Game is just too dark for me at night

[ViciousJawa]

Monitor's brightness is already maxed. I understand that night being dark is important for various reasons, but it's close to pitch black.

[Snipes]

use a torch

[Foga_Stomp]

There are light sources. It's supposed to be dark. You can even drop a torch for a while to keep the light up while you work. Later on there are flashlights and mining helmets but just a torch serves throughout the game

[CyberWolf]

Ya its supposed to be, remember my 1st time running around in the woods with a torch, just as the outer light from the torch showed a T-Rex coming my way was WAY Cool and Way scary! The game has lots of lighting options.

[Wise]

i have a mining helmet but it will not work i have no lite fom it

[Sai]

It could be worse! It could go black each time your character blinks. Or each time your character gets dirt in the eyes.

[Doc Hussey]

Originally posted by LoDWise:

i have a mining helmet but it will not work i have no lite fom it

Drop the -sm4 from your startup options. I was reading that it disables a lot of the advanced lighting stuff like that.

[JaviPapi]

You are supposed to not see anything at night. The game is pretty nice in that regard.

If you are within view of the moon, there is actually plenty of light. East 2 starting position has reat visibility even at night.

[isoz]

gamma up and eat carebears holding torches for lunch.

[YourLittlePogchamp]

Ever been outside at night with no lights before? Middle of nowhere and not in the city? no moonlight? It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dark.

[ViciousJawa]

Originally posted by Codychan:

Ever been outside at night with no lights before? Middle of nowhere and not in the city? no moonlight? It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dark.

Yes, but this is a video game.
Ever been outside riding on a dinosaur while looking for glowing obelisks to guide your way?

[Mini_Watto]

Originally posted by ViciousJawa:

Originally posted by Codychan:

Ever been outside at night with no lights before? Middle of nowhere and not in the city? no moonlight? It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dark.

Yes, but this is a video game.
Ever been outside riding on a dinosaur while looking for glowing obelisks to guide your way?

You're right. It is a video game. It's a survival game.

In my opinion, the darkness is fantastic, it's another thing that can get you killed. Also great for pvp purposes. Try spotting a sniper in a dark forest half a kilometer away.

On the other end of the see saw, can be a pain if you fresh spawn in a server at night.

Personally, I like the darkness. I can't see them changing it either (forgive the pun) because if some people could see and others couldn't it might be a bit unfair.

[Midgar]

Originally posted by Codychan:

Ever been outside at night with no lights before? Middle of nowhere and not in the city? no moonlight? It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dark.

And yet when you look directly at the moon in this game it blinds you to hell.

@OP

If you are playing single player or a PvE server you can hit Tab and type in Gamma 4 for brightness. It goes as low as 1 and as high as 5, the default is Gamma 2.

If you are on a PvP server, you can only turn up brightness by alt tabbing and going into control panel, go into your video card settings and change the brightness.

[Davetiger]

Originally posted by ViciousJawa:

Monitor's brightness is already maxed. I understand that night being dark is important for various reasons, but it's close to pitch black.

if your not on a pvp server you can use gamma 3 in console or another number and it helps for those cards that make it pitch black. Mine is dark but I can still see outlines for the most part unless I'm in dark forest which I like it that way but my friend uses the gamma because it's so dark he can't see anything

[MonkeyMagic]

I agree with the OP - On pvp servers you cant always run around with a torch out - the nights are too long and too dark - if they were shorter the darkness wouldnt be an issue but its starting to strain my eyes and i have heard alot of other players complaining

[KickazzKenji]

Originally posted by davetiger:

Originally posted by ViciousJawa:

Monitor's brightness is already maxed. I understand that night being dark is important for various reasons, but it's close to pitch black.

if your not on a pvp server you can use gamma 3 or another number and it helps for those that are pitch black also

Go download a program to up the gamma if you can't be bothered to use a torch.