Pitch black outside?

[BeefWagon]

Why is it pitch black outside? I'm talkin can't see 2 feet in front of you... I'm not in a dungeon.. I'm outside with no trees near me. It's not even storming... and my screen is literally black. Guess you guys forgot about something called the moon.

[EN16M471C]

Some nights are clear some are not... as you'd expect. Also if you're having brightness issues, adjust it while in the main menu.

[IFIYGD]

The mMoon phases through it's cycles in game, just like IRL. Full Moon- bright with lots of ambient light. New Moon- No ambient light, dark, because... New Moon.

And ig you are face first into a balck rock formation of trww trunk or cave entrance or the like... you may see only blackness. If you have a lantern,m light it for a few seonds to get your bearnings, or start a small campfire and light a stick brand. Press [Tab] to see how many hours of darkness are left. If there is ??? instead of hours, it means you can;t tell because the stars and Moon are obscured.

They didn;t forget the Moon hun. But if you are used to light pollution IRL, you may not realize that a New Moon, with all electricity out and no other lights, expecially if it is a heavily cluded sky... can be ptich balck out here in the country, in the woods. Lol!

You'll get used to it in game, eventually. But it is really creepy and confusing to be in pitch blackness no matter what. :)

[Pegasus]

Yes and the moon isn't visible for the week during its new phase.

[Chasey]

Plenty of nights that there moon IS out and so bright you can even craft things under its light. You must be out on a cloudy night. If you're in Pleasant Valley, be prepared for many cloudy/stormy nights.

[ajb1978]

It might be your monitor. When you start a game there is a brightness setting you can adjust in the options. Set it to whatever is comfortable for you.

I have 3 monitors and I've seen the game be unrealistically bright in one screen, but if I move it to another, it's suddenly unplayably dark. The setting exists so that you can accomodate your own display's idiosyncrasies.

[Excorpion]

Please, adjust brightness... tthats the issue no.1

[binakalgo]

There is some light when the moon is out, that's not 100% of nights. Worse if there is bad weather.

I'm a city boy, but I've gone camping a couple of times in the total wilderness without moon and with cloudy sky and I wasn't able to see anything 2 feet infront of me. In fact, not even my finger in front of my nose.

This game nails that feeling pretty well.