Flashlight!

[ManDav]

Hi, has anybody issues with the flashlight yet? I bought the game today and I came around with the fact that, at least in my PC, the game is too dark (I could barely see), even if I switch the bight to the maximun.

So I wanted to use the flashlight, but it seems to just illuminate at certain surfaces such as boxes or barrels, but not to walls and floor and any background.

It could be something with my computer, or it's the same for everyone?

[macatak]

have you tried verifying the game files ?

[esopedantric]

Originally posted by macatak:

have you tried verifying the game files ?

It's a common bug that happens with unsupported hardware like iGPUs.

[ManDav]

Nope, what could be going wrong with them? It's common to have some missing files in the instalation process or something? It seems to be everything in it's right place but not sure.

[esopedantric]

Originally posted by ManDav:

Nope, what could be going wrong with them? It's common to have some missing files in the instalation process or something? It seems to be everything in it's right place but not sure.

Well, do you have a discrete GPU?

[ManDav]

Originally posted by esopedantric:

Originally posted by macatak:

have you tried verifying the game files ?

It's a common bug that happens with unsupported hardware like iGPUs.

Oh, crap, it must be that. Time to install it in another pc. Thanks!

[rolypoly]

I have same problem, but I have a separate GPU, an AMD RX 570. The flashlight seems very weak, and doesn't really illuminate much of anything.

I thought this was probably game design that way, for "atmosphere and immersion".

What's it supposed to look like?

Like here is a pretty dark room for example:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2025966832

And then here is with the flashlight turned on. Can you even see the difference? There's barely little bit of light on the nearby wall and pipes only:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2025966855

Do I have this bug too? Will verifying game files help with this?

[macatak]

well my game was to bright and verification showed i had 40 odd files broken

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2025014146

after that it was fixed

it's just the 1st thing you should do to rule out corrupt files

[lucent]

Lumpty D,

I can hardly tell that you have the flashlight on, stairs are a hint different from what I saw and the pipes stand out more. It still doesn't look like you are shining a light on anything.

The flashlight should look like a normal light and see where you are pointing it. On my pc it looks like one of those old flashlights with D batteries...hehehe

[rolypoly]

Can you show example of what it looks like on yours?

[ManDav]

Originally posted by macatak:

well my game was to bright and verification showed i had 40 odd files broken

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2025014146

after that it was fixed

it's just the 1st thing you should do to rule out corrupt files

And how that can be done? I thought the game weren't be that glitchy

[ManDav]

Originally posted by Lumpty Dumpty:

Can you show example of what it looks like on yours?

Yeah, please.

Ha, in my computer It looks darker than Outlast, so it must be because of the iGPU.

[macatak]

Verify Integrity of Game Files

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

[lucent]

Uhmmm...I am an idiot and I don't know how to screenshot and post.

If you come up to a wall or low ceiling in a corridor, shine your light and you should get that old style flashlight circle. Being closer to the surface and all.

It doesn't light up a room or anything.

[ManDav]

Originally posted by macatak:

Verify Integrity of Game Files

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

Thanks, i've never had to do that till now :'(. Anyway, probably I'll have to install it in my another pc or wait till the quarantine over to buy an GPU for this one.

[ManDav]

Originally posted by lucent:

Uhmmm...I am an idiot and I don't know how to screenshot and post.

If you come up to a wall or low ceiling in a corridor, shine your light and you should get that old style flashlight circle. Being closer to the surface and all.

It doesn't light up a room or anything.

So just as the flashlight in hl 2?