Torches barely light.

[DiamondDuty]

You need to place more torches than in Minecraft to light anything up. And after a while it starts to lag the game when near these torch clusters.

Please increase torch radius.

[procy]

I agree, but later in the game you unlock Electronics, with wiring and lighting which is brighter and better.

[Zara]

I think the torch radius is fine personally. As for the Electronic lights, while they are slightly larger, you still basically need a generator right next to each one because the electricity only travels 10 tiles, and you need to place the lights about 10 tiles apart...just seems like a massive waste of resources since the optimal torch placement is about every 6 tiles anyway.

[Lazy Dog Daddy]

Dont use torch , use gardening instead , that way mnsters dont aggro your torches and make you replace them :P

But yea around base and outpost use lamps from electronics

[Frick]

I think this should be applied to the decorative torches. It would give them more of a use in things other than base building.

[AI Sin || SinNoAria]

Really wouldn't mind some ability to like make a brighter torch. Have it where the base torches are smaller by maybe half a tile, the decorative torches can stay the same, and then we can have a new tier of torches, perhaps from the next biome or from the mold biome, that has expanded range similar to the electronic lamps.

[Twi`Naga]

Originally posted by appo:

I agree, but later in the game you unlock Electronics, with wiring and lighting which is brighter and better.

Yeah, but then you need generators every 10 - 20 tiles or so for this to be effective. It's a massive resource sink, and a PITA to light up any large areas. The game desperately needs some sort of repeater.

This also doesn't address the fact that a game shouldn't be tanking to 20fps just because there's too many torches placed down. It's ridiculous.

[ltlvxn]

Currently looking at options for lighting myself because my son is getting bad lag from the torches. Some kind of electric wall lamps would be good, a repeater is a good idea and maybe a setting to turn off the torch animation? If they weren’t animated I am sure it would help performance a ton. Do the devs check these forums?