Night time is awful

[Adam__86]

May be there's better lighting items I am missing but currently trying to explore at night is painful because I LITERALLY CAN'T SEE ♥♥♥♥ even when brightening screen. Also salty because I fell to my death because blind. Going to assume everyone just camps till daytime to avoid this mess

[Shin Happens]

Origineel geplaatst door Wanda FRA/ANG:

Origineel geplaatst door The Debauchery:

Sounds like something a city kid would say.
I've been on quite a few midnight walks in the woods in my time without a light source and could navigate just fine. For sure you can't see colour by starlight, so everything looks monochrome, but it is still quite easy to see where things are and where they aren't.

... i have 43 yo, and i lived near the forest 75% of my life.
Dude, in the forest or montain during night, if there are just some clouds, you can't see ANYTHING, even your feet. It's fu****g pitch black. So durong the night in the game, this is pretty bright enough for me. Maybe this is the only game with true nights.

Well, most live in cities now and have never even seen the Milky Way with their own eyes because of light pollution... so people underestimate how truly dark a cloudy / moonless night can be. I only ever experienced this maybe two or three times in my life when I was in a rural area without any light pollution. And as I said in my other post... all the really dangerous (somewhat) enemies glow in the dark in this game and can be seen miles (well, a long distance) away. So they certainly won't surprise you.

[MrSoul]

Origineel geplaatst door The Debauchery:

I couldn't find any way to modify the brightness settings so night wasn't basically black. It is almost like the moon and stars don't exist at all.
But then a lot of games are like that for some reason. Probably made by night-blind people who have no idea that some others can see quite easily in the dark.

One thing this game does do differently though is that direct sunlight is also blinding. So visual navigation is basically always difficult except when it is raining.

Right? Grew up in country too, where no light pollution. Even with new moon, like ya dark af out but once eyes have adjusted can still well enough to move around. If even a half moon, easily.

Most people make these games prob predominately live in urban areas too, ie, street lights, mass light pollution. Really have no clue what nighttime is like xD

[D. Flame]

Origineel geplaatst door Wanda FRA/ANG:

Origineel geplaatst door The Debauchery:

Sounds like something a city kid would say.
I've been on quite a few midnight walks in the woods in my time without a light source and could navigate just fine. For sure you can't see colour by starlight, so everything looks monochrome, but it is still quite easy to see where things are and where they aren't.

... i have 43 yo, and i lived near the forest 75% of my life.
Dude, in the forest or montain during night, if there are just some clouds, you can't see ANYTHING, even your feet. It's fu****g pitch black. So during the night in the game, this is pretty bright enough for me. Maybe this is the only game with true nights.

When I was still in school, I would walk a little over 10 KM at 2 am with no torch to get home from the job my parents made me get to build character.

You can see just fine after your eyes adjust.

[Swans]

Origineel geplaatst door Shin Happens:

All has been said... StayFrosty perfectly summarized it... just do not venture out at night before you are high level, once you are... nighttime is not any more difficult really than daytime and I never found it super difficult to navigate in the dark, I mean, most people live in (big) citiies and tend to forget how dark a moonless night can be out in the woods... but when all four pawns have their lanterns on you will see everything you need to see and at night skeletons have shiny eyes you can see from afar and the ghostlike apparations or dulahans etc all glow in the dark anyway and can be seen from a long, long distance away. And the zombies can always be heard. And even normal creatures get glowy yellow eyes (like animals have in the real world) at night. But absolutely make camp or return home at night when you are not nearing the endgame or have a high(er) level character.

I was level around 8, maybe 10, when I ended up out at night. It was not my intention but I just ended up outside with no camping kits en route to the first city (did not take cart). I got through the night with a full team of pawns, so I don't think it's that bad, but it was touch and go by the end due to health depletion. But it was fun, it's a good mechanic that is avoidable if you're not up for it.

[76561199667462956]

Only my second playthrough now on new account and I usually explore at night now. More fun and exp.

[IGNIS]

Add me if you wish, play my ♟️pawn 60+

[Pencillus Sedatus]

real night is real black, you feel the darkness and the lack of light from the eyes, it feels trippy when it happens. this only happens if you are living in the wild, forest or country side.

[Shinkiro]

Origineel geplaatst door Adam__86:

I disagree. If a day night cycle is making me not want to play at night thus making me skip it then that isn't great imo

Sounds like a YOU problem, just like every other whine thread.

[Ponyeater]

OP, you are soft

[Raven]

I believe you need a nifty lil item called a lantern.

and I travel at night to spot gold trove beetles easier.

[Wakipai Pero #PLAYGG]

Night time exploration is OD because you'll spot gold bugs and coins easily

[:bestgamerchina#1最好的中國]

Origineel geplaatst door Adam__86:

Origineel geplaatst door Seamus:

Have you ever actually been out in the woods? There's a reason everyone has lanterns in this game.

We're not in the woods 24/7 ingame. Unless its perpetually cloudy at night it shouldn't feel like i'm in a cave

Then your screen is trash just like this dubachery guy, or u tinkered with its integral settings. Night in this game is dark but not dark enough to not see around 10-15m ahead.

[Adam__86]

Origineel geplaatst door Ponyeater:

OP, you are soft

Because I don't find stumbling in the dark fun? I mean some people find getting stepped on fun, I don't but power to them. I am 37, I play games for fun. If I don't find something fun I either do not engage or fix it. If intention was immersion it fails for me because it feels artificial darkness as opposed to natural lighting. Fortunately I have modded the darkness out so issue resolved

[CadaveR]

Origineel geplaatst door Adam__86:

Origineel geplaatst door Ponyeater:

OP, you are soft

Because I don't find stumbling in the dark fun? I mean some people find getting stepped on fun, I don't but power to them. I am 37, I play games for fun. If I don't find something fun I either do not engage or fix it. If intention was immersion it fails for me because it feels artificial darkness as opposed to natural lighting. Fortunately I have modded the darkness out so issue resolved

Dude you never walked outside your neighborhood haven't you.
Also wtf mean "im 37 i play for fun" who doesn't play for fun.

[Adam__86]

Origineel geplaatst door 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐑:

Origineel geplaatst door Adam__86:

Because I don't find stumbling in the dark fun? I mean some people find getting stepped on fun, I don't but power to them. I am 37, I play games for fun. If I don't find something fun I either do not engage or fix it. If intention was immersion it fails for me because it feels artificial darkness as opposed to natural lighting. Fortunately I have modded the darkness out so issue resolved

Dude you never walked outside your neighborhood haven't you.
Also wtf mean "im 37 i play for fun" who doesn't play for fun.

What has my post got to do with going outside? Most people don't wander in darkness with no light IRL. Fun is subjective but there's definitely a sect of masochistic gamers that get fun out of tedium and frustration, I am not one. I got that in the 90s and 00s.