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R1ch4rd N1x0n Sep 10, 2020 @ 10:51pm
How do players see in the dark?
At night time I literally cannot see ♥♥♥♥ with no light but other players often seem to know exactly where I am despite it being so dark. Turning up my brightness does not make it easier to see.

How do players know where I am???
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Originally posted by emperor god:
press windows button, type "calibrate display color" and turn your gamma all the way up
if you are playing on first person only servers then this barely works, but works like a charm on most other servers
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2High2tell Sep 10, 2020 @ 11:38pm 
Night vision goggles would be my guess. Unless u are being noob spawned.
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R1ch4rd N1x0n Sep 10, 2020 @ 11:41pm 
Originally posted by 2High2tell:
Night vision goggles would be my guess. Unless u are being noob spawned.
Are you being a smartass or are there actually night vision goggles?

Btw, the particular guy I'm referring to did not have goggles on. I saw him briefly.
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2High2tell Sep 10, 2020 @ 11:44pm 
Yes there is, and the goggles are not that visible. Unless u were right near him. It also depends on the headgear he is wearing, and whether they are up or down at the time u seen him. NVGs are one of the very first things I buy. You can get them in drops as well where there is military loot.
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Ranceed Sep 10, 2020 @ 11:47pm 
Yeah there are NVG.

If you can briefly see him then he can very likely stalk you. He will hear you. I've stalked people barefoot in the dark. Listening to them looting buildings. Following them through open door ways. Moving around as quietly as possible so as not to be heard. With intimate knowledge of the towns/cities it shouldn't be too hard. Can always disappear into the darkness.

Move silently. Leave light sticks you find behind in buildings. Throw them one way and move another. Lock them in the upstairs buildings with a lock pick. Make it look like your in there. close doors behind you and listen for them opening.

There is cat and there is mouse.
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nothing Sep 10, 2020 @ 11:52pm 
Adjust your gamma and your monitor settings ;)
You can compare the difference in someone who does this and someone who does not with Summit1G who does and Shroud who does not and Shrouds games is darker
Last edited by nothing; Sep 11, 2020 @ 5:11am
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ObscureEnigma Sep 11, 2020 @ 12:02am 
A flashlight, headlamp, and night vision goggles are what you need to look for if you want to see in the dark, you can also use your glow stick but it don't do as well.
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R1ch4rd N1x0n Sep 11, 2020 @ 12:02am 
Originally posted by 2High2tell:
Yes there is, and the goggles are not that visible. Unless u were right near him. It also depends on the headgear he is wearing, and whether they are up or down at the time u seen him. NVGs are one of the very first things I buy. You can get them in drops as well where there is military loot.
He was wearing only a hat on his head.
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R1ch4rd N1x0n Sep 11, 2020 @ 12:02am 
Originally posted by ObscureEnigma:
A flashlight, headlamp, and night vision goggles are what you need to look for if you want to see in the dark, you can also use your glow stick but it don't do as well.
You clearly did not read the description.
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ColeIsRegular Sep 11, 2020 @ 1:52am 
I can see really good at night and honestly debate using night vision sometimes. For me i had to adjust my moniter settings, not the game settings.
Last edited by ColeIsRegular; Sep 11, 2020 @ 1:53am
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Karmaterrorᵁᴷ Sep 11, 2020 @ 3:38am 
Pretty sure server date and weather dictate how dark the nights are. You can join one server and its easy to see, another and cant see a thing.

If you had a torch the thats how they know where you are. Think how dark it is on your screen. Now imagine you have no torch and you see the whole side of a building light up, or some trees lit up from miles out. Your gonna be drawn to it like a moth to a flame.

Chemlights are best for not giving you away. Torches and toad flares broadcast your location to anyone nearby. And yep night vission is a thing, it can even be worn over a hat with the headstrap unlike the headtorch. Comes in two parts though... the googles... and either a headstrap or helmet to mount them on :)
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Acquired Taste Sep 11, 2020 @ 3:48am 
You have 1300 hours in this game and you didnt know NVG's were a thing?
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Ted Sep 11, 2020 @ 3:58am 
I mostly play official/vanilla servers and I will probably get a lot of hate from the purists for saying this... but I think the nights are a bit too dark on vanilla. I don't like servers where the nights are barely distinguishable from a very overcast day but I don't find it much fun only being able to see a foot or so in front of me.

I tend to have several characters going on various servers, so if I don't have NVG's I will often swap to another character or play another game for a while. I used to play nights on official but I got killed a few times at night as you're basically a sitting duck if another player has NVG's and you don't.

I have seen some people up their gamma but I cannot be bothered with that either... but that could be what happened here perhaps?
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🆄🅽🅲🅻🅴 🅹🅾 Sep 11, 2020 @ 4:12am 
Originally posted by BB AcquiredTaste:
You have 1300 hours in this game and you didnt know NVG's were a thing?

Was thinking the same.
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ast Sep 11, 2020 @ 4:43am 
Originally posted by Ted:
I mostly play official/vanilla servers and I will probably get a lot of hate from the purists for saying this... but I think the nights are a bit too dark on vanilla. I don't like servers where the nights are barely distinguishable from a very overcast day but I don't find it much fun only being able to see a foot or so in front of me.

I tend to have several characters going on various servers, so if I don't have NVG's I will often swap to another character or play another game for a while. I used to play nights on official but I got killed a few times at night as you're basically a sitting duck if another player has NVG's and you don't.

I have seen some people up their gamma but I cannot be bothered with that either... but that could be what happened here perhaps?
huh?
afaik the nights on official 3pp servers are not that dark...you can easily navigate there without other lightsources than the moon and stars.
only on 1pp servers the nights are really dark and NVG's are basically mandatory.
(only talking about official)
Last edited by ast; Sep 11, 2020 @ 4:44am
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Ted Sep 11, 2020 @ 4:44am 
Originally posted by ast:
Originally posted by Ted:
I mostly play official/vanilla servers and I will probably get a lot of hate from the purists for saying this... but I think the nights are a bit too dark on vanilla. I don't like servers where the nights are barely distinguishable from a very overcast day but I don't find it much fun only being able to see a foot or so in front of me.

I tend to have several characters going on various servers, so if I don't have NVG's I will often swap to another character or play another game for a while. I used to play nights on official but I got killed a few times at night as you're basically a sitting duck if another player has NVG's and you don't.

I have seen some people up their gamma but I cannot be bothered with that either... but that could be what happened here perhaps?
huh?
afaik the nights on official 3pp servers are not that dark...you can easily navigate there without other lightsources than the moon and stars.
only on 1pp servers the nights are really dark and NVG's are basically mandatory.

Oh well I wouldn't know about that as I only play first person
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