Nights are too long

[ComorbidDisorder]

This takes place in Low Island, Antarctica, the nights should not be this damn long.

In fact, your nights in Low Island, Antarctica would be around 7 hours at most, the other 17 hours is nothing but daylight.

The day/night cycle in the game should actually be the complete opposite of what it currently is, the days should last much longer than the nights, the nights should be rather short.

Atm, you have 12 hours or daylight and 12 hours of darkness, when it should actually be more like 17 hours of daylight and 7 hours of darkness due to the location the game takes place.

[JayCayMan]

how long does night last (minutes)

[ComorbidDisorder]

Originally posted by JayCayMan:

how long does night last (minutes)

I said it in the post, day lasts 12 minutes and nights last 12 minutes.

Obviously, minutes in the game represent an hour.

However, it should be more like days are 17 minutes and night are 7 minutes.

[Dr.Vaфе!ь]

Or 17 hours of night and 7 hours of day. Polar night baby. But i'd like up to 6 month of night.

[ComorbidDisorder]

Originally posted by Dr.Vaфе!ь:

Or 17 hours of night and 7 hours of day. Polar night baby. But i'd like up to 6 month of night.

Well, depends on the season, but basically.

Summer would be 17 hours of daylight and winter would be 17 hours of darkness.

However, you wouldn't get the 6 months of night unless you got closer to the pole.

[Zeromentor]

Depends on the time of year, and right now (I'm probably mistaken) I believe that Low Island experiences 24 hours of day light this time of year.

Obviously, games should not always match reality, so 12-12 split is better for gameplay. Obviously, the US military isn't sending a B-2 Stealth Bomber to nuke an island in real life, Gas masks would be a bad idea to use in the Antarctic during a blizzard, and flying a helicopter during a blizzard is insanely suicidal. Gameplay wins here.

[ComorbidDisorder]

Originally posted by Zeromentor:

Depends on the time of year, and right now (I'm probably mistaken) I believe that Low Island experiences 24 hours of day light this time of year.

Obviously, games should not always match reality, so 12-12 split is better for gameplay. Obviously, the US military isn't sending a B-2 Stealth Bomber to nuke an island in real life, Gas masks would be a bad idea to use in the Antarctic during a blizzard, and flying a helicopter during a blizzard is insanely suicidal. Gameplay wins here.

The 24 hours of daylight thing only happens close to the pole, Low Island is basically as far from the pole as you can get without not being on Antarctica.

Also, you have a point about the other stuff, especially the helicopter...

However, I don't agree that the 12-12 split is better, at least not until the AI is changed.

As it is now, you've got a survive for 12 hours with enemies that know your exact location at all times.

[Fyne]

i think 12/12 is better for gameplay so i dont mind

[Undead Leader]

Not really sure that matters. The day/night cycle set is for game design, not realism.

[Catboy Five Pebbles]

when will people learn Fun > Realism
it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game it's meant to be fun even if it's not scientifically accurate

[Undead Leader]

Originally posted by 7/11 Gasoline:

when will people learn Fun > Realism
it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game it's meant to be fun even if it's not scientifically accurate

People always have to try to make everything scientific.

[evil bob]

make it set in summer. nights are only 3 hours long

[ComorbidDisorder]

Originally posted by evil bob:

make it set in summer. nights are only 3 hours long

Honestly, I'm curious as to why the developer chose Low Island.

[Sanglaine]

I feel like it works better for gameplay to be 12 by 12 even if it's inaccurate. Monsters don't even spawn for the first few hours of night. Plus I believe you can just drive between points at night to avoid monsters.

Right now monsters aren't threatening enough while you're driving to merit reducing the night timer since it would heavily benefit night driving to avoid monsters entirely. At least with the 12 by 12 timer you're encouraged to actually put yourself in a threatening position to finish objectives due to limited overall time.

[RobeRonin]

lol there is so much more to correct then the night length and its a game not a real life simulator lol there is a lot to take into account with bbalance in a survival game let alone a multiplayer asymmetrical horror game lol helicopters do not work the way the work in the game nor do snowmobiles hell humans cant run as far as the characters in the game with unlimited stamina but you its a game!

[Catboy Five Pebbles]

Originally posted by RobeRonin:

lol there is so much more to correct then the night length and its a game not a real life simulator lol there is a lot to take into account with bbalance in a survival game let alone a multiplayer asymmetrical horror game lol helicopters do not work the way the work in the game nor do snowmobiles hell humans cant run as far as the characters in the game with unlimited stamina but you its a game!

"i dunno man serious issues with the game definitely exist but i want it to be identical to real life!"
-OP, probably