Outdoor roofs 0% lit?

[Chocoroom]

That doesn't make any sense. Why would it be pitch black if there was a roof overhang outside a buildings entrance if its completely sunny without clouds?

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Simply put, the game is just not putting any time in trying to calculate ambient light. The lighting is currently a fairly low tech system in an already super cpu-intensive game. My guess is devs don't think the calculation time is worth the extra realism.

[Chocoroom]

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

Simply put, the game is just not putting any time in trying to calculate ambient light. The lighting is currently a fairly low tech system in an already super cpu-intensive game. My guess is devs don't think the calculation time is worth the extra realism.

Makes sense, but what about indoor torches? I don't have any experience with programming so I don't know how hard it would be to implement, but maybe have a progression of light that would slowly get lower and lower each layer of roof it passes through.

[grapplehoeker]

I always cover my outdoor pathways in order to ignore a toxic fallout event...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2070483946
but, I hate the "too dark" cause for a mental break and so I make sure that all exterior pathways are lit ;) It has the added benefit of looking pretty good too!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2070484867

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by Chocoroom:

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

Simply put, the game is just not putting any time in trying to calculate ambient light. The lighting is currently a fairly low tech system in an already super cpu-intensive game. My guess is devs don't think the calculation time is worth the extra realism.

Makes sense, but what about indoor torches? I don't have any experience with programming so I don't know how hard it would be to implement, but maybe have a progression of light that would slowly get lower and lower each layer of roof it passes through.

Torches (and regular lamps as well) have a radius, you can see this by having nothing selected, and then hovering over tiles and looking for the %Lit stat in the lower right. Torches and all lamps except the sun lamp start at 50% and then after so many tiles start dropping off in % Lit amount.