Turn on flashlight on gun?

[kuaikukia]

It seems I see people can turn on the flashlight on their gun. How can I turn in on? From the key binding there is no such things.

[♥ Beepy ♥]

Press and hold R, navigate the menu with Scroll-Down.

[dyra55]

Originally posted by ♥ Beepy ♥:

Press and hold R, navigate the menu with Scroll-Down.

This, also not all guns have flashlights under barrel

[Dain_Ironfoot]

Leave it off, please. All it does is blind your teammates. Very rarely do you have a very dark map where it is actually useful. It is a cool option to have, but people use it too much in the wrong situations.

[Wankboy Doublefapp]

Originally posted by Dain_Ironfoot:

Leave it off, please. All it does is blind your teammates. Very rarely do you have a very dark map where it is actually useful. It is a cool option to have, but people use it too much in the wrong situations.

"All it does is blind your teammates." awesome

[tom five]

Originally posted by Dain_Ironfoot:

Leave it off, please. All it does is blind your teammates. Very rarely do you have a very dark map where it is actually useful. It is a cool option to have, but people use it too much in the wrong situations.

Yeah I swear they bugged the lighting in one of the first patches. It wasn't like that when the game first released.

[McFuzz]

Originally posted by mf tom:

Originally posted by Dain_Ironfoot:

Leave it off, please. All it does is blind your teammates. Very rarely do you have a very dark map where it is actually useful. It is a cool option to have, but people use it too much in the wrong situations.

Yeah I swear they bugged the lighting in one of the first patches. It wasn't like that when the game first released.

They uppsed the size and intensity several times, because on release it was actually useless.

Now, on planets with fog or particle effects, having the torch on and firing the gun makes an almost pure white circle in the middle of the screen, especially with fast firing guns like the stalwart, making it actually impossible to see lol.

So i usually turn the torch off, and only host daytime missions lol.

[LoboFH]

You don't want to turn it on. You will see nothing.

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

There's so far been one instance where I benefitted by turning it on. Majority of the time it'll just hinder your sight more then help.

[Graf Erik]

He. Yeah, had to google that as well. Weired thats its nowhere mentioned in game. The complete thing is
Hold R (reload) and
-Mouse wheel down to change light (on/off/auto)
-Mouse wheel up to change scope magnification
-Mouse click right to change fire mode (single/burst/auto/save/unsave)

Onbviously, not all weapons have all options

[Thumb]

Here's what I do. I turn on my pistol flashlight, and I turn off my primary. This leaves me an option if I turn into a dark spot to find where I need to go/shoot.

Its likely I'm resorting to my pistol if I've already used the clip on my support weapon or my primary.

That's why there's little to no downside to doing so.

[jonnydoh]

It also seems like the flashlight tends to alert enemies to your presence (at least in the case of bots when I've shined lights on them). I tend to leave my lights off whenever possible.

Though that being said, yeah-- there are some maps where it's dark as a starless, moonless night and the flashlight is a welcome tool to navigate through pitch black ravines-- so there seems to be a use for them.

[kuaikukia]

Ah I see. Thanks for for the info everyone. I'll make sure to take it cautiously

[bouncy]

Hi, how do you turn it on or off on a pc controller?

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by the_bouncy:

Hi, how do you turn it on or off on a pc controller?

probably by holding reload

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by mf tom:

Originally posted by Dain_Ironfoot:

Leave it off, please. All it does is blind your teammates. Very rarely do you have a very dark map where it is actually useful. It is a cool option to have, but people use it too much in the wrong situations.

Yeah I swear they bugged the lighting in one of the first patches. It wasn't like that when the game first released.

I think you just have your brightness turned too high. Which isn't weird, a lot of people turn it up to play better but it makes the flashlight a huge hindrance, especially in fog. Same reason I used to have to shoot out every lamppost in an area to avoid a huge glare and actually see.

Once I went back and cut the brightness, it's a lot better.