flashlight attachment gives no light ?

[Juan Wickataw]

hi i just recently unlocked a flashlight attachment for my assualt rifle but it doesnt illuminate anything heres a pic of what it does
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=515102665
fix would be greatly appreciated. i can see torch fires and campfire at night fine just flashlight doesnt seem to illuminate anything ......

[Quxudais]

Wow that is terrible. Is it an issue with your graphics settings maybe? I've never tried that attatchment but ti's even worse than the mining helmet.

We really need more lighting options in game, and a few need some improvements. kinda silly that the burning stick we can make five minutes into the game is the single best source of mobile light we ever get.

[Sava]

Did you enable the simple lighting? A lot of people with performance problems are told to enable it without anyone really explaining what it does, and if I remember correctly, it tends to break torches and flashlights and light sources like that, because they're dynamic.

[Juan Wickataw]

but thats the thing shouldnt it work if my torches and campfires work ?

[Sava]

Originally posted by I <3 AMEDICA IS # JUAN:

but thats the thing shouldnt it work if my toches and campfire work ?

Not necessarily. The torch and campfire are point lights, whereas the rifle attachment would be a spotlight type thing.

I don't know if that's why it isn't working, but it is possible. Have you tried turning dynamic lighting back on to see if that fixes it?

[Pants]

Weird I havent used flashlights in awhile but it didnt do this the last time I did use one.

Originally posted by Sava:

Did you enable the simple lighting? A lot of people with performance problems are told to enable it without anyone really explaining what it does, and if I remember correctly, it tends to break torches and flashlights and light sources like that, because they're dynamic.

This sounds like the case tho.

[Juan Wickataw]

cant seem to find the option for it where would it be located in options

[Loubianka]

Originally posted by Sava:

Originally posted by I <3 AMEDICA IS # JUAN:

but thats the thing shouldnt it work if my toches and campfire work ?

Not necessarily. The torch and campfire are point lights, whereas the rifle attachment would be a spotlight type thing.

I don't know if that's why it isn't working, but it is possible. Have you tried turning dynamic lighting back on to see if that fixes it?

I am pretty sure you are right. I have changed some settings recently to increase fps, but I lost the light from my helmet or light attachment. It doesn't really bother me, and I prefer the holoscope on the assault rifle anyway =)

[Juan Wickataw]

dynamic tessellation is only dynamic option i see

[Loubianka]

Originally posted by I <3 AMEDICA IS # JUAN:

dynamic tessellation is only dynamic option i see

Did you add the -sm4 to Steam ? Maybe, I have no idea tho, the problem comes from the shader model 4 we use.

[Juan Wickataw]

i never added anything to the start up option i just start it up this is the first issue ive had with lighting in this game

[Loubianka]

Originally posted by I <3 AMEDICA IS # JUAN:

i never added anything to the start up option i just start it up this is the first issue ive had with lighting in this game

Well, I don't really remember what settings I changed in the options, but I definetly had light at some point. Can't really help you more ...GL!

[Juan Wickataw]

alright thanks man lots of help !

[Azta]

Do you run the game on low memory, or extremely low memory?

I heard that some lights are not working when you run the game in dx 10.

[Chuc]

Does it do it on another gun or just the assault rifle? It could be bug with that gun

[Sava]

The simple lighting would have been set in the Game.ini, I believe.
It's only supposed to be used in cases of extreme performance issues, and this is why :)