Fog is a bit much

[Sister of Silence]

So I'm standing at the top of a mountain near a sheer drop and from one second to the next visibility is 0. Maybe tone it down a little? This is unplayable.

https://imgur.com/a/qioF0Ml

[Smurff-a-thon2k]

Its every aspect of the game, its like zero or 100, they dont know how to have good transitions and balances..

start on a beach your freezing to death.... walk 5 feet your burning to death..... :-|

pick an easy spawn zone, 5 carnos come over and insta kill you.... :-|

standing on a mountain... clear view of the map... 5 seconds later, dont move or you fall off the mountain cause zero visibility insta-fog... :-|

soo many other things like these just zero or 100 things

[Sister of Silence]

Well, I'm glad they had this free weekend. I was about to buy the game but I think I'll hold off on it until Ark 2 at least. Didn't see anything that was worth buying it (already have Ark SE). Graphics aren't worth it when you can't see them :D

[Smurff-a-thon2k]

I don't think Ark 2 is coming, at least that's what most people will tell you based on a bunch of things happening with the studios.

I personally don't want Ark 2 if its just going to be some souls-like.

I do want old games remade with beautiful graphics upgrades, so I (will be) very happy with ArkSA when a large amount of bugs get worked out.

But yea just our opinions.

[RobbIe]

Originally posted by Sister of Silence:

Well, I'm glad they had this free weekend. I was about to buy the game but I think I'll hold off on it until Ark 2 at least. Didn't see anything that was worth buying it (already have Ark SE). Graphics aren't worth it when you can't see them :D

You can configure your view like you want with some changes in INI files or via console.
For example: no fog, no clouds, grass density, clear water in the ocean and other.
In my German videos in playlist below I explain several of these settings:

YouTube Playliste mit ASA Infos und Tipps:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3dJGXyezZnoTSXIDkf03k_9q3CcSf2iX

Additional take a look in tab "GUIDES" here in Steam, there are some tips too.

[Sarecho]

r.VolumetricCloud.SampleMinCount 10 | r.VolumetricCloud.ViewRaySampleMaxCount 32 | r.VolumetricRenderTarget.Mode 3 | r.VolumetricFog 0

this turns VOLUMETRIC fog off, leaves on the distance fog and leaves volumetric clouds on but turns them down a bit since they are about 300% worse than the volumetric cloud settings on star citizen which is twice as bad as any other game in existence. without clouds you give up atmosphere and these settings will give you some FPS, remove the excessive volumetric fog that also makes underwater look murky and it's what i roll with.