Daytime is too bright

[shadyltd1989]

Daytime in the new update seems to cause everything to have a white washed appearance. Yellows seem less yellow as well as reds and pretty much any other color with those two being the most obvious. Adjusting brightness did nothing and I even messed around with settings in the config file. The lighting looks good but a good amount of color was sacrificed. I had an issue with nighttime being too dark but that was fixed by removing mods.

[Digital X]

Can you get a screen shot and a specific time please? I'll load up my game and check it. I haven't noticed anything drastic so far. Running any graphics mod per chance?

[defterosman]

I think that the sense of an "over-bright" daytime is just an initial physical reaction to the sudden change of the darker daytime we had been used to until now. Personally I feel the ATS world, after this major update, looks way more realistic and the increased daytime brightness definitely contributes a great deal to that feel. As for the night, the difference in realistic lighting is simply vast...

[Reverend Evil]

Yeah. Before this patch I was using one of those realism mods and it looked great. But with the new patch everything is so bright. It just looks way too bright and washed out. Hmm

Oh, and another thing. I'm getting a weird pattern on the bonnet when looking through the windscreen. But when I change camera angles and look from outside the bonnet looks perfect. Weird.

[shadyltd1989]

Not sure how to upload a screenshot in this thread. I made a new profile to avoid any mod conflicts. I removed mods on an old save and got the same result.

I know in real life light makes things brighter but the sun doesn't cause colors to seem washed out. My only option at this point is going back to 1.39.

Nighttime looks awesome but the daylight is meh to me.

[SecretOne]

Remember the day/date is fixed at summer solstice so the longest day and in the middle of summer so everything will be bright(er) as this is a better lighting solution than previous versions of the game, it is more accurate, just takes a little bit of getting used to.

If you drive I am sure that when you have been out on the highway in the middle of summer it is that bright, but most probably you were wearing sunglasses because it was so bright.

Now maybe that is something SCS needs to add, the option to put a pair of sunglasses on.

Night time I think the headlights look a little weak but most probably are correct just not what I was used to in the game when I could light up everything with the headlights.

Yes there is some tweaks that need to be made to lights when they are used in the daytime but overall I think it is very impressive.

[ThunderDownUnder]

Originally posted by Reverend Evil:

Oh, and another thing. I'm getting a weird pattern on the bonnet when looking through the windscreen. But when I change camera angles and look from outside the bonnet looks perfect. Weird.

Known bug with SSAO, I've turned that off until they fix it.

[defterosman]

Originally posted by SecretOne:

...Night time I think the headlights look a little weak but most probably are correct just not what I was used to in the game when I could light up everything with the headlights...

That's right. Before 1.40, I avoided using the headlights, unless I had no choice, i.e. it was pitch dark, for the very reason you mention.

[svenks[DK]]

I concur!
I see see both the white washout and the bonnet pattern. Will try to disable SSAO, but for the whiteout, I think it is connected to the now removed HDR switch - in other words, you can't turn it off!
See my thread around HDR.
BRGDS
Sven

[keluvu]

Same problem here. No mods at all, new profile just for v 1.40.

The problem with that saturated white color that burns your eyes is only in the cockpit view. Any other camera doesn't have that problem.

If when the whole exterior is burned with that white you change to a bumper camera, the problem disappears, for example.

A little frustrating, I only drive from the cockpit view (1700 hours driven this way so far) .
Hope they find a solution.

[Beef Supreme]

Originally posted by defterosman:

I think that the sense of an "over-bright" daytime is just an initial physical reaction to the sudden change of the darker daytime we had been used to until now. Personally I feel the ATS world, after this major update, looks way more realistic and the increased daytime brightness definitely contributes a great deal to that feel. As for the night, the difference in realistic lighting is simply vast...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2433745814

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2433750911

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2433750204

Look at the yellow on the truck and the yellow lines in the road.

[TW]

Even turning off the SSAO doesn't not help one little bit. Now What???????????????

[defterosman]

Originally posted by AEnoch:

...Look at the yellow on the truck and the yellow lines in the road.

Of course, there are glitches like the ones you demonstrate. I'm sure that sooner or later they will be corrected. Besides, that's why, I believe, SCS did not release at once the 1.40 for ETS2. Obviously, ATS 1.40 serves as an "extended" beta, before we can enjoy flawlessly ETS2 1.40 and the Iberia DLC. In any case, I for one, feel that the overall realism level of ATS has been significantly increased with the release of the 1.40 and I insist that in spite of the current glitches the increased brightness adds a lot to the realism.

[Invisible]

Originally posted by defterosman:

Originally posted by AEnoch:

...Look at the yellow on the truck and the yellow lines in the road.

Of course, there are glitches like the ones you demonstrate. I'm sure that sooner or later they will be corrected. Besides, that's why, I believe, SCS did not release at once the 1.40 for ETS2. Obviously, ATS 1.40 serves as an "extended" beta, before we can enjoy flawlessly ETS2 1.40 and the Iberia DLC. In any case, I for one, feel that the overall realism level of ATS has been significantly increased with the release of the 1.40 and I insist that in spite of the current glitches the increased brightness adds a lot to the realism.

Wrong

ETS 1.40 just release today

[defterosman]

Originally posted by Invisible:

Wrong
ETS 1.40 just release today

"Invisible", if so, that's the one mistake I'm happy about. Thanks for the info!

[svenks[DK]]

AEnoch, I can clearly see the bluish tint in your last screenshot as well.