Game is too dark

[LTU_EiMs]

It's just me or game is too dark {pitch black} when you have to do stealth? There was a section in the game where you have been kidnapped by bandits and you had to navigate through them while you don't have your flashlight. And it was pretty hard to find where I had to go without it. I play on PCVR with Meta Quest 3 and Steam Link app wirelessly.

[bronsky]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2669410/discussions/0/4634860913217855259/#c4634860913217856880

[LTU_EiMs]

Originally posted by bronsky:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2669410/discussions/0/4634860913217855259/#c4634860913217856880

Thanks I will try. But still, something is not ok with lighting in this game. It shouldn't be that dark when a light sources all around you. It feels like they wanted to use raytracing but in the middle of development just scap it and forget to add it in traditional way.

[waltran]

Disable TAA or TSR to make it a bit more lighter but the game is correct amount of dark.
Have you even been to a cave in real life? Of course it should be dark.

[[ScrN]PooSH]

Originally posted by waltran:

Disable TAA or TSR to make it a bit more lighter but the game is correct amount of dark.
Have you even been to a cave in real life? Of course it should be dark.

Have you ever lit a candle in real life? The surroundings are dark but not pitch-black.

[ChromaticGrey]

I have a quest 3 and a psvr2. It's just the negative of the q3 lcd, or lcds in general. I have a feeling they developed with the idea of catering to the oled on the psvr2. Which is good if you have that. I started on the q3 because of course wireless. But have switched to the psvr2.

Almost like there should be a oled/lcd toggle that adjusts the gamma a bit.

I agree. On my quest it's not great in the dark. The really dark areas not pitch black, but since the lcds suck for blacks it becomes all grey. You see no detail. But this game with the psvr 2 is really awesome. I actually don't need to pull out the flash light hardly ever. Its dark but you can see the environment mostly. Even with the headsets flaws it has won some points in this game for me.

[NoVa.exe]

Well tbf the Darkness in the Game is atmospheric and i love it. however, on the other hand i can't tell where i am running or what i am doing at Times. Especially in the Ghost/Vision Sections and when Commencing in Stealth Later on.

I can't see where to leave or enter a Room, Can't see how many and what enemies there are in and sure as hell i can't hit them because the screen is basically full black.

Darkness is one thing, but it could do with a little more contrast.

[CyberVillain]

The original metro games were also very dark, its part of the atmosphere/gameplay

[Iren!cus]

I was wondering how i should manage the first stealth part without seeing anything with my MetaQuest 3, too. Additionally the game not brings up a "setup gamma prompt" like all other games. But rising the gamma value in settings menu does the trick for me. Its now just bright enough to see the outlines if the head lamp is off.

[Rune]

I switched to Rift CV1 (=oled) and never needed to turn on the headlamp again.

With Index I constantly needed the lamp.

Thanks to the Rift CV1 SDE the low-res Quest textures also looked a lot better, with the SDE fooling my brain. And TAA always looked sharp and non-blurry with the CV1 - so I completely gave up on Index and used CV1 instead.

Now who would have thought that the CV1 would come in handy in 2024? ;-)

[pixelpole]

I was sable to fix this Issue on Quest 3 by not using SteamVR but directly the link app from the options menu. For some reason that darkness issue is not present there. Maybe related to hdr settings?

[NoVa.exe]

Can't tell. However, in most of the Game it i9s OK, just some Passages (Like the Visions with the Ghosts you have one section) i was barely able to navigate the environment.