guide dog and a white stick when I breach certain buildings yet friends are not having an issue.

[Strelok]

Feedback to devs:

2~4h a day since the update, Never happened with me or any friend. 3070TI, updated drivers, settings mixed. Windows 11.

Just to clarify, i'm not saying this is not a issue, It's just a feedback to devs know that it's not happening with everyone.

[Lukas]

Flashlights seem to be working fine during night missions, just played with some friends. So the issue happens during the day (at least noon for sure).

[AmperCamper]

Originally posted by Strelok:

Feedback to devs:

2~4h a day since the update, Never happened with me or any friend. 3070TI, updated drivers, settings mixed. Windows 11.

Just to clarify, i'm not saying this is not a issue, It's just a feedback to devs know that it's not happening with everyone.

Originally posted by Lukasoss:

Flashlights seem to be working fine during night missions, just played with some friends. So the issue happens during the day (at least noon for sure).

Thanks for all the feedback here, guys. We're looking into this.

[Lukas]

They fixed it today :)