Very dark nights in DayZ BETA

[Demon]

It's almost impossible to play at night server in new DayZ BETA, because changing brightness is not working. It looks like when you change brightness in game options you put extra white layer over DayZ game. And you get these horrible green dots at night. I don't know why they added this effect...

Plus things like road flares works very short time which is really unrealistic. From Wikipedia:

"Another type of flare is the fusee, which burns for 10–60 minutes with a bright red light. Fusees are commonly used to indicate obstacles or advise caution on roadways at night; in this usage they are also called highway flares, road flares, or ground flares."

P.S. I tried to change brightness in Nvidia control panel like I used in Escape from Tarkov night servers, but it has no effect in DayZ BETA.

IT SHOULD BE HOTFIXED.

[Punani]

They have added in this effect so people do not increase the gamma outside the game.

So no, it is intended and nights will stay this dark.

[Derleth]

This is intended. Night is supposed to be very dark in DayZ, to force us to use light sources (flare, flashlight, chemlights, torches etc) instead of cheating with gamma/brightness. So, if you raise brightness or video card gamma settings you will get that grain effect, to stop it from giving you an advantage over other players.

So, when it gets dark you have to adapt your playstyle. No longer are light sources merely flair items for roleplayers, they are a vital part of the game. You have to make sure you have some before you set out in the night or you'll be stumbling around blindly. If you get stuck out at night without a light source, all you can do is basically to seek shelter until dawn.

[Emu!]

Yes, nighttime is dark :)

[Hajami]

Finally i can use a Flare and dont have to be the one and only bambi who does that while the others turn gamma up and can see me from 200 meters away in pitch dark, while i can only see 10 to 20 meters.
Since night only lasts for around 1 hour, this is cool feature.

[TheHoneyiscool]

Ah sweet summerchild, night is here.

[Elu]

Originally posted by Polish Gooner:

It's almost impossible to play at night server in new DayZ BETA, because changing brightness is not working.

I'll stop you right there. The nights are as dark as intended, and no graphical tweaking will change it anymore.

IT SHOULD BE HOTFIXED.

No, it works just fine. Learn to play during the night or don't play during the night. It's not a slightly darker day anymore.

[LostParadise.eu Jeff]

i like it as it is now.

[Pan Zalud]

Get yourself some NVGs bro.. youll be fine

[capi]

I would like to play in a server with day/night cycle, stamina, rain etc but all of them are almost empty, only the ratkids servers are full, any ideas???

[JP]

Is it now like it was back in mod days? I have missed that.

[Nir13]

yes too dark at the moment.

[JP]

If you need external light source, it is dark enough.

[Itaewon Dweller]

Night is supposed to be very dark, This is why you spawn with a flare. Nighttime is awesome, i had my first scare for a long time in DayZ.

BTW this is realistic without light nightime is pitchblack.

Only complaint is that nighttime is just as long as daytime. IRL we sleep during the night so it would be great if nighttime was 1 3rd of the length of daytime

[Demon]

Originally posted by Lil Loyal:

Night is supposed to be very dark, This is why you spawn with a flare.

Life of a flare is too short in DayZ. Plus you are putting yourself at risk. There is no other light source like in real life you get from clear sky...

It's another bad idea like adding stamina into the game. It will force people to jump over servers or use moded servers only.

Have Bohemia never checked why people don't play on night servers??

[Elu]

Originally posted by Polish Gooner:

Originally posted by Lil Loyal:

Night is supposed to be very dark, This is why you spawn with a flare.

Life of a flare is too short in DayZ. Plus you are putting yourself at risk. There is no other light source like in real life you get from clear sky...

It's another bad idea like adding stamina into the game. It will force people to jump over servers or use moded servers only.

Have Bohemia never checked why people don't play on night servers??

There will always be people who like risks and like playing at nights. Maybe less than people who want the easy mode (less risks, daytime), but still...

Also, during the night, if the moon is there and sky is clear, you can see everything pretty well.

P.S. I really don't like the thing you said: "Plus you are putting yourself at risk". It's a survival game. If you don't like risks, play something else.