Nighthawk bugged?

[kotor_fan]

Ever since last patch, all my nighthawk potions work only in light.

And by that I mean they blind me if I'm outside in daylight, but if it's dark, it's still dark and can't see ♥♥♥♥.
Confirmed as bug or someone has some solution?

[Vellari]

Not sure if bug or "now works as intended".

As in, it is now a "light amplifier" and not a static increase of light. Meaning some light is still required for it to work, but full daylight is flash bang territory.

Feels more real I guess, but sure did not help (as much) in pitch black underground tunnels.

[kotor_fan]

Originally posted by Vellari:

Not sure if bug or "now works as intended".

As in, it is now a "light amplifier" and not a static increase of light. Meaning some light is still required for it to work, but full daylight is flash bang territory.

Nerfing it a bit would be fine, but as it is now, it's completely useless.
I can see wall on my sides and that's it. Literally. Everything else is pitch black, can't see further than my hand length.

What do I do with that? I'm still blind as a bat, might as well not use it at all.

I mean ♥♥♥♥, it's actually making things actively WORSE, since now only light is amplified (as before), but night vision is non-existent so it's only the bad, none of the good.

It's making vision during stealth parts HARDER, not better, since everything is blinding me, and if an enemy has a torch, the ♥♥♥♥ I need nighthawk anyway?

[vajrasatava]

God, I wanted to say the exact same thing, but no one is talking about this. After the 1.2 patch, I cannot see a fxxking thing even after taking nighthawk potion in dark places like mines, basements etc. What's the point of this potion if you still have to use a torch? I don't care about 'intended or not by the dev'. Now the potion is just a troll item, because it is a self-flashbang in the daytime, and useless even at night because you can only see things under lights!? In addition to that, even Kreyzl(the miller) comments on the nighthawk potion to use it when you commit a crime in the dark, not to use 'torch'. Now, you should use 'torch' with it. Wow, great.

**mild spoiler**


I forgot to mention about a quest in relation to that. In 'The Spark' side quest, you should go inside a mine, and detonate bomb. (well, a barrel of gunpowder literally) Problem is, your torch disappears in the mine because you put it to ignite the gunpowder. Yeah, you cannot pickup a fxxcking torch inside. So, if you don't have a spare torch with you, you are stuck in a dark mine, and the time is running out. Before the 1.2 patch, I had no problem because I got nighthawk potions and they worked in darkness. But now? It is literally useless and you have to escape even though you can't see anything.

[kotor_fan]

Originally posted by vajrasatava:

God, I wanted to say the exact same thing, but no one is talking about this. After the 1.2 patch, I cannot see a fxxking thing even after taking nighthawk potion in dark places like mines, basements etc. What's the point of this potion if you still have to use a torch? I don't care about 'intended or not by the dev'. Now the potion is just a troll item, because it is a self-flashbang in the daytime, and useless even at night because you can only see things under lights!? In addition to that, even Kreyzl(the miller) comments on the nighthawk potion to use it when you commit a crime in the dark, not to use 'torch'. Now, you should use 'torch' with it. Wow, great.

**mild spoiler**


I forgot to mention about a quest in relation to that. In 'The Spark' side quest, you should go inside a mine, and detonate bomb. (well, a barrel of gunpowder literally) Problem is, your torch disappears in the mine because you put it to ignite the gunpowder. Yeah, you cannot pickup a fxxcking torch inside. So, if you don't have a spare torch with you, you are stuck in a dark mine, and the time is running out. Before the 1.2 patch, I had no problem because I got nighthawk potions and they worked in darkness. But now? It is literally useless and you have to escape even though you can't see anything.

I am literally just doing that quest and now trying to find 2nd torch before starting it.
Love this game, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hell, some of the quest designs are absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

If I drop torch before the part, Henry can't do what needs to be done and says he was given torch by person at entrance. No he wasn't, since I already had a torch.
So now I have 2 choices:
Reload save from 15 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ minutes ago (last time when I can grab 2nd torch)
Run through whole mine in pitch dark with 0 light (nighthawk, as mentioned, doesn't work any longer, so it does ♥♥♥♥ all, even if I use it)

Actually, there's 3rd option, cheating. I'll just use cheat line to spawn myself torch.
♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥.

[Netheri]

Nighthawk doesn't work right indoors, there shouldn't be no need for us to use torch indoors, if Nighthawk is in effect. I mean, what would be the meaning of Nighthawk with using torch indoors? Steal horses and bandit camps and ride horse at night without torch, also be a huge criminal lord and not to use torch in the village/city @ night?

[Insomec]

I used it once during the storm mission. It looked HORRENDOUS, my fps halfed and so I never used one ever again, in 160 hours… just use the torch mate

[Mobbie]

inside https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3447378821
and out https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3447378754 seems bit off really