torches are blinding me, not sure how to fix

[Soren49]

changing gamma and other settings in the graphics tabs has not fixed this at all. when i'm in the house at night it's like staring directly into the sun. it's just whiteness all around me. does anyone know how to fix this?

[CrazedTrucker]

once you get to the electric standing lights you can click on them to set the intensity. I agree the torch is way over board but as far as I know it is what it is , not sure you can adjust it without making night completly blacked out.

[Ave]

turn off bloom and lower
lighting quality stuff

[CrazedTrucker]

O yeah , not sure if you're on a monitor or a tv or what kind of tv but my samsung 60 inch tv has an hdr mode i enabled , it basically lets you set it up on the tv for brightness and gamma lvls for gaming devices , when I enabled it and set it up it was amazing , it basically detects day/night in a game and adjusts brightness lvls of certian things for you automatically.

just an idea to look for an hdr setting on you're monitor/tv. GL

[Soren49]

Originally posted by CrazedTrucker:

O yeah , not sure if you're on a monitor or a tv or what kind of tv but my samsung 60 inch tv has an hdr mode i enabled , it basically lets you set it up on the tv for brightness and gamma lvls for gaming devices , when I enabled it and set it up it was amazing , it basically detects day/night in a game and adjusts brightness lvls of certian things for you automatically.

just an idea to look for an hdr setting on you're monitor/tv. GL

unfortuntely this didn't work, neither did the suggestion above it. compared to how my friend's screen looks, mine is so incredibly bright. They don't have any different settings than me so I'm wondering if I messed up something using commands

[Krixx]

I have the exact same issue. Laptop 4070 card. My wife has a 3070 card and it looks great. My clouds also just look like static but hers look great

[Soren49]

Originally posted by Krixx:

I have the exact same issue. Laptop 4070 card. My wife has a 3070 card and it looks great. My clouds also just look like static but hers look great

omg my clouds are the same, i thought that was normal?? I also can't look through glass because everything i'm looking at through it has ghosting

[CrazedTrucker]

Originally posted by Krixx:

I have the exact same issue. Laptop 4070 card. My wife has a 3070 card and it looks great. My clouds also just look like static but hers look great

OK so the cloud thing can be fixed (kind of). If you really don't mind losing the clouds ( and gaining a bit of fps in the process).

Hit the tilth key and type in r.volumetricClouds 0
This turn them fully off. if you want to reenable them then type the same thing space 1.
Disabling the on land/water haze/fog will give you a fps jump too and make the game brighter and more crisp , ESPECIALLY underwater. - r.volumetricfog 0

My brothers been having issues with mid 40's fps , we found this lastnight , he jumped to 60 fps turning these both off.

[CrazedTrucker]

Originally posted by Soren49:

Originally posted by CrazedTrucker:

O yeah , not sure if you're on a monitor or a tv or what kind of tv but my samsung 60 inch tv has an hdr mode i enabled , it basically lets you set it up on the tv for brightness and gamma lvls for gaming devices , when I enabled it and set it up it was amazing , it basically detects day/night in a game and adjusts brightness lvls of certian things for you automatically.

just an idea to look for an hdr setting on you're monitor/tv. GL

unfortuntely this didn't work, neither did the suggestion above it. compared to how my friend's screen looks, mine is so incredibly bright. They don't have any different settings than me so I'm wondering if I messed up something using commands

I wish I had more answers for you , I used my tv's hdr setting to fix mine so I wasn't blinded anymore. The electric lights you can hold E and adjust the light intensity on them is all I can think of , or maybe switch to angler gel in the torchs ( I think it gives off a blue light if I remember right) so maybe not so intense?

[Krixx]

Do you think this has something to do with different cards? It just seems very odd my wife’s 3070 has no issues with clouds or torches but my 4070 is a mess.

[CrazedTrucker]

Originally posted by Krixx:

Do you think this has something to do with different cards? It just seems very odd my wife’s 3070 has no issues with clouds or torches but my 4070 is a mess.

Man I have no idea , Dunno if it's a nvidia thing or a wc thing for this 1 issue , me and my brother have the exact same pc and I've had no issues at all , he on the other hand had to under voltage his cpu ,mess with core speeds , mess with nvidia settings , add a bunch of line to his game ini file on startup just to make the dam game run without crashing.

This game is so poorly optimized I'm suprised it's not bricking video cards or cpu's.
did the volumetric cloud / fog thing help you atleast?