Brightness Bug?

[esimonoff]

I started up the game after a long while of not playing. The game immediately prompted me pick a brightness setting. I am unable to see any difference between any of the settings during this prompt - neither the wolf nor the logo appear at all to me.

[hinterland_community]

Originally posted by esimonoff:

I started up the game after a long while of not playing. The game immediately prompted me pick a brightness setting. I am unable to see any difference between any of the settings during this prompt - neither the wolf nor the logo appear at all to me.

If you're not able to see any difference when adjusting the brightness at the prompt, there's likely an issue of some kind we should follow up on. Did you end up picking one and load the main menu or a start a game? What did it look like? (You can also adjust the brightness in the display settings when in the main menu)

Moving this to the tech subforum for tracking.

[Lorebot]

I also didn't see the Wolf or the Logo even at 150% so I left the slider there. I loaded the main menu and it looked a lot brighter than normal, so it's definitely having an effect on the game. I altered the brightness settings a few times on the main menu to see the differences and the difference between 150 and 50% is pretty extreme. I know I've been having a lot of trouble seeing indoors for the past few versions so I was really looking forward to the brightness setting. I hope you can figure out what's causing the guage pictures to display on the setting screen

[esimonoff]

I also left it at 150%. My screen is usually a bit dark anyway. It seemed way brighter than I remember it being, especially indoors, but not unreasonably so. I will try changing it i- game and seeing if it actually changes.

What should the range be like? Should all of the settings be somewhat reasonable? That is, is the setting more for screen adjustment/calibration or more for personal preference for darkness levels?

[MadKraut]

Having the same issue, updated my nvidia drivers and patched the game. Also, the map in game is pitch black, un-usable.

Just realized this is from june 2016. Oh boy ... well, I haven't played this game for about that long, and I didn't have this problem back then. I went in multiple times today, reloaded the game etc. tried to find any other options to fiddle with. There is apparently on this brightness slider and I do not see either logo or wolf.

Did anyone find a solution to this over the last two years?

[hinterland_tech_help]

Hi Mad Kraut,

Please let us know if you've gone through all the steps here regarding your brightness setting issue: https://steamcommunity.com/app/305620/discussions/4/1470841715970137529/

As for the mapping issue you described, if you're playing in a Survival or Challenge mode game-type, every region's map starts off pitch black as you have no mapped anything yet. You will need to create or find charcoal from fires and use the item to map your immediate surroundings.

[MadKraut]

Originally posted by hinterland_tech_help:

Hi Mad Kraut,

Please let us know if you've gone through all the steps here regarding your brightness setting issue: https://steamcommunity.com/app/305620/discussions/4/1470841715970137529/

As for the mapping issue you described, if you're playing in a Survival or Challenge mode game-type, every region's map starts off pitch black as you have no mapped anything yet. You will need to create or find charcoal from fires and use the item to map your immediate surroundings.

Ah, good to know about the map. I thought it was because of the brightness. I do not remember it being this way two years or so ago. Anyways, the brightness setting still does not show a logo and wolf not matter what I do trouble-shooting wise. I do not think it affects the game much, sinceh the map shows up when I use coal and the game is supposed to be dark during night anwyays. Not sure if this will have a negative effect on gameplay in the future. So I guess the problem is "solved"?

[hinterland_tech_help]

Thanks for your reply, glad the game is working for you! We'll keep an eye out for issues with the brightness settings screen.